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Offline sharman

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Post T-cut woes!
« on: 06 June 2009, 14:33 »
I was driving down a country lane in my MK5 GTI, when some numpty coming the other way in a transit van cut the corner(picking his nose), forcing me to "brush" the edge. It wasn't until I got home that I noticed I had a full length scratch :cry:. It had scratched the laquer mainly on the wing and passenger door. I T-cutted the worst of it out, then applied meguiars wax and P21 carnuba. It looked good, until it rained! It's left a slightly dull patch with tiny swirl marks. I have waxed again, but fear it may need some professional buffing/polishing work. I don't think(or hope) it needs any paint/spraying. Any recomendations of either a good valeter or specialist wax etc. I'm gutted and binned the T-cut! I'm from Chesterfield. Cheers
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Offline Dan J

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Re: Post T-cut woes!
« Reply #1 on: 06 June 2009, 15:31 »
get some pics up if you can.

t-cut is rubbish so hats off to you for binning it :wink:

it sounds like it just needs a mop running over it.
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Offline Conker

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Re: Post T-cut woes!
« Reply #2 on: 06 June 2009, 19:29 »
Sounds like you just went a bit mental polishing the small patch you was working on. Autoglym Super Resin Polish has got mild abrasives in it and fillers to help mask defects. If it was me I would spend a while trying to re-polish with dull bits with SRP and a terry towel pad. I managed to get a scuff out of a bumper just with SRP for example.
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Offline Mr_Orange

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Re: Post T-cut woes!
« Reply #3 on: 06 June 2009, 19:33 »
Auto-Glym Super Resin Polish for the win!  Their "paint restore" is good stuff too.

Little pricey, but can't express how happy this stuff makes me.   :smiley:
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Re: Post T-cut woes!
« Reply #4 on: 07 June 2009, 19:57 »
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Re: Post T-cut woes!
« Reply #5 on: 08 June 2009, 21:43 »
I'm afraid you will struggle to get a scratch out by hand, the only product I could really say would have any chance is Meguiar's Ultimate Compound. If nothing else it will certainly get rid of the swirl marks and polish the finish up to a great shine.
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Re: Post T-cut woes!
« Reply #6 on: 08 June 2009, 21:57 »
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Offline vwkevgti

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Re: Post T-cut woes!
« Reply #7 on: 09 June 2009, 19:06 »
hi mate iam in heanor derby and wouldnt mind helping you out if your still stuck  ive got a boat load of polishing stuff  and iam a dab hand at wet sanding got all the 2500 3000 and 4000 grit stuff and a shed load of sponge pads drop us a pm if you still need any help  :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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Offline Conker

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Re: Post T-cut woes!
« Reply #8 on: 09 June 2009, 20:39 »
Quote from: vwkevgti on 09 June 2009, 19:06
hi mate iam in heanor derby and wouldnt mind helping you out if your still stuck  ive got a boat load of polishing stuff  and iam a dab hand at wet sanding got all the 2500 3000 and 4000 grit stuff and a shed load of sponge pads drop us a pm if you still need any help  :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Heh, I grew up in Heanor!!

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Offline paultownsend

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Re: Post T-cut woes!
« Reply #9 on: 10 June 2009, 10:46 »
@ vwkevgti   

do you have a mop/pc too?
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