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Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
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Quote:Still stupid, eager, fit and attractive..... I couldn't believe my eyes
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 17th Oct 2007 2:22 pm |
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Andrew van den Heever
Member Since: 09 Jun 2007
Location: Cape Town
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Sorry mobyone, I see you "cut" and polished the bonnet. What sort of product did you use for the cutting, and what equipment. I have never attempted such a thing so I think I will stick with a professional company, but I am interested, in case I have a smaller area to do in the future (-no f...er is ever washing my car again!) 
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| 17th Oct 2007 2:23 pm |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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DW, no idea where you got that from...... I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 17th Oct 2007 2:41 pm |
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mobyone
Member Since: 23 Dec 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 394
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[quote="Andrew van den Heever"]Thanks for all the input guys.
mobyone; my lettering is also a bit scratched, but not too bad. What did you do about your paint apart from waxing it?
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Andrew, I used the smallest amount of rubbing compound (A8108005 Meguiars Cleaner - Fine Cut) or any similar stuff that restores dull paint. Can I suggest that before you try cutting, you use heaps of wax first to see if that does the trick as most light scratches will come out with 2 applications. The trick is not to rub the decals as the colour will come off.
Good luck... 
Moby What's the point.... it all comes out in the wash anyway!
85 Range Rover
01 Disco Series II
05 D3 V6SE, Bonatti Grey, 19"alloys
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| 18th Oct 2007 12:51 am |
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PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
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mobyone wrote:Can I suggest that before you try cutting, you use heaps of wax first to see if that does the trick as most light scratches will come out with 2 applications.
Hi Moby,
Just to clarify, you should use polish not wax.....polish is slightly abrasive (although a lot less than cutting compound) so will have some use in removing the scratches if they're very fine.
Wax would just fill the scratches in for a week or two, but wouldn't solve the problem.
Andrew,
If you can get hold of Meguirs stuff in your neck of the woods, then that'll work fine. Just stay away from the "no-name" super-car-wax-polish-paint-renovator-all-in-one-for-2-dollars polishes.....they won't help you at all.
Cheers,
Paul 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG
Last edited by PaulP on 18th Oct 2007 7:07 am. Edited 1 time in total
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| 18th Oct 2007 6:44 am |
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Andrew van den Heever
Member Since: 09 Jun 2007
Location: Cape Town
Posts: 340
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Thanks Mobyone, you have been a great help. I didn't know that the colour would come off the Landrover lettering! Do any of the SA boys know if this Meguirs stuff is available here?
You know I really can live with scratches on my Disco. You know the side scratches from bushes and low trees, but those are MY scratches and show that I use the car for what it was designed to do. I am not a "Bling-meister", but heaps of ugly scratches all over the front of my new vehicle inflicted by some ignorant asswipe are not acceptable!!
This website and forum is absolutely amazing. The input from all over the world is just staggering. Thanks guys.
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| 18th Oct 2007 7:02 am |
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robharvey
Member Since: 14 May 2007
Location: Durban
Posts: 138
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Andrew,
There's one in Durban (031-5692221). They may be able to tell you who to get hold of in CT.
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| 18th Oct 2007 8:00 am |
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mobyone
Member Since: 23 Dec 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 394
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I suppose I know it as wax or polish down here, but any type of wax(polish) will do, as long it isn't just a silicone based top coat that repels water. Wax is like a thickened cream and dries to a powder and then buffs off brilliantly. The cutting compounds are the same but use varying grades of grit from coarse - medium - fine and super fine which is essentailly polish. If the scratches have gone too deep, ie past the clear coat, then nothing will save you except for more clear from the painters spray nozzle..
Hopefully yours will come out easily.. don't stress to find Meguires as any polish should be same. By the way I picked up the Decals of Ebay from some fella in the UK.. good stuff,
Cheers Moby What's the point.... it all comes out in the wash anyway!
85 Range Rover
01 Disco Series II
05 D3 V6SE, Bonatti Grey, 19"alloys
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| 18th Oct 2007 10:43 am |
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