oh dear.

[maddogmorg]

recently touched up my paintwork with a bit of leftover paint from having my wing mirror sprayed. let it dry and then with some very very fine wet and dry paper smoothed it off. the paint touch up isn't a perfect match, but that doesn't bother me greatly, the thing is where i've rubbed the paint with the wet 'n dry the original paint has come up bright and fresher looking and no swirl marks, this now contrasts greatly with the rest of the car and the surrounding paintwork.

do i now have to use a t cut or something over the entire car to get the car back to the bright white, or will a claybar be able to acheive similar results or will i have to gently wet and dry the entire car ( i guess not as that would be a very extreme option!) i have ordered some bilt hamber clay, balm etc which should arrive next week so it'd be great if this solves it, but i feel doubtful as it'll probably need a more abrasive at a guess?

 

[Andy Monty]

doh :bang:

if its a white car a good clay and polish should get it something like right if not t-cut it and blend it in along swedge lines (lines or creases in the panel) to make it less obvious

try claying and a bit of auto balm first it (the balm) contains paint cleansers you'll be surprised how dirty the applicator pad gets

 

[jug]

use white t-cut, you can do the full car by hand in 2 hours and it will look mint.

 

[maddogmorg]

right got some white t-cut, just waiting for the bilt hamber stuff to arrive.

what order is it done then?

Wash
t cut
clay
polish
balm stuff?

wash
clay
tcut
polish
balm stuff?

wash
t cut
polish
clay
balm stuff?

 

[maddogmorg]

right got my stuff from bilt hamber today, there was a mess up with the delivery service and a leaking bottle, but the customer service was excellent.

i washed it.
clayed it
washed it again
t cut white
then autobalm

the results are excellent! it's a brilliant shiny white now i think the T cut white has done most of the work to restore the colour but the clay bar took a lot of dirt off, though it takes a fair bit more work than i'm used to when washing the car. in the end though i think it was worth it

Thanks Especially to Andy Monty for advice and recommending Bilt Hamber stuff!

 

[Andy Monty]

Thanks Especially to Andy Monty for advice and recommending Bilt Hamber stuff!

Glad you liked it just waiting on an order from them having got an e-mail from them saying my card had been declined must have miskeyed my number as for a change there is money in the account.....


what did you think to the Auto wash?

 

[maddogmorg]

what did you think to the Auto wash?

it seemed ok, you only use 5ml or something like that which seems a bit low, but it was clean when i finished washing with it.

here's some after pics. should of got some before ones, especially of the touch up bits but nevermind

i was quite impressed, although it was white before it wasn't brilliant white as it is now!

 

[Andy Monty]

you have managed to get a good shine on that

 

[maddogmorg]

just thought i'd add this on the end, since i done that wash on it, i've only done one wash since

Anyway the other day it was absolutely caked in mud, including on the wing mirrors!! (visits to farms down VERY MUDDY country lanes and having the back out a bit probably made it worse), should of got a picture it was a right state but anyway it rained and virtually all the mud/muck has washed off the autobalm is doing a brilliant job, never had a car able to let the rain water wash off muck like that!! yes there's streaks of dirt still but tbh it doesn't look too bad. plan to get it washed properly in the week coming.

although i have limited experience with car cleaning stuff i really do recommend the autobalm! not just to those obsessed with cleaning, but seriously the way the mud has washed off with a bit of rain (it wasn't even heavy rain at the time!) makes it perfect for lazy people like me!!

 

[Andy Monty]

Glad you like it Morg

 

[BrumBrum]

I'd reccomend some Auto Glym bumper care to put on your bumpers does wonders

 

[miff121]

yea maddog car lookin sweet

 

[Andy Monty]

I'd reccomend some Auto Glym bumper care to put on your bumpers does wonders

nah sod that use Autobalm (trust me)

 

[punto_matt]

Sod autobalm use some ground nut oil from tesco

 

[maddogmorg]

hadn't done anything to the bumpers in those pics.. used baby oil on them in the end which has brought them up nicely!

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I find WD40 brings the bumpers up nicly

 

[thepottleflump]

I find WD40 brings the bumpers up nicly

WD40 can damage certain types of plastics.