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Bojangles · #31 31-12-2013, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by VUSSUTE

My 4WD after a cut and polish. I wish I had a before pic to show you but you get the idea. This car is heavily used off road and normally has scratches and pin striping all the way up the side.

could you please let me know which cut & polish gear you used? My 2011 WRX has some light scratches especially around the side door area and front bumper and I would like to get her back to her Sunday best

Also got a nice stone hit on the silver wind screen surround, lucky it missed the screen. Appreciate any help.
Cheers
Peter

drewgong · #32 01-01-2014, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SyncSubaru

This is very dangerous and makes me cringe. A dual action polisher with cutting compound is much safer. However I would recommend you try applying some Meguiars Ultimate Compound or ColourX by hand first and see how it comes up. You dont want to attack anything with power tools (let alone an angle grinder...) if you don't know what you're doing.

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Just to add, not saying it wont work, but this sort of thing in the hands of somebody untrained can cause irreversible damage to the paintwork, so its best to start soft and work your way up from there, instead of let-er-rip, burn through the paint, and be stuck going oh shit and definitely needing the respray.

its not what i thaught, agree it can be fixed with a moderate to heavy cutting compound (they are rated 1-10) and polish. easy job yourself, and dont be lazy and use a buffer to cut, it will look disgusting compared to by hand and way more chance of damaging it.. cut,polish,wax. boom

nick73 · #33 01-01-2014, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by drewgong

its not what i thaught, agree it can be fixed with a moderate to heavy cutting compound (they are rated 1-10) and polish. easy job yourself, and dont be lazy and use a buffer to cut, it will look disgusting compared to by hand and way more chance of damaging it.. cut,polish,wax. boom

You still high from last night bra?

Dan [GTI] · #34 01-01-2014, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by nick73

You still high from last night bra?

Your profile picture wants to make me ask you that

rada · #35 01-01-2014, 11:46 AM

Well, thanks to the advice and encouragement of everyone on here I think I achieved some good results. After a wash, I used 2000grit sand paper in some areas. The compounding phase was quite tough going even with the polishing machine. The warmer days made things very difficult indeed. Polishing went marginally better and finally waxing seemed to go a treat. Its taken almost a week and I am bloody sore, but overall I am very happy with the results. I wonder how long it will last!