BEST PAINT RESTORER ??!!

[Copperman05]

T-cut is what people know, hence the mention, dont get offended lol!

Your list is very good and comprehensive but I would assume most of us do not have the required equipment or confidence to take a rotary to paintwork.

The AG products are pretty good, available from your local hellfrauds and usable by hand, which lets be honest is what most of us will be doing when it comes to polishing. I've not used the paint renovator but if its as good as their SRP (Super Resin Polish) then I'm sure it will work very well.



Edd

 

[J4CKO]

ORIGINAL: 912UK

£2000 paint job of new paint on a £600 car.. hmmm you do the maths Neil []


The old T cut is ok as such, the new T cut is rubbish..

Basicly I now wouldn't use either.

If you want to keep the rear screen ( plastic ) clear..

G10 and then a glaze.

2-3 of us have explained about the trade compounds ( even photo's ) and the levels ( grades ) to use and then T cut comes in .. I give up [&:] every ones an expert [&:]

LOL!!

I was kind of playing devils advocate and never claimed to be an expert, like has been said, it has its uses but it is pretty agressive, I find a normal polish abrasive enough without resorting to T-Cut.

My car is as clean and shiny as I will ever need it to be, I like it to be decently clean but I dont spend hours on detailing world, which to me is mainly OCD sufferers !

 

[Bertroex]

Well, I have a guards red 924S as a daily. It gets used day and night, in rain or snow.

I had the bodywork mopped in a bodyshop (using the process Mark- 912UK) describes. In Aldi of all places, they had this deal a few years ago for random orbital polishers at £15 a pop. I bought two of them ( one for product on/ other one for product off) and plenty of mop covers.

During a deal at Euro car parts I bought the meguiars 3 step system with a clay bar. Twice a year I spend a few hours each time to go through the following process:
clay + Lube (a plant spray bottle with car shampoo and water in it, or the branded version),
wash,
step 1 paint restorer (gets rid of swirl marks and scratches in the laquer),
step 2 polish (creates lustre. For guards red it really is a case of more layers or step 2's the more sparkle you get),
and step 3 wax (that seals the polish and protects the lustre).

As my car does 20 000 miles a year, most of the time sits outside and gets washed once or twice a month, the meguiars seems to do the job, but it holds up better with a few times going over with step 3, as effectively you "build" up the wax and that wax protects the lustre obtained from the polish.

I am tempted to replace step 3 with a collinite 476 high percentage carnauba wax.

Megiuars or the brands suchs as Poor boys/ Dodo juice doesn't "fill" the paint nor seems to "strip" a layer of the paint as autoglym does.

But, talking polishes is a bit like talking engine oil or your preferred fuel brand. Whatever floats your boat will do the job and it really doesn't have to cost the world either. Those random orbital polishers are a lazy way to go about, but as it is random orbital it is fool proof (you can burn through the paint with a orbital polisher and need to know what you are doing) and yeah, it saves your arms a bit. And as for the price, well, relatively good and it comes with 3 years warranty!

HTH,

Bert