markgia1 0 Posted September 11, 2009 My neibour accidently dirtied my car so attempted to rectify the problem by cleaning the car. However, the idiot must have used a scouring pad or alike as he has completely covered the car in very thin swirl like scratches. Someone I know in the trade believes the best option is to re-lacquer the car and has said he can do the job for £650. He has said he will remove a couple of small dings and bigger scratches too for this price. But what i want to know is if this is worth doing? Could i posssibly T-Cut or use other products to bring the car back upto a nice shine and remove the swirly scratches without having to spend the money and without the re-lacquering? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
renson 0 Posted September 11, 2009 I would look on detailingworld, they would be able to help. But pictures would help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vwdeviant 0 Posted September 11, 2009 What colour? Sounds like a con, most small laquer scratches will come out with a good machine polish... where are you and we might be able to recommened a detailer to you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
big ben 10 Posted September 11, 2009 normal swirls polish out with a rotary or dual action polisher... you really need to get on detailing world and ask them lot!! they have guides and people who do this everday so sign up and post some pics!! you can do it yourself or get someone to do it for you, its only the very deep scratchs that need wet sanding down which i wouldnt do yourself, needing new laquer must be bollocks if its just swirls and light scratches..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted September 11, 2009 As above - a good machine polish with 3M Fast Cut Plus or similar might bring it up like new... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markgia1 0 Posted September 11, 2009 Its green. I live in stroud in gloucestershire. I will try get pics up asap. Thanks guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil VR6 0 Posted September 11, 2009 you can do it yourself or get someone to do it for you, its only the very deep scratchs that need wet sanding down which i wouldnt do yourself, needing new laquer must be bollocks if its just swirls and light scratches..... Absolutely. Re-lacquering :cuckoo: They say you shouldn’t ever take more than 25% of the lacquer’s thickness off with machine polishing etc so I guess it depends on how bad it is. There are lots of variables involved but you’d be amazed at what a rotary can do in the right hands. I did the side of a friend’s car which had been ragged down country lanes and it had loads of scratches from branches and a couple of passes with my orbital polisher with only a gentle compound brought the finish up in 2 passes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy665 0 Posted September 11, 2009 Totally agree with what has already been said, another piece of advice is to bin the T-Cut, generally does more harm than good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wastegate86 0 Posted September 11, 2009 spend a couple hundred on detailing products and you'll be well away Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vwdeviant 0 Posted September 11, 2009 Get the pics up and lets see... you may even be able to get away with just using "normal" products as opposed to getting it Rotary polished. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dukest 0 Posted September 11, 2009 I'm sure Drewiee99 on here would be only too happy to your car out for around a third of that depending how bad it is. His thread is below and he's only a short hop along the M5 for you or him. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76387&start=0 or http://www.depthofshine.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bowen 1 Posted September 11, 2009 this was my bumper after a dog attacked, fixed with a light sand and machine polish... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scarlet_vr6 0 Posted September 11, 2009 this was my bumper after a dog attacked, fixed with a light sand and machine polish... wow, what a transformation :salute: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bowen 1 Posted September 11, 2009 that was Nathan from cambridge autogleam that fixed it. I can't take any credit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scarlet_vr6 0 Posted September 11, 2009 I have heard that they are excellent there... more evidence then. Would love to see what they could do with my car but I would want all the panels to be the same colour before I take it :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drewiee99 0 Posted October 28, 2009 hi depending on how bad the scratches are i can have ago at correcting them, I should be able to get them out you can give me £650 :D Attached is some pics of a 4year old aston martin db9 with fairly bad defects, spend 2 days on it and it was much better once all the paint was corrected and topped of with a layer of concours wax. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CazzaVR 0 Posted November 24, 2009 Its green. I live in stroud in gloucestershire. I will try get pics up asap. Thanks guys I've got a rotary- am a bit of a noob, but have started to get the hang of it (got rid of some swirls/holograms on the centre of my bonnet the other day). You're welcome to pop down and we could try correcting a small section and see how it goes. I'm just down the road in Wotton-under-Edge. Defo worth a try before shelling out all that dosh on a re-laquer! If we don't get anywhere, it's worth giving Drew (see above ;) ) a shout, as he is the detailing god! 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
