Black Car, 20 Years Old - Paint Resto

[V8 Disco]

Hi, my 93 Skyline is black - it was standing for a year before I bought it and since putting it back on the road I hve been able to bring the paint back to a reasonable finish through washing and polishing with some black polish from Halfords. I have used Meguiars Scratch-X on some of the worst blemishes and even sucessfully done a couple of deep scratch fill/wetsand/compound jobs. Now it's looking better, I can see loads of really fine scratches and swirl marks in the paint that I'd like rid of.... any advice?

I might be able to borrow a polisher from a pal...... not used one before though.

[Xtremescoobys]

Save the aggro get a pro to do it! By the time you bought the compound more wax etc the £80 - 100 you will get charged and the finish its not worth attempting it. So easy to burn the paint if you dont know what your doing.

[mneame]

Xtremescoobys said:

Save the aggro get a pro to do it! By the time you bought the compound more wax etc the £80 - 100 you will get charged and the finish its not worth attempting it. So easy to burn the paint if you dont know what your doing.

For a good quality detail to refinish the paint you're looking at a lot more than £80.

[rsv gone!]

Yep, it's going to be a few hundred quid.

Is it solid paint or is there a clear coat?

[V8 Disco]

It's solid - I have read some basics on using compound to polish (keep away from edges etc) and I understand that a DA polisher will be better than simple rotary ones..

[Xtremescoobys]

Sorry forgot was quoting you a trade price

[Mr OCD]

V8 Disco said:

It's solid - I have read some basics on using compound to polish (keep away from edges etc) and I understand that a DA polisher will be better than simple rotary ones..

Add up the cost of a DA polisher, the pads, the polishes and misc. bits you need ... plus the time to learn the techniques required and then compare that to a quote from a Detailer to provide an exterior detail to include paint correction.

There will not be a great deal in it but with the Detailer you will get a perfect paint surface first time.