tomm1990
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Registered: 21st Jul 09
Location: didcot
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i have a flame red corsa sport with faded paint in places am goig to tcut tmoz if weather permits but was told claying is realy good thing todo? wot does the claying actually do? n wot is the process to doing it?? b4 or after tcuting?
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Ant B
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Registered: 4th Jan 09
Location: Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire
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wash the car as normal then dry it, and then when you go and get a clay kit(i got megs quik clay)as that came with the deatailing spray which u need to spray on the part of the car that you are doing at that time that time,then rub the clay bar on the car a pannal at a time making shure the paint is wet enought for the bar not to stick and keep wiping the bar over the car till the paint feels smoth then dry with a microphper cloth or chamios and then start again on a nother panal.
sorry i carnt help with tcut as i have a metalic car and cannot use iit but thats claying
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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autoglym paint renovator seems to be pretty good then super resin polish.
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tomm1990
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Registered: 21st Jul 09
Location: didcot
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cheers for that guys
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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i did a t plate breeze last week, use the renovator on it twice as it was pretty pink then used the super resin polish on it and was well chuffed with the results
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tom130691
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Registered: 13th Sep 08
Location: Daventry
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i used red t-cut then red polish
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Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
Location: Croydon, Greater London
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your best bet is to ask RichH as he is the guru of detailing on here.
i'd just say:
Wash it (remove loose dirt with pressure washer or spray attatchment on a hose)
Clay bar it as Ant said panel at a time untill it feels smooth to the touch (trust me when they say you'll feel the differnce)
wash again (wash with car shampoo now but try the 2 buckets method as this reduces the chance for it to put swerl marks into paint)
Shamie/dry
then break out a light cutting compound cheaply i'd say T cut as its widley known or as davieslim said use AG paint renovator as this works well. do it a panel at a time
try getting yourself some foam aplicator pads as this will alow the product to be moved around easer and wont suck/absorb the produck like microfibers do.
buff off with microfiber cloths good tip if the cloth can scratch the surface of a CD then its no good for your car nice soft cloths (pick them up pritty cheaply and you need a fair few)
give it a good few going overs till the paint has come back to being a nice glossy red
then i'd say give it a goat of SRP (super resin polish) as this stuff i found to be excelent it can fill small defects aswell but its a little powdery at times.
then i'd just say give it a good waxing (could go sealer then wax but wax is good for peeps who dont want to spend hours washing and polishing there cars)
hope that helps
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