cutting compound

[tex]

hi all just wondering if anybody has any good ideas on what cutting compound to use got yin or twa scratches i need to buff out

 

[kitchens]

Vim [][]

 

[BillMain]

ORIGINAL: kitchens

Vim [][]

Is that the low cost "pensioner " option Brian?

 

[Mike58]

Good ol fashioned T-Cut ??, they do a colour matched compound, not exactly yer Swisswax or Mega carnuba wax but it does what it says on the tin.

 

[kitchens]

Your old enough now to remember it [][]

 

[colin944]

G3 every time.Go to local body/paint shop supplier and ask them.G3 is the best ever and is also very cheap.
Sorry I meant to ask is it a solid or metalic colour.Solid G3 Metalic flat back with 3000 and 6000 grit wet and dry and relaquer the panel.

 

[jdpef356]

Tex

Before spending your money on another product try Brasso!

If the scratch is very minor scratch use Brasso with a soft cloth.

For deeper scratch apply Brasso to a piece of brown corrugated cardboard. Keep the area damp with brasso and rub.

To finish apply further Brasso with a soft cloth and then apply you car polish!

 

[kitchens]

Ah!! Brasso I thought that was just for polishing your Knobs and Knockers []

 

[gordon]

Brian u get a smoother finish with some carbolic soap mixed with vim ... my granny used to clean the hearth with it [][]

 

[tex]

had it out in the sun today i think it looks good enough at the moment going to put up with them until winter kicks in and then i will have plenty time to do wee stuff like that but just want to drive it.

forgot to say it's ocean blue met was told by the boy in polish bliss to go for a liquid polish if i wanted the metalic to come thru or a wax if i wanted a deep gloss look, went for liquid reallydoes make a difference

 

[lauris]

you need two different compounds, doesnt matter what make,


start with something like T Cut which is quite abrasive, but leaves fine swirl marks, then a polishing compound to take out the swirls, and then finish with a sealer or a wax,

wet and dry only for very deep scratches and on paint that you are confident about its thickness

cheers
scott.

 

[tex]

hi scott ye going to wet sand during the winter have 4000grit and 2500grit cutting compound took out all the swirls and lightish marks tried various types in halfords will go back to polish bliss and ask him if he thingks a more abresive compound will help

 

[Chappelle]

Meguiars do various grades of abrasive cutting compounds. Use with a random orbital polisher. Good practice is to start with the lightest pad and lightest cutting compound and work upwards if this combination doesn't work.

IMO wet and dry is the absolute last option, and if that doesn't work off to the bodyshop

 

[colin944]

A body shop will flat it back and re laquer if it's metalic and flat and polish if it is solid colour.Also body shops tend to use polishers that look like big angle grinders and not the random things that you buy in the shops,they will also tend to wet polish a car before doing it dry with a good wax.