Got my eye on a very tidy car, it's metallic green, but the 'shine' has gone from the paintwork. Is there a product that can take the dullness away? I reckon it's been through a bad carwash myself. Shame really, but a good bargaining point if you know what I mean?
The rest of the car is like new!
-- Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)
"Christ's fat c*ck"
T-Cut metallic's pretty good stuff. I last used it on a Ford Scorpio that I had a few years back on which the paint had bloomed after being un-garaged for three years. Hard work, but really brought the colour bck and removed a lot of the car-wash scratches as well. IIRC you can buy it shades to suit the basic metallic colour - 'blue', 'green', 'red' etc
Dave
It's not that bad, just duller than I would wish for.
After I t-cut it, is there any kind of 'sealer' that will keep it that way?
Nige
-- Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)
"Christ's fat c*ck"
There's some 3M pro bodyshop stuff that's very good 09374 fast Cut Compound & 09639 Finishing Material. I had a red golf with very oxidised paintwork - polishing the car in the street I could have sold a crate load of this stuff.
That wont work on metallic will it?
Nige
yes - it's a fine cutter - more abrasive than t-cut. The other stuff puts a rock hard sheen on it.
Alan M
I can second that - bloody good gear!! and easy to work with unlike the original t-cut !!!
On or around Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:03:35 -0000, "StaffBull" enlightened us thusly:
thirded. Autoglym is about the best of the bunch. If ouy've got the time, patience and energy they do a wax polish in a tin, like furniture polish - reckoned to need mucho elbow-grease but produces a shine like nowt else.
they also do a cutting polish which is good, if it's followed by their silicone glaze sealer thingy it looks absolutely amazing and lasts for ages!
Looks like I'll be changing to Autoglym then!!
Dave
The plastic bottles go brittle after a while. One fell off the rear seat onto the carpet and it shattered like thin glass, huge mess everywhere! Richard
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