Black car polishing

yep , you could be right paint has moved on a long way since I ran a body shop .. come to think of so have cars in general . :thumbsup:
 
I know it's a bit 'last century', but does anyone remember T-cut, Turtle wax polish, a couple of cloths and elbow grease?
Works for me, still.
£500 on cleaning chemicals, pads and paraphernalia? You people earn too much money. :lol:
 
Yep, back in the day, bring home a new to me old car and spend the weekend T cutting and Turtle waxing. Then taking it out to show it off to the world. Fitter then of course and no clear coat, happy days. :D :thumbsup: Can you still buy it :poke:
 
Pondrew said:
I know it's a bit 'last century', but does anyone remember T-cut, Turtle wax polish, a couple of cloths and elbow grease?
Works for me, still.
£500 on cleaning chemicals, pads and paraphernalia? You people earn too much money. :lol:
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:D I was surprised myself when I added it up, but that's over a fair few years, so not so bad.

Hobbies cost money, but it's used many times a year, so fairly cheap considering all the other expenses involved with cars.
 
Pondrew said:
I know it's a bit 'last century', but does anyone remember T-cut, Turtle wax polish, a couple of cloths and elbow grease?
Works for me, still.
£500 on cleaning chemicals, pads and paraphernalia? You people earn too much money. :lol:
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You can get a really decent paint correction set up for a lot less than £500, I haven’t got time now to price up a decent starter kit but realistically £150 - £200 gives you a competent starter set up :thumbsup:
 
Will a DA machine help with paint 'bobbles'? I have a few raised bobbles from using a touch-up brush over stones chips. It would be nice to flatten them back to the rest of the paintwork.
 
Think the only way to flatten touch up bobbles is to be brave with wet and dry, use a 1200 grit but kill the sharpness by rubbing it together. Wrap the wet and dry round a flat piece of wood and really gentle take off the peak of the bobble. Use a decent cutting compound to remove the swirls caused by the w&d.

You really have to kill the sharpness though so it's barely abrasive.

It does work and shine will come back as long as you don't take too much off.

Recommend you practice on someone else's car first :rofl:
 
Zforbes said:
Think the only way to flatten touch up bobbles is to be brave with wet and dry, use a 1200 grit but kill the sharpness by rubbing it together. Wrap the wet and dry round a flat piece of wood and really gentle take off the peak of the bobble. Use a decent cutting compound to remove the swirls caused by the w&d.

You really have to kill the sharpness though so it's barely abrasive.

It does work and shine will come back as long as you don't take too much off.

Recommend you practice on someone else's car first :rofl:
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and plenty of soap and water ,,, just avoid the temptation to just fold the paper a few times and use just a finger behind it .
 
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