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Local motor factors - I get mine form Brown Brothers.
Also any bodyshop paint suppliers that sell 3M stuff should cary it, look on the 3M site for local ones.
Also B&Q do there own brand blue painters tape if you get really stuck. I would just use normal stuff white stuff though anyway if need be.
Sounds like 16 - Try it with 4 inch spot pad, fits right in the pot, a quick spin round of the pad in there should be enough for at least an panel or two. You need very little. Get it as thin as you can, anything you remove will be just excess wasted product
What was was the pain the Megs 16 ?
Apply it by machine with a 4 inch finishing pad, allows you to get it on nice and thin so it wipes off easily. I find the 16 a right pain when I have used it by hand.
Meguiars Scratch X and a folded Terry Towel for more bite and even pressure, work in small areas working the polish so there is noting to remove ensuring it is broken down and doing is job. Will need a few applications in most cases to be sucessfull.
Also worth a look...
Should just be lacquered like normal paintwork. A machine polish with a mild polish like Menzerna Final Finish or Poorboy SSR 2 would be my first route.
Working by hand Meguiars Scratch X or Carlack Swirl Remover Paste and lots of elbow grease
Last ones I had where not that great as the FCS was really dull.
Rest here.
Best recentish ones where when I cleaned it up back in March tbh
Full Gallery here http://www.richtreen.co.uk/images/concours/
On really badly contaminated car it is quicker to clay it off than use the machine to to do it. I am not a big fan of claying but it does work - hope my 182 never needs it.
Some time I do it every week, or even more than once a week lol
The daily drive gets some wax every three months though ! Lazy though as it gets abused, 400 miles since Sat.
Very nice looks great - I prefer that colour to the Black one I look after for a neighbour.
Couple of coats of 16 will see it well protected for a good 2-3 months at least. Though with my OCD issues I seem to wax once a month lol
A Rotary will produce better results than a PC, just has a learning curve in it's use.
SRP can be used but to correct swirls you will need something more abrassive.