removing swirls and light scratches

[davie_slim]

ive got a arden blue corsa, the paint has a nice shine off it but when you get up close the paint is covered in swirls and light scratches, no im not looking for a miracle cure but was wondering if there was any products i could buy and use on the paint that didnt invold a machine polisher as i dont have one

any recomendation would be brillaint

thanks

[BigDave1979]

My wife's old Corsa was the same, lots of swirl marks and hologramming (sp?) all over. I used a bit of Meguiars Scratch-X on it followed by a couple of coats of Autoglym Super Resin Polish - although I must add I chose these particular products because that's what I has in the shed at the time! Came up a treat.

[davie_slim]

tried the scratch-x on my girlfriends black c2 and thought it was pretty poor, i do live by the super resin polish right enough

[Jay]

Just try some g3 on a cloth should make a diffrence

[davie_slim]

i tried some really cheap compound and it did make a bit of a difference but once it was polished a few weeks later it looked the same again, got a shelf full of farecla products in front of my might have to take a few and test them

[Jay]

i tried some really cheap compound and it did make a bit of a difference but once it was polished a few weeks later it looked the same again, got a shelf full of farecla products in front of my might have to take a few and test them

yeah thats probobly the best idea buy some diffrent products and test them all to see the best resultBut G3 is good althought it is expensive!

[davie_slim]

ill test them then put them back :P

whatever ones the best ill keep

[Jay]

haha why not!lmao

[BigDave1979]

tried the scratch-x on my girlfriends black c2 and thought it was pretty poor

Yeah, it was bloody hard work and time consuming - it's not as aggressive as G3 by a long shot, but got the results in my case!

I've got to do the wife's Tigra at some point where the neighbourhood cats have been using the bonnet as a f**king slide, so do report back your findings!

[davie_slim]

ill try a few things, im going to super resin my wheels again lol im constantly cleaning them to keep them looking pretty lol

[Benn]

Srp will remove some of them, tbh if you can get hold of a polisher/buffer/mop you'll save hours!

Then there are load of great polishes that will remove the marks, depending on what you wanna spend.

One of the best, if not then.
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/3m-per...3.php?cPath=27

This is ment to be very good,
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/produc...roducts_id=564

Very good,
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/menzer...e.php?cPath=27

Very good,
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/poorbo...e.php?cPath=27

[davie_slim]

im going to let someone machine polish it lol hes never done a car before so sohlud be good practise for him

[Daz H]

lol always much easier when someone does it for you lol!

[turbomook]

super resin and deep shine are where its at

[Dexy]

you need to get the machine polisher on the go mate.

[Daz H]

^^ that looks sooo nice!!

[Benn]

im going to let someone machine polish it lol hes never done a car before so sohlud be good practise for him

Lets hope your paint survives...

super resin and deep shine are where its at

Both arnt bad, but there are much better products on the market.

[dearing5]

is it easy using a machine buffer? does auto glym do the cutting compound for them..

[Benn]

I takes time to get good, you can mess it up and make it look worse. You can also burn thru the lacquer and paint. But if you start on a low speed and go slow you'll be ok.

Not really, they do polishes but not cutting compounds.

[Dexy]

I had never used a buffer on a car before but i just remembered getting told to go slower on the likes of painted plastics and any edges where the paint is thin, other than that give it a try.

Auto glym is not a cutting polish you need to try something like i did, G3 then G10 and then a liquid wax on top. I also used different pads to put them on, i used a compound pad for the g3 and g10 and a soft sponge like one for the wax, i have a pic somewhere of what i used to give you an idea but they can get quite expensive.

[Benn]

Edges and swage lines corners and such are a keep away from area.

[davie_slim]

well i let my mate practise on the car and the bits that are done are like night and day hes done really well considering hes only polished a motorbike fuel tank and 1 car since buying all the stuff, cant wait till he does the rest now

[Benn]

Get the pics up when he does.

[davie_slim]

will do, the paints 13 years old so it was never going to be perfect but what a difference, geoing to get him to order something a bit more abrasive to try and polish out the deaper scratches

[Benn]

As said watch edges swage lines and such.