Scratches...! - Saxperience

Luke · 23rd September 2006, 10:16

Guys,

This is for my Dad. He has a Ford Mondeo in Black.

Yesterday, he had some bird muck on the bonnet, so he got a jug of water and went to wash it off, but he didn't come off fully, so then he tried to rub it off BUT they must of been gravel in the muck - so now it's made a few scratches on his bonnet.

'Presuming' they ain't too deep, whats he best to use? It's companies car, but he treats it like his own so he his quite gutted about it.

Cheers for any help in advance,
Luke

Yates · 23rd September 2006, 10:18

scratch x?
paint renovator?

those to i know of, could try t cut, but its never done fuck all for me

clay bar the area and then scratch x it

then id just put wax over the top n that, should improve it

hesslevtr · 23rd September 2006, 10:18

try scratch x

you might need a pc on them

Luke · 23rd September 2006, 10:20

Well I have claybar, so i'll probably do that for him.

I think he tried some wax first of all, but no luck. Do you think the AutoGlym Super Resin polish is ok to use?

Agree with T-Cut, it's poo!

Yates · 23rd September 2006, 10:22

super resin is good, but i doubt it will get rid of the scratches, as said get some scratch x, smells lovely too

Luke · 23rd September 2006, 10:24

I'll tell him to get that then, I just hope they ain't too deep.

So if I clay bar it, then scratch x it and then polish/wax it. Reckon that will work?

Yates · 23rd September 2006, 10:25

yeah

maybe finish it off by having a wank onto bonnet, im sure thats what most people in this bit of the forum do

hesslevtr · 23rd September 2006, 10:26

as matt says super resin wont get sctraches out

your gonna need someing more compondy)if thats a word) stuff

SaxOmniaC · 23rd September 2006, 10:29

compoundy mate lol. it is a word now!!! i could do with knowing a decent product along these lines as ive tried T-Cut and it is a bag of balls

Luke · 23rd September 2006, 10:30

Ok thanks, I'll give it a try later when weather brightens up as the bonnet is full of rain at moment.

Ta.

hesslevtr · 23rd September 2006, 10:33

you really need a pc and some polish from polished bliss and a cutting pad

Yates · 23rd September 2006, 10:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by hesslevtr

you really need a pc and some polish from polished bliss and a cutting pad

how does a computer help with polishing? you can go outside without it you know mate

hesslevtr · 23rd September 2006, 10:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt

how does a computer help with polishing? you can go outside without it you know mate

its so when your wanking to seal it you can look at porn

Yates · 23rd September 2006, 10:43

my car turns me on

hesslevtr · 23rd September 2006, 10:44

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Originally Posted by Matt

my car turns me on

wondered why it was so clean

PolishedBliss · 25th September 2006, 15:50

Clay bar not needed, you've got a sub-surface defect, not bonded surface contamination. T-Cut won't do it, and will make matters worse. Megs Scratch-X may do it, but it's not a great product. Menzerna Intenisve Polish may do it, and is easier to use than Scratch-X and finishes better. BUT - chances are the damage is too deep to correct by hand. Here's some pics of an STI bonnet I was asked to fix after suffering the same problem (rubbing off a bird crap with a paper towel!)... I had to end up compounding it hard by machine to correct the problem.

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