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The driver's bolster NEEDS to be retrimmed... respect to the leather filler paste but it wont last / time taken to make it even close to right is uneconomical vs new piece of leather. A small independent trimmer will charge £40-£80 to trim the driver's bolster, with a nice brand new piece of leather. Then recolonise (nice way of saying paint) the front seats. Clean up the rear seats or recollinise if you think it needs it. Painting leather seats is one of the easiest things in the world and black is a very forgiving colour to match. But is probably not worth all the hassle...

Farcela G3 and G6 are a sand based cutting compund which will remove a top layer of paint, it will rip off any surface contaminants and suppose they are just part of the fall out / broken down from mopping. You should always clean mop head between vehicles. The 3m products contain petrolium and disolve and displace tar etc and remove the sirls and haze from G3. Once these have been completed the surface will be silken smooth and incredibly shiney. For this reason I do not see why it is necessary to clay a car prior to machine polishing. Bodyshops and mobile repairers use these products on freshly cured and older paintwork - in a process call paintwork correction / mopping / machine polishing - it's all the same. Ie removing scratches, restoring paint colour and finish for high end forecourts, enthuisiasts and car shows. It is good practise to not completely dry the surface before mopping as the water will work with the compound make it go further and to produce higher finish the water cools the product allowing it to work for longer before it cures. A novice is much less likely to burn the paint if the surface is wet. I do machine polishing all the time and so have good understanding of what is necessary to produce high end results.

Could just buy what a bodyshop would buy to cut and prep a car... ebay item 330825987561 then 250814288918 with standard white mop head as per previous then 160603602281 with a soft buffer head 360487526304 There is no need to clay bar the panel, just wash the car, no need to completely dry it as this works with the compund. Always mask plastic trims on edges of pannels eg door trims, door handles etc None of these have fancy names, they are designed for business to business, do not be fooled by marketing nonsense. Correct application, depending on vehicle paint, age and colour - will make you realise for the most part it is in the skill of the worker and not the product.