Golf with paint problem.

robnut · 8 Oct 2010 at 15:36

Could be marking from all the dust and ash we had? I would ring around the bodyshops/detailers and see how much a mop would be with some g3. If the paint is rough and the clay aint touching it, it could be a sign of cheap repair.

DM · 8 Oct 2010 at 15:39

robnut said:
Could be marking from all the dust and ash we had? I would ring around the bodyshops/detailers and see how much a mop would be with some g3. If the paint is rough and the clay aint touching it, it could be a sign of cheap repair.

I dont think its had a whack, it would have to have been the whole back end and roof, its obviously just been sat in the wrong place.

Il get someone out to machine polish it.

Malt_Vinegar · 8 Oct 2010 at 15:40

DiamondMark said:
I dont think its had a whack, it would have to have been the whole back end and roof, its obviously just been sat in the wrong place.

Il get someone out to machine polish it.

given the driver's history, perhaps also look at some armour plating to protect it afterwards

NVP · 8 Oct 2010 at 15:47

I cannot see the pics as I am at work, but something happened to my friends car which made water stain like marks appear in the lacquer of the carbon fibre bonnet.

Basically the car was at a dodgy garage all winter and the idiots left it out in the snow, when he came to pick it up and wiped off the layers of snow the bonnet was a mess, covered in these "water-mark" looking things which were actually bits where the lacquer had been corroded.

*Moangroan* · 8 Oct 2010 at 15:58

The thing with black it shows the bird poo burn way to easily......do the marks have like that rainbowy effect to them.

DM · 8 Oct 2010 at 16:02

No rainbow effect, i think NVP might be on the right track though.

Sagalout · 8 Oct 2010 at 16:11

DiamondMark said:
...decided an auto is the way forward

Literally by the sounds of it!

I'm dreading teaching my daughter to drive. She's incredibly intellectual without an ounce of common sense or appreciation for anything mechanical!

DM · 8 Oct 2010 at 16:13

Sagalout said:
Literally by the sounds of it!

I'm dreading teaching my daughter to drive. She's incredibly intellectual without an ounce of common sense or appreciation for anything mechanical!

Im telling you its character building

DM · 9 Oct 2010 at 14:58

Yah the bloke has finished and now its shiny, he said he didnt know what the marks were from but they are gone now

tigerstyle · 9 Oct 2010 at 15:03

DiamondMark said:
Yah the bloke has finished and now its shiny, he said he didnt know what the marks were from but they are gone now

thread fails to deliver excitement!

DM · 9 Oct 2010 at 15:04

thepedster said:
thread fails to deliver excitement!

Im excited

Housey · 9 Oct 2010 at 15:13

It's not a new Big Track or a Steve Austin with full space rocket that turns into an operating theatre type excitement is it, that was special.

DM · 9 Oct 2010 at 15:15

Housey said:
It's not a new Big Track or a Steve Austin with full space rocket that turns into an operating theatre type excitement is it, that was special.

I had a Steve Austin, with the bionic eye, that was exciting!

HamZilla · 9 Oct 2010 at 15:20

so what did the bloke do exactly?

DM · 9 Oct 2010 at 15:25

HamZilla said:
so what did the bloke do exactly?

Used a machine to polish it i didnt stand over him, he was at it about 4 hours.

NVP · 9 Oct 2010 at 15:40

Care to state the cost of the whole thing? Merely out of curiosity.

DM · 9 Oct 2010 at 15:48

NVP said:
Care to state the cost of the whole thing? Merely out of curiosity.

250 quid to sort out the panels that needed doing and put a coat of Collinite on it for her.

So he had to do the hatch, 2 rear quarter panels and roof, plus 2 back doors with whatever was needed to get the marks out, then the rest of the car to get rid of the swirls.

No point doing the engine or inside, that will be full of rubbish and shoes in a week anyway.