Cut and Polish!

[GK]

hi guys,

Washed the car thoroughly yesterday as a starting point for the BBQ!

Today my darling daughter put some scratches on the door whilst carrying my sister's handbag!!! :

What cut at polish should I use? Ok I admit it, there are other marks that need a going over as well. e

Which polishes will not ruin the clear coat? Which polishes are really abrasive and which are gentle? Which polish will help with swirl marks?

Does anyone use an electric buffer? I've heard these can be baaaaad!

Help please, I want to do a decent job for Sunday!

GK

[AU2PWR]

Dude , Your advice to me was good so here is some back ,

i bought some Kitten No.2 , 2 Meguairs Hand Applicators and a Buffing Cloth and 3.25 hrs later the Falcon was very nice !!

I Took my time with it and came up real nice , Ill be buying some polish on thursday and polishing on Satdy !!

Cheers
Daniel

[GK]

Originally Posted by SR_AU

Dude , Your advice to me was good so here is some back ,

i bought some Kitten No.2 , 2 Meguairs Hand Applicators and a Buffing Cloth and 3.25 hrs later the Falcon was very nice !!

I Took my time with it and came up real nice , Ill be buying some polish on thursday and polishing on Satdy !!

Cheers
Daniel

Many thanks Daniel! You are the second person to recommend Meguiars!

GK

[XR6-VCT-2000]

Be carefull with electric buffers !, its easy to melt the paint and chew it off in seconds if you don't know what your doing , also try and stay away from 'cut & polish's unless your paint really needs cutting back ! , most of the time the car will come up nice with just a wash , then a polish and wax ;) . Cut and polish is like a once a year thing at the most imo .

[Sylox]

Originally Posted by GK

hi guys,


What cut at polish should I use? Ok I admit it, there are other marks that need a going over as well. e
You could try to use some thing like the meguiars Scratch X tp move the marks you mentioned. However that will only move minor scratches etc.
Which polish will help with swirl marks?
Scratch X will also slightly help with Swirls, but I'm not a fan of most of the hand polishes/swirl removers due to most of them either being only mildly effective or expensive. Most waxes will also hide them to a degree
Does anyone use an electric buffer? I've heard these can be baaaaad!
There is a lot of false info about when it comes to the use of buffs. Its not the actual use of a buff thats bad, its more the inexperienced operator that is bad and that causes the damage.
Any one that can actually use a buff propally will vouch that results obtained via correctly using a buff will be far above and beyond that of a job done purely by hand. But it does take a lot of experience and the right products to get the results.


GK

If you have the time and money to do so I would advise getting a good detailer to go over your paint work, but make sure you ask around and find one that is recomended by a few people, use their cars as a refererence.