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Argghhh! I hate bodywork. HELP!
coozer - 7/4/09 at 07:40 PM

Right then, me bonnets been in a crash and fell over a couple a times, then 2 weeks ago blew away and crashed onto the road...

Well got some wet n dry and gently rubbed them out, seemed to do the trick, polished the areas ( and the rest) with Autoglym Super Resin stuff.

Now got flat matt areas instead of scratches...

How do I get the shine back on please??

Steve

Danozeman - 7/4/09 at 07:47 PM

Try to buff them back with some sort of cutting compound like G3.
Super resin is just polish and wont cut them back and smooth them off.

G3 should do it.

What grade wet and dry did u use. U need at least 800 then G3 then super resin.

Gary 7 - 7/4/09 at 07:48 PM

Have you tried t cut,if the scratches are out it should bring the shine back.

coozer - 7/4/09 at 09:14 PM

It was 600 grade, the highest B&Q had, I'll go back to Halfords for some G3.

stevebubs - 7/4/09 at 09:20 PM

farecla g3 then g10 and plenty of elbow grease

DavidW - 7/4/09 at 09:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
farecla g3 then g10 and plenty of elbow grease


I've had good results with this. I think I had some 1200 wet and dry too.

austin man - 7/4/09 at 10:35 PM

use some 800 then 1000 or 1200 followed by a tcut and polish with the autoglym. I am a believer in autoglym having used it a few times it does have a sligh cutting action.

Ps remember to rub in circles. The above method can also be used to remove scratches in perspex

Simon - 7/4/09 at 10:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
farecla g3 then g10 and plenty of elbow grease


Or use an electric polisher. Carefully

ATB

Simon

stevebubs - 7/4/09 at 11:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by coozer
It was 600 grade, the highest B&Q had, I'll go back to Halfords for some G3.


Please don't get your sandpaper from B&Q....most of it is crud for working on car bodywork.

Halfords is more expensive but works...and they go up to 2000 grade if you go on the right day...most of the time they max at 1200 though....

stevebubs - 7/4/09 at 11:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Simon
quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
farecla g3 then g10 and plenty of elbow grease


Or use an electric polisher. Carefully

ATB

Simon


If using an electric polisher keep the mop damp

Agriv8 - 8/4/09 at 06:26 AM

G1200 followed by
G2000 followed by
g3 cutting compound followed by
G10 cutting compound followed by
wankers cramp ! followed by
buying a 4000 rpm electirc polisher with mops from ebay

Trust me black shows imperfections !!1

Regards

Agriv8

smart51 - 8/4/09 at 07:20 AM

When polishing perspex, I found that tooth paste reduced the haze after I'd used cutting paste. It also left the surface minty fresh.

BenB - 8/4/09 at 09:32 AM

I used autosol to do my GRP cos it was the only cutting type paste I had handy. Did the job very nicely too!!! Plenty of elbow grease and job's a good'un.

coozer - 8/4/09 at 10:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
G1200 followed by
G2000 followed by
g3 cutting compound followed by
G10 cutting compound followed by
wankers cramp ! followed by
buying a 4000 rpm electirc polisher with mops from ebay

Trust me black shows imperfections !!1

Regards

Agriv8


Gorden Bennet, I aint got shares in Halfords you knows...

And, does polishing bodywork really turn u on that much? or does the cock custard work as good as G3?

[Edited on 8/4/09 by coozer]

Triton - 8/4/09 at 06:18 PM

polishing gel is a pain in the 'arris especially yellow as easy to turn it into a kinda of burnt orange if you are not paying attention....wonder how i found that out

go thru the grades of wet n dry finishing with as fine a paper as you can get. I use g6 which is a quite a course cutting paste with lots of water to keep things cool, but it makes a right royal mess of everything around you...
Silverline do polishers for about £40 and mine has been zapped everyday for 6 months and no problems apart from used 3 lambswool heads at £25 a thro!!!.