General Question - paint correction

[1TJH]

I'm looking to have this done on a car I have recently bought, it has swirls, and careless washing marks, has anybody recently had this done?, i am looking for recomendations really for someone to use, im in the Berkshire area.

[cossiedavid]

A good mop over and some good wax will sort 90% but
You won't get rid of the swerlls completely

[Tarmac Terrorist]

A good mop over and some good wax will sort 90% but
You won't get rid of the swerlls completely

Depends how deep they are .
If there's enough clearcote there and you can get to them you can but not ideal leaving no clearcote left after otherwise next time it'll need painting or if you make it to think it will peel :cry;

[1TJH]

I feel confident it will come out nice, its very light, I wouldn't have bought it otherwise, cars only 3 years old, but the guy had no idea when it comes to cleaning.
I have looked online, there's loads of detailers to choose from, but if someone can reccomend somebody, that'd be a good start.

[andyrs]

A good mop over and some good wax will sort 90% but
You won't get rid of the swerlls completely

lol waxes are thing of past, sealents are where its at

[Tarmac Terrorist]

KDS keltec in kent. Very good from what I've seen.

[Tarmac Terrorist]

lol waxes are thing of past, sealents are where its at

Depends on colour and what you want out of you last step product.

[cossiedavid]

lol waxes are thing of past, sealents are where its at

Wtf it's all I use on mine

[Tarmac Terrorist]

Wtf it's all I use on mine

Do you enjoy waxing the car? What wax do you use mate?

[spiritof'76]

KDS keltec in kent. Very good from what I've seen.

100% agree........hope to get mine there one day. Seen a lot of good reports on Pistonheads forums and KDS website is very good aswell

[Sunnysidebb]

You havent said if its a Metallic or Solid colour. If metallic you will need to be careful not to buff through the lacquer. If its a Solid Colour for eg White, Red and others its not so critical as there wont be lacquer on top so you should have a little more paint to work on.
I get rid of swirls from customers campers using 3M Finish compound and a soft mop head. I leave the customer to then wax polish with their own desired make.
Just be careful if you have a mechanical buffer, its very easy to cut through the paint especially on corners and edges and swages. Remember buffers produce panel heat. I always have a hand sprayer with water in it and spray fine mist onto the surface as you are polishing. It help keep temperatures down and also slowly dilutes the compound making it finer and finer producing a really good finish.

[Tarmac Terrorist]

100% agree........hope to get mine there one day. Seen a lot of good reports on Pistonheads forums and KDS website is very good aswell

Kelly is a bloody genius with a machine polisher. I'm going to a training day there soon hopefully to learn wet sanding and improve machine skills!!

[Sunnysidebb]

Kelly is a bloody genius with a machine polisher. In going to a training day there soon hopefully to learn wet sanding

You might need a bit more than a day for wet flatteneing to be honest.......practice is paramount.
The "new" system is the dry cutting system using resin free discs and special pads.
You know how big a camper van is, it used to take 2 days to cut back /flatted the top coat . Using the 3M system and a machine now takes about 6 hours.
You still have to wet flatten all the intricate parts of the panels, arround corners and swages and arround door lock/handle holes etc.

[Tarmac Terrorist]

It's only an intro frank.

Think his full course is 3 days on wet sanding alone.

It's more the machine polishing techniques etc I'm worried about at the mo as I start to build up knowledge .

I'm planning to do 3 full days there as he runs the courses. Beginner and two internediate courses. Using depth gauges etc etc. I can already to it to an 'enthusiast' sort of level and confident enough to do my own or a friends with ok results but I'd like to improve. As you say knowledge and experience will only ever help you improve

[Sunnysidebb]

It's only an intro frank.

Think his full course is 3 days on wet sanding alone.

It's more the machine polishing techniques etc I'm worried about at the mo as I start to build up knowledge .

I'm planning to do 3 full days there as he runs the courses. Beginner and two internediate courses. Using depth gauges etc etc. I can already to it to an 'enthusiast' sort of level and confident enough to do my own or a friends with ok results but I'd like to improve. As you say knowledge and experience will only ever help you improve

Sounds good, if you like doing that sort of thing you cant go wrong.
I like to flatten paint late at night, I put the radio on and work at it on my own. I find it very therapeutic. no one to bother you, just you, the radio and the job.
Hope you enjoy the course