Clear Coat?

[Hadouken]

Do you want to do the whole car? Or just the affected areas?

Whole car I'd say 150-200 for just a paint correction.

Sections of the car is hard to say, most pros work by the hour.

Also ive heard good things on scratchx 2.0, if you don't want to spend the money on a detail just yet.

Edited October 10, 2011 by eat_me

[Even_Flow]

Any decent detailer/painter should be able to fix your problems man. You can get different abrasive grade cuts, so prob an aggressive cut will do the trick and if not. a light rub with P2000 wet rub then a cut to bring back the shine will remove slight scratches and your water mark problems. Take it to a few shops and ask some questions. If its a 2000 model car the paint shouldnt be that bad.

[Ruxis]

Hmm alright well I guess when I need another wax I'll take it to a few places and ask what I should do.

Thanks alot guys

[Jonno34]

Do you want to do the whole car? Or just the affected areas?

Whole car I'd say 150-200 for just a paint correction.

Sections of the car is hard to say, most pros work by the hour.

Also ive heard good things on scratchx 2.0, if you don't want to spend the money on a detail just yet.

I haven't found scratch X to be that effective .. for a hand polish i generally use FI CAP medium and ive heard good things from other guys serious about their detailing about P21S paint cleansing lotion, which is actually made for a hand polish

[Hadouken]

Orly? This is some good news seeing as I was going to waste my money on scratch x. Thanks for the heads up jonno.

[Jonno34]

it works okayish .. but it took me some serious muscle to get even the most insignificant marks out of my paint

i used autoglym paint renovator once when i first got my skyline, i found that to be quite good

i quite like autoglym products actually, pretty good for off the shelf stuff

you're not in perth are you? I have tons of scratch X and autoglym paint renovator sitting around ...

i keep buying more stuff before i get even halfway through the last bottle

[Even_Flow]

We use autoglym in the trade. Well the wax anyway. It's good shit and very well priced too...

Def worth a try IMO.

[Even_Flow]

it works okayish .. but it took me some serious muscle to get even the most insignificant marks out of my paint

i used autoglym paint renovator once when i first got my skyline, i found that to be quite good

i quite like autoglym products actually, pretty good for off the shelf stuff

you're not in perth are you? I have tons of scratch X and autoglym paint renovator sitting around ...

i keep buying more stuff before i get even halfway through the last bottle

We use autoglym in the trade. Well the wax anyway. It's good shit and very well priced too...

Def worth a try IMO.

Edited October 13, 2011 by Even_Flow

[Even_Flow]

whoops my bad, dont know what happened there????? :(

hahaha

Edited October 13, 2011 by Even_Flow

[Hadouken]

Nah man not in perth. Yeh I have So many bottles of stuff as well haha. Always trying something new .

But seeing as autoglym is getting such a good wrap I know what Im trying next

[Jonno34]

We use autoglym in the trade. Well the wax anyway. It's good shit and very well priced too...

Def worth a try IMO.

wish my workplace did that

we use autosmart ... breaks my heart to send a car out detailed with that stuff ...

90% of my products at home are from brands like Final inspection .. only off the shelf stuff i use nowadays is some of meguiars/mothers, or autoglym ... preferably autoglym

in far less time than it takes me to do a car at work i can get a car looking much better and with alot less effort ....

i started off with turtle wax "ice" products though when i first started detailing

Edited October 13, 2011 by Jonno34

[zebra]

Hey guys,

Is it worth trying a clay bar to get sap stains etc off the car..or a cut/polish?

Doesnt need to be fantastic as the car is being re-sprayed soon, but looks rubbish atm, my black car looks grey/dull due to all the shit on it

Washed it this morning and it looks crap

[Hadouken]

A clay bar will definately give that black a better shine. More depth persay. As for the tree sap, if it's etched into the paint I'd recommend clay barring the car then use a cutting compound and Ofcoarse seal it afterwards.

You're call will look a million bucks, depends on how much damage the tree sap did is dependent on the end result.

As for the grey look, that will most certainly be gone.

Like it was said. Clay bar = magic . Haha

[zebra]

so gave it a go on the boot lid...paint is well beyond help

cant get a decent photo but looks like it was caught in a sand storm

[Hadouken]

Wow that bad? Shit man. At least youre getting a paint job

[NISSAN GTR]

Have a look at Final Inspection .com.au , best gear for detailing !

[Jonno34]

yeah just use a clay bar and hand polish mate, if i have any dodgy stains or anything i just hand polish that spot and seal that area back up

breaks my heart to get rid of all the layers of seal/wax that i build up over the months though

P21S paint cleansing lotion is good

off the shelf stuff - ive found autoglym paint renovator to be very effective, i used it on my skyline when I first got it, improve the paint condition by millions