Removing Scratches!
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Unfortunatly I made the stupid mistake of not concentrating whilst washing my car. So my speed yellow cayman, has white scratches down the side. These are only noticable in certain light.
I have tried T cut and it covers it, but over time they become obvious again. So I think I need to get a respray or try some other product.
I have heard about something called Gobbo which might do the trick? Anyone know much about this? Or any other suggestions. And are there companies that do polishing to polish out these types of marks?
I have tried T cut and it covers it, but over time they become obvious again. So I think I need to get a respray or try some other product.
I have heard about something called Gobbo which might do the trick? Anyone know much about this? Or any other suggestions. And are there companies that do polishing to polish out these types of marks?
Yep, I just had my Fezza done this weekend - entire car so not cheap but worth every penny. Try Dave at www.sportscarprotection.com/
)lewistintin said:
Unfortunatly I made the stupid mistake of not concentrating whilst washing my car. So my speed yellow cayman, has white scratches down the side. These are only noticable in certain light.
I have tried T cut and it covers it, but over time they become obvious again. So I think I need to get a respray or try some other product.
I have heard about something called Gobbo which might do the trick? Anyone know much about this? Or any other suggestions. And are there companies that do polishing to polish out these types of marks?
I have tried T cut and it covers it, but over time they become obvious again. So I think I need to get a respray or try some other product.
I have heard about something called Gobbo which might do the trick? Anyone know much about this? Or any other suggestions. And are there companies that do polishing to polish out these types of marks?
What caused the scratches?
I may or may not have picked up the wrong cleaning implement whilst washing the car. Trying remove some pesky tar after a trackday. I honestly didnt notice the scratches till the car had dried. They arent very deep. I used the above link, and Dave is popping up in the next week or two, so hopefully it will be sorted!
Good thing for tar is Autoglym tar remover and a soft cloth.
This is what Dave did for mine:
www.fcars.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14072
On the net it's always hard to see the difference but basically if you look at your car in direct full sunlight you will generally see lots of extremely fine scratches caused by cutting compounds and apparently *cough* some types of wax. Dave completely removes these using a rotary "sander"
and some special pastes that don't cause the damage typical compounds cause.
Net result is a near flawless finish on a 13 year old car and thats with zero wax on it. I had this done basically because when the polish/wax wears off you are always left with these marks so basically all you're doing is hiding it. You wouldn't get me doing this with a barge pole myself - it's specialised work and besides I'd be dead if I attempted this for 14 hours!
This is what Dave did for mine:
www.fcars.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14072
On the net it's always hard to see the difference but basically if you look at your car in direct full sunlight you will generally see lots of extremely fine scratches caused by cutting compounds and apparently *cough* some types of wax. Dave completely removes these using a rotary "sander"
and some special pastes that don't cause the damage typical compounds cause. Net result is a near flawless finish on a 13 year old car and thats with zero wax on it. I had this done basically because when the polish/wax wears off you are always left with these marks so basically all you're doing is hiding it. You wouldn't get me doing this with a barge pole myself - it's specialised work and besides I'd be dead if I attempted this for 14 hours!
E330 said:
If your quite handy, use some fine (360) wet and dry paper lightly over the scratches then use a slighty thicker compound polish and decent mop that should take them out.
E330, I hope you're not giving this info out to all and sundry, 360 is most definitely NOT a fine grade wet and dry paper, in fact anything less than 2000 grit will be way too coarse for flatting out scratches in paintwork (and in inexperienced hands even brand new 2000 grit W&D is likely to rapidly flat through the laquer coat before you know it.
slippydiff said:
E330 said:
If your quite handy, use some fine (360) wet and dry paper lightly over the scratches then use a slighty thicker compound polish and decent mop that should take them out.
E330, I hope you're not giving this info out to all and sundry, 360 is most definitely NOT a fine grade wet and dry paper, in fact anything less than 2000 grit will be way too coarse for flatting out scratches in paintwork (and in inexperienced hands even brand new 2000 grit W&D is likely to rapidly flat through the laquer coat before you know it.
LOL, I was just thinking that.
ukwill said:
slippydiff said:
E330 said:
If your quite handy, use some fine (360) wet and dry paper lightly over the scratches then use a slighty thicker compound polish and decent mop that should take them out.
E330, I hope you're not giving this info out to all and sundry, 360 is most definitely NOT a fine grade wet and dry paper, in fact anything less than 2000 grit will be way too coarse for flatting out scratches in paintwork (and in inexperienced hands even brand new 2000 grit W&D is likely to rapidly flat through the laquer coat before you know it.
LOL, I was just thinking that.
slippydiff said:
ukwill said:
slippydiff said:
E330 said:
If your quite handy, use some fine (360) wet and dry paper lightly over the scratches then use a slighty thicker compound polish and decent mop that should take them out.
E330, I hope you're not giving this info out to all and sundry, 360 is most definitely NOT a fine grade wet and dry paper, in fact anything less than 2000 grit will be way too coarse for flatting out scratches in paintwork (and in inexperienced hands even brand new 2000 grit W&D is likely to rapidly flat through the laquer coat before you know it.
LOL, I was just thinking that.
I saw a link on here a while ago which showed one of the pros detailing a Veryon. there was a scratch on one of the wings which he proceeded to attack with wet and dry before polising
a braver man than I thats all I can say. Even cutting compound in the wrong hands can be very dangerous. If you are in anyway inept, which is me to a tee, stay away from this sort of work and leave it to the pros.
otherwise it will all end in tears.
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