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AdamH · 14th May 2008, 19:40

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Luke · 14th May 2008, 21:52

I'd say ALL of them are removable except the wheel as it looks pretty deep.

How deep is it?

AdamH · 14th May 2008, 22:02

fairly, also the door one is fairly deep, using the nail technique, you can defo feel them so im guessing for those 2 wet sanding and a good polish over top?

Luke · 14th May 2008, 22:09

I'd say so mate, would need to see them to assess them.

I have my own Valeting company, but it's my partner who knows more about the detailing than myself.

AdamH · 14th May 2008, 22:20

bah, was hoping to get them sorted before fcs and your a bit far... hmm... any detailers local to sussex? redbullet im looking your way

Luke · 14th May 2008, 22:22

I was in Sussex two weeks ago mate, should of asked sooner as I have a PC at home.

No worries though - I'd PM Alex or Redbullet yeah.

barrett^p · 14th May 2008, 23:39

bonnet, depends if its paint or stone chips, paint = detailing clay or tar remover to remove, stone chips = respray
wheel, depends it its rubber or something or a scuff and damage to the metal, scuff = no change, rubber = detailing clay or strong wheel cleaner
rear quater, should remove / make it only visible when your looking for it
window / wing depends if they are scratches or paint. scratch / chip and you can see white = respray no chance detailing will sort, paint = clay bar

RedB · 15th May 2008, 13:44

Replied mate.

Red

AdamH · 15th May 2008, 14:27

its all scratches from previous owner, just want to get rid of them as for the wheel, its defo no rubber it looks like he caught the kerb? or someone may of hit him.... thanks for the help barrett

AdamH · 15th May 2008, 14:28

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Originally Posted by redbullet07

Replied mate.

Red

lies, i have no messages from you

AdamH · 15th May 2008, 15:11

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AlexR · 15th May 2008, 16:35

The wheel is beyond normal work mate, it needs filling and painting.

The bonnet again, best off using a touch up very neatly, mask around it, and then blend it in, i never got round to it, was a fucking huge stone that hit it

the rear 1/4 will polish out, i did polish it well a few times but over time it started to show again, needs machine polish/udm to permanently fix it. The sill should polish out with a bit of a wet sand too.

AdamH · 15th May 2008, 18:37

=)

meh chemical metal do for repair yeah?

as for touch up i saw the dodgy one on the drivers door, mite give that a bit of wet sand and get red to udm over it.. if he actually sends me the message..

btw i got the bolts and the other thing which im guessing is the tps sensor :o

ill send yours out when i get the cash =)

barrett^p · 15th May 2008, 18:43

no chance you will get good results in the door sill with wet sanding as you will not be able to udm it to polish it due to the curves and different angles.

bullit · 15th May 2008, 18:44

you cant wet sand scratches and chips out. if its white your fucked, as in no paint to play with. i dont know wherr im looking at the wing but the rear quarter is prob the only bit your gonna get out by machine

bullit · 15th May 2008, 18:44

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Originally Posted by barrett

no chance you will get good results in the door sill with wet sanding as you will not be able to udm it to polish it due to the curves and different angles.

and the fact theres no paint there lol

barrett^p · 15th May 2008, 18:49

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Originally Posted by bullit

you cant wet sand scratches and chips out. if its white your fucked, as in no paint to play with. i dont know wherr im looking at the wing but the rear quarter is prob the only bit your gonna get out by machine

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Originally Posted by bullit

and the fact theres no paint there lol

you use a form of touch up paint, then wet sand that smooth to the paint work then polish over it.

But its really something left to the pro's as you only have a few MICRONs of clear coat to play with, so the untrained will just take all the clear coat off.

bullit · 15th May 2008, 18:57

barrett im gonna disagree with you lol. wetsanding for me is to take deep scratches out on areas where it would just take alot longer to polish out. nothing to do with touching them up first. chips you would touch up but then just polish the excess off.

but as you said. youd want a pro to do it because of the clearcoat

barrett^p · 15th May 2008, 19:02

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Originally Posted by bullit

barrett im gonna disagree with you lol. wetsanding for me is to take deep scratches out on areas where it would just take alot longer to polish out. nothing to do with touching them up first. chips you would touch up but then just polish the excess off.

but as you said. youd want a pro to do it because of the clearcoat

that is what i would also refer to as wetsanding, but in the link at the top of this thread that someone posted recommending the ''wetsanding method'' method above i just used that terminology to carry on to save confusion.

When you do the touch up you can just polish over the top of it but if you wet sand it down then polish over it you can get fantstic results and not be able to see the old paint damage, but it is somehting i have no experience in doing, just something i have seen and read about on detailingworld.

AdamH · 15th May 2008, 19:05

so if its white i need to primer and touch up? or do citroen use white primer on saxos?

and once its touched up, getting someone to attack it with some kind of polisher will work? as for the sill what about hours of hard graff hand polish?