Why t-cut is bad...

[barrettp]

This is quoted from DaveKG @ www.detailingworld.com, a man who really knows his stuff when it comes to car detailing.

Turtle Wax Colour Magic
IIRC, this is the gimmick one that claims to dye to paint to aid colour restoration - which is fine, if the clearcoat on most cars wasn't actually clear paint!

T-Cut
T-Cut is rather harsh product. I hate the stuff as its completely outclassed by other poroducts on the market, and it puts more scratches into paint than it takes out when applied by hand... Its problem is the abbrassive particles in the polish, they are very old-tech in that the remain at the same abbrassive nature throughout the enitre polishing process, the don't break down therefore the finish left by T-cut is generally very poor, and it induces scouring...

Modern polishes such as those from Meguiars, Poorboys, Menzerna etc use Diminshing Abbrassives - as you work the product, the abbrassive particles break down and become less aggressive, so you start with aggressive cut and then finish with a very light cut... So you start with an aggressive cut to remove the swirls and reduct to a light cut to give you a lovely finish and remove any initial scouring that may have occured.

[Luke]

Excellent information Mike.

I have never actually used it myself, but I won't be doing now.

[Mysticp]

Originally Posted by Luke

Excellent information Mike.

I have never actually used it myself, but I won't be doing now.

Ditto although i am partial to the odd "It'll t-cut out" joke, little did i know it's t-cutting back in too

[jablitt]

good advice mate. only used it once to take the paint off my rear badges and make them black and the fact it can do that so easy shows it is far too harsh for normal paint work!

[Luke]

Originally Posted by Mystic

Ditto although i am partial to the odd "It'll t-cut out" joke, little did i know it's t-cutting back in too

Exactly. I am the same about the joke, but I'd never use it.

[Mark51p]

some good stuff there mate, ive used t-cut once on the van at work and it was sh*te.

[saunders]

good info there mate, iv always said T-cut is rubbish and stand by that

[bullit]

i always new t cut was shite for some reason. everyone uses it at autions

[yerdusk]

good advice there matey!

[Ste]

Excellent, ill be chucking my Turtle Wax when i get home.

[RS_Matt]

T-cut isn't bad for the odd scratch and lump of tar, but don't let your mates polish your car with it.

[rushy_23]

Always knew T-Cut was shite, but everyday people seem to swear by it!

[Predator_R32p]

no good detailer uses T-Cut, get on detailing world and speak to Dave

[doubledavies]

I use turtle wax colour restore!

should i bother now?

[barrettp]

Originally Posted by RS_Matt

T-cut isn't bad for the odd scratch and lump of tar, but don't let your mates polish your car with it.

There are much better things to use.

For the tar there is tar remover, that loads of companies make, this is better than tcut for tar removal as it is not agressive.

Wouldn't use it for the odd scratch either, I would use a polish like autoglym super resin polish if on a budget or one of many other options if using the porter cable 7424

[lakersrule]

lol your not going to believe this but i used both those products yesterday to wash my car nooooooo!!!

[2Tone_VTR]

Originally Posted by Mystic

Ditto although i am partial to the odd "It'll t-cut out" joke, little did i know it's t-cutting back in too

HAHA me 2!

[mallboy]

good thread mate, i never liked t-cut - i go mad when people say "t-cut will get that out".

tbh i sometimes use turtlewax colour magic and i think it is good. my prefered wax is turtle wax`s nano tech

[Jagztorious]

FUK! ive been using t-cut lol fuk sake.!!!

[Peejous]

Cheers for that, best go and get some Meguiars then.