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How To Get Crap Of My Duco ???


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MY car in from Japan with so much crap on the paintwork - I've washed it, tried cut and polish, turps, diluted washing powder - and it aint coming off easily.

Same crap on my windscreen, had to use a razor blade to get if off - Obvioulsy can't use a blade on the duco.

It's like caked/set muddy dust. I'm guessing it is from being out in the weather heaps whist in Japan.

How the hell do I get it off ? Is there some sort of industrial stregth stuff I can use that won't harm the paint ? Even the red kitten cut and polish won't get it off.

I don't particularly want to spend big dollars on a detailer or panel beater to buff it out.

Any help would be appreciated.

CHeers,

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'Mothers Clay bar'! Cant go past it for what you need. Its about $50 from autobarn. Trust me on this it makes your paint smooth as silk and doesnt remove any actual clear coat. Even comes with a polish too. Just grab it and read the instructions on the pack. You can re-use it plenty of times too.

Cheers

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id always use a clay bar before gong to cut and polish because a clay bar is a much safer way to remove the build up of unwanted crap on the clear coat, whereas a cut and polish does just that-cuts the top coat very slightly and then polishes it up. Its good but i'd only use it to touch up anything the clay bar didnt get rid of ie: scratches etc

Also sopunds crazy but use a fine steel wool pad to remove crap off the glass. It doesnt damage the glass. If you want try it on a tiny small concealed area first. Make sure you use sum glass cleaner with it though..

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Clay bar worked a little bit better than cut and polish but still didn't remove all the crap. It's really baked on crap. Wondering what to do next......

I got a McGuiars clay bar - Is the Mother's one better or are they all pretty much the same ?

What about autoglym ???

This is an industrial stregth problem ...... Ahhhh

My painwork will look sooooo good when I remove all the crap

Help ! ! !

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Maybe its just my experience with a clay bar, i never found it did much for my paint.

Instead of going for the Kitten red cut and polish, go for the Kitten Black cutting compound, and then use green kitten polish, n then a good wax.

You will be there for a while, it *should* work, did for me. I had heavily oxidised paint and now its pretty sweet in most areas where i didn't go half-arsed.

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Mate if this doesnt work ill drive to where you live and clean it myself.....(not really but you get the point)

DRI-WASH !!!!!!

i swear by this stuff.....with my life

cant say much more so...

http://driwash.com.au/index.html

(but prices seem higher than im paying)

anyway best of luck tell me how you go

any inquires PM me

Ciao

RellikZephyr

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