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I'm in the UK so not all of these product recommendations work for me, also my car is a state as I've only washed it once in nearly 2 years. Anyway, walk me through this please: Wash with dish soap, like, fairy liquid type stuff? So this takes off whatever wax is still on? Any polishing/ buffing/scratch removal happens now right? Can someone (initialdave?) recommend a coarse -> fine serious of cheap compounds, also I'm willing to buy a buffer if this saves me weeks of lovely labour, what's a good starting point? Does clay bar happen now or before the polishing? Wax to protect all my hard work now? Recommendations as well please. I'm borrowing a stream cleaner for the interior, thats a secondary project.
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meatpimp posted:The Porter Cable Buffer is the standard. And it's worth it. I've had mine for over 12 years and it is as solid now as it was then. Thats like £180  I think I'll get the £16 silverline & see whether its worth spending more.
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Apr 30, 2012 08:13
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I bought a cheapo £15 buffer today, washed the cars for the first time in 18 months & went to town on mine with T-cut. In conclusion - I need a proper polishing compound, more aggressive definitely, also more polishing covers & a wax to protect it when I've done a proper job. Tomorrow - The wifes car gets a dose. No pictures as its dark now, vast improvement though.
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May 16, 2012 22:26
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Or paint them black 
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May 17, 2012 11:20
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Took a good long look at my car in good sunlight & found the clearcoat is crazed on one rear quarter. The car is worthless so it's not getting repainted but is there anything I can do cheaply/myself?
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May 19, 2012 20:54
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I need a harsher compound than t-cut, what's the next level up? They all have confusing names. Also, repeating my question about crazed clearcoat on one quarter, anything I can do without a respray on non-metallic paint?
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May 23, 2012 09:56
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Thats a lovely car, what is it? Also, bonus comedy banana smell on yellow car.
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Jun 17, 2012 16:37
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I'll ask again, I have some areas of crazed clear coat, will a harsher polishing compound make it look not so bad?
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Jun 27, 2012 08:26
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Exactly that. I'll try & get a photo but I think I'll get a harsher compound & see, I can't ruin the car at this point
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Jun 27, 2012 13:45
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I bought a 10 year old e46 tourer, PO obviously smoked a pipe. How do I get the smell out of the car, I've done nothing other than air it out so far?
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Sep 23, 2013 07:39
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I have a titanium silver 2003 e46. There are a couple of rust spots inside the door apertures, nothing going through the metal but I'd like to stop them and do a passable job. My guess is it goes like so: Sand back to good metal, defect is 1" diameter, bare metal area should be about 2" when I'm done. Some spray primer Some matching paint. What have I missed? How do I mask it off nearly or does it not matter if I overlap the good paint? I need to get everything from halfords or similar so recommendations are welcome.
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Sep 29, 2013 09:35
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meatpimp posted:Can you get a picture? Click for big   Key for scale
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Sep 30, 2013 14:58
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meatpimp posted:Can you get a picture? Cakefool posted:Click for big Anyone? I've never done any paintwork before
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Oct 10, 2013 05:42
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meatpimp posted:Does that help at all? Yes it does thanks. I've got a few of those fibreglass fibre bundle/pencils for the pores. I've not pulled the covers up yet, the trim clips are single use only and I'm cheap
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Oct 10, 2013 21:22
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I have a lot of grey plastic that I would like to make black again, some lovely generic black shine restorer did nothing, any suggestions?
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Dec 22, 2013 23:45
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Kenny Rogers posted:Use a heat gun. Wow, that top box is a complete transformation. I'll pick one of those up.
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Dec 25, 2013 20:50
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Washed both my wife car and mine yesterday, then just threw the (new) sponge away afterwards, it was gross even with the 2 bucket method. Just for shits and giggles I also got the polisher and tcut out and did the front and one side of my wife's car. Swirling much improved, lots of scratches less noticeable but overall it's still a multipla  Also holy poo poo there's a million paint chips in my e46 that have started to rust, I need to get on that quickly.
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Apr 22, 2014 05:50
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FogHelmut posted:Is orange peel on the top of the clear coat, or is it between the clear coat and the paint? Orange peel is usually the texture of the paint exacerbated by the clear coat i believe?
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May 11, 2014 18:25
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What's a good wheel cleaner I can get in the UK? I'm sure the thick caked on deposits of grime and brake dust are actually sending my wheels out of balance.
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Sep 22, 2014 20:22
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Which of these should I get? http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sonax+wheel&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Asonax+wheel E: the wheel cleaners.
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Oct 2, 2014 20:37
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Nightmare fuel for anyone who didn't see it in the chat threadcakesmith handyman posted:The update. I know it's a thirteen year old car but it didn't look or feel like it. Apart from PO was a vaper and there's a mysterious oily substance inside the centre console. Disgusting twat.
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I think it was spilled vape oil, but it was brown. Got most of it out with paper towels and just washed the rest off with hot soapy water in the sink.
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