Cleaning a brand new car?

[ukaskew]

Picked up the new car yesterday, Panther Black and as expected it's covered in swirl marks.

Whats the best way of tackling it? I don't have a pc but have loads and loads of products from my Clio Cup ownership days.

 

[ukaskew]

Little sample, wasn't actually trying to get swirl pics, but you can see it clearly anyway...

 

[Tay]

Was that brand new from the dealers ?
If so I would be well P***ed at that !

Might be hard work by hand could try scratchx on a panel see how you get on. Probably best to get someone to do it with a machine

 

[quikshine]

bring it back to the dealers first thing in the morning and complain! get them to pay for someone to PC it properly!

 

[DrR]

Brand new new? If so thats shite!

 

[ukaskew]

Yes it's brand new new, 9 miles. When the other half arrived to pick it up there was a young lady cleaning it with a bucket and sponge, tried to ask her about it but she didn't speak English. Nowt wrong with that but she didn't exactly come across as a trained valeter.

The roof is far worse. Won't get a chance to take it back until next weekend at the earliest so wondered if it would be easy to sort myself.

For all of our slating of Renault dealerships, I also had a brand new Pearl Black Clio from Renault and it was in far better condition than this.


And if you thought orange peel on Renaults was bad...

 

[Dip]

Thats terrible! Id be back to the dealers like a shot..

 

[Fletcher]

Thats terrible! Id be back to the dealers like a shot..

+1

 

[ukaskew]

Didn't notice it yesterday as the weather was horrific, has only come to light this afternoon after we had some sunshine.

 

[Rich]

Black car and swirls by hand will be a nightmare to correct by hand.

There are products I can recommend but none will be easy or be a quick fix and require lots of time and elbow grease to correct and then you may never get it 100%. If that is there dealer prep taking it back and getting them to correct it will probably leave it coming back worse IMO.

In your position I would go back to the dealer, explain the prep is not acceptable and get them to agree to pay the bill for you to get the paintwork corrected properly by a pro. Drop Brazo a PM as he is localish to you in Swindon and get a quote Chris.

Welcome to the joys of a BlacK car.