Scratches! Help!

[Smythe1981]

Can anybody help me out here?

Just noticed that a cat has wandered all over my bonnet! 

I'm absolutely devastated as have only had the GTI a matter of weeks and never ever happened on my old Pug which was parked in the exact same place for over two years! must be more desirable i suppose!

Anyway, I havent had a chance to wash and polish it up yet to see the true extent of the damage, i can see plenty of minor (i hope) claw markings and scratches, most visable under bright light.

Does anybody know of a good T-Cut or polish that will bring the scratches out without damaging the paintwork?  Or has anyone had their motor back to the dealers for a professional touch up etc and could tell me how much I would be looking at? it is only the bonnet as it's full of muddy paw prints!!

Any response would be most grateful

Cheers

[Ben Lessani]

Wash with car soap, then buy some Farecla G10, wet a cloth, rub it in (not circular) then give it a good solid polish and wax. Don't just do one section though, you really need to do the whole panel.

[Smythe1981]

I'll give it a go, cheers

[Pete Taylor]

... and after you do trhe whole bonnet you'll end up doing the whole car!! 

[mrtibbs27]

I STOPPED POLISHING MY CAR AGES AGO, ITS WHEN YOU POLISH THEM THAT YOU START SEEING / PUTTING SCRATCHES AND SWIRLS IN THE PAINT WORK . ITS MY PERSONAL OPINION ONLY, BUT I JUST WAX MY CARS NOW, THATS WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING WITH MY 30th EDITION WHEN SHE LANDS . IT DEPENDS WHICH WAX YOU LIKE BUT I AM USING MEGUIARS AT THE MOMENT WITH GOOD RESULTS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT ONES, MY SON USED ZYMOL ABOUT £40 A SMALL TIN ON HIS BMW WITH EXCELLENT RESULTS. YOU NEED TO TRY A FEW AND SEE WHICH ONE YOU LIKE

[Pete Taylor]

I've heard good things about the Autoglym super high resin polish

[VR6_ROB]

i use some stuff called G3 its a polishing compound for scratches works wonders
then i use autoglym super resin really good stuff makes it shine

[Ben Lessani]

G3 is made by Farecla, same as G10 - but its not a fine compound! It is used for rejuvinating old paint and its pretty abrasive, G10 is a liquid compound and its much finer, its much easier to use.

Not sure about the comment about waxing and polishing causing scratches. But as long as you use a clean fine cotton cloth, you shouldn't have any major worries.

A good polish and wax is needed after using any paint treatment (G10/T-Cut/Meg's Paint Renovator). A wax or polish won't remove scratches, just enhance them - use polish after a paint treatment!

Ben

[Paul-GTI]

I STOPPED POLISHING MY CAR AGES AGO, ITS WHEN YOU POLISH THEM THAT YOU START SEEING / PUTTING SCRATCHES AND SWIRLS IN THE PAINT WORK . 

Have a look at detailing world, and search for "two bucket method"

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/

[Ben Lessani]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7598756069207401372&q=showcargarage.com