Had a bad day :(

[brisa4984]

Hey chaps.

Well. Decided to wash the flame red ready for tomorrows meet. Came back to find spots of paint on the roof and rear q panels. Some prat must have flicked all over it..

I washed the whole thing again and clayed (megs) the damage to no avail. In a moment of desperation i found some cloth slightly rougher than a micro fibre. I knew there was a risk of scratching it so i I tried it on one spot extremely lightly and it came off. Hooraaa! I ran water over the panel constantly and at that point it showed no scratches whatsoever.

When i dried the panels and stepped a few meters back, low and behold my car looks like it has measles. s**t happens :dapprove:

I managed to get some scratch x and had a few goes with it and it its improved. The 'shine' looks restored but it still looks quite shite.

The time has come for a pc i reckon. Any advice which one i should get for beginner level, which pads, polishes etc.

Mark,.

 

[AlexG]

g220 machine and merneza polish are meant to be good i think

 

[Beef-Mc]

G220 would be a good beginners thing.

Pics of your damage?

 

[rosssei]

Menzerna 3.02 prob to take scratches out

but on the plus side do whole car with that then finish with Menz 85RD and you will have a fantastic swirl free shine!

 

[brisa4984]

thanks guys.,,, ill post pics up of the damage soon

 

[JMR]

G220 has been fraught with reliability and warranty problems.

Get a UDM or even better, a Porter Cable.

 

[guysy]

I cant afford a G220.

Just brought a blue silverline rotary off ebay for £36.00 and £7.00 deliv.

Then off cleanyourcar i brought a 4" backing plate and polishing pad.

Good luck with getting it back to normal mate, Shouldnt take too much.

Maybe just spend 10 mins doing each spot. Witch Scratch X by hand.

 

[Rich]

Problem with a Rotary is being able to get a perfect finish with one, neighbour came round complaining about the buffer trails that had been left in his bonnet by a local bodyshop. Starting out a Random Orbit machine will get a better finish.