Ugh marked my partners car

OpenToSuggestions · 1 Oct 2012 at 19:39

[TW]Taggart;22879409 said:
for referance, a clay bar is what you should have used to get tar off.

I found the claybar only gets off the loose ones. Buy some Tardis for a few quid off ebay as that stuff works well and get a 3 pack of microfibre clothes from a supermarket/homebargains for a quid.

IvanDobskey · 1 Oct 2012 at 20:38

Don't whatever you do use T-cut as it actually takes the clear coat and a layer of paint off when it's probably only a surface scratch. Use some decent polish and a bit of elbow grease and that should come out ok.

Bigpig · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:00

Little update with good news

The guy from work give me some Turtlewax Safe cut Scratch remover and it worked a treat with a little elbow grease

My Girlfriend no longer looks as if she wants to kill me

G-MAN2004 · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:03

Time to sort the wheels out now.

Bigpig · 6 Oct 2012 at 14:11

G-MAN2004 said:
Time to sort the wheels out now.

Was thinking that myself but it's only really 2004/2005 C3 Second car for her to do shopping in and school runs. Maybe new hubcaps?

Well chuffed atm there was more than one part of the car marked but was to embarrassed to show my handy work

Irish_Tom · 6 Oct 2012 at 15:49

Glad you got it sorted Bigpig.

IvanDobskey said:
Don't whatever you do use T-cut as it actually takes the clear coat and a layer of paint off when it's probably only a surface scratch. Use some decent polish and a bit of elbow grease and that should come out ok.

I can't even begin to explain why this is wrong on so many levels.

Dogbreath · 6 Oct 2012 at 16:42

IvanDobskey said:
Don't whatever you do use T-cut as it actually takes the clear coat and a layer of paint off when it's probably only a surface scratch. Use some decent polish and a bit of elbow grease and that should come out ok.

You do realise that all polishes remove paint by their very definition? You also can't remove a scratch without levelling the surrounding paint to the deepest part of the scratch.

If you can remove the entire clear coat and a layer of colour coat with a single application of T-Cut then you are doing something badly wrong. You aren't supposed to apply it with steel wool...

zipp0r · 6 Oct 2012 at 18:37

[TW]Taggart;22879409 said:
for referance, a clay bar is what you should have used to get tar off.

sod that. white spirit is MUCH MUCH better at removing tar than anything else available.

OpenToSuggestions · 6 Oct 2012 at 18:43

Dogbreath said:
You do realise that all polishes remove paint by their very definition? You also can't remove a scratch without levelling the surrounding paint to the deepest part of the scratch.

If you can remove the entire clear coat and a layer of colour coat with a single application of T-Cut then you are doing something badly wrong. You aren't supposed to apply it with steel wool...

A neighbour's son (was was a bit of a thicky) used a brillo pad on his mum's car to remove some tar spots.

IvanDobskey · 7 Oct 2012 at 09:18

Panzerbjorn said:
Glad you got it sorted Bigpig.

I can't even begin to explain why this is wrong on so many levels.

Not actually

I'm fully aware how polishes work thanks. Polishes are a light abrasive, where as T-Cut is basically paint stripper.

I remember using T-Cut on my old faded red MR2 turbo before I sold it and the cloth was literally turning red as the paint came off. Looked good when it was done though, although I doubt it did for long with no clear coat. Next person to view it bought it

For minor surface scratches you just want a light abrasive to level out the clear coat.

blueboy2001 · 7 Oct 2012 at 09:34

IvanDobskey said:
I remember using T-Cut on my old faded red MR2 before I sold it and the cloth was literally turning red as the paint came off. Looked good when it was done though, although I doubt it did for long with no clear coat.

That sounds like solid paint with no clear coat. You won't have removed it - it never had any applied.

IvanDobskey · 7 Oct 2012 at 09:38

blueboy2001 said:
That sounds like solid paint with no clear coat. You won't have removed it - it never had any applied.

Still wouldn't use T-cut for light surface scratches

blueboy2001 · 7 Oct 2012 at 10:02

There is T-Cut Metallic for cars with clear coat which is not quite so abrasive.

Golf1.6 · 8 Oct 2012 at 14:45

masonkian said:
try and get hold of a rotary, that will get it out with some compound

yes. rotary is the best bet. Hand polishing is only good for small spots. rotary is great and you may be tempted to give the whole car a once over and use some zainos sealant (ideal for silver cars)

This is my car with just sealant. I have since polished it with rotary and applied sealant to it. So it looks a lot fresher (but no pics yet).