T-CUTING MY VAN?

Compounding uses a harsher abrasive than tcut. Such as g3 paste/liquid. Commonly used for flattening paintwork, blending and similar.
Its pretty good for severely damaged paintwork, but needs a fair bit of elbow grease to get it back to a shine.

 

3m finesse-it, you will need a machine.

 

Try rubbing it over with a turps-soaked rag first, before t-cutting.



Mr. Handyandy - really

 

Yes, but take it easy - especially on the edges of panels.

I'd be tempted to first try a polishing machine with something like AutoGlym Super Resin Polish.

Might sound daft, but many of these polishes actually have a very light 'cutting' action and will remove light oxidation, etc. Since you are using a machine - so can afford to put a bit more effort into it - you might, just, get away with using this instead of having to resort to a cutting compound. (And you'd have to buy some polish in any case to finish off the job after the 'cutting'.)

If it works, you'll have given your van a really good waxing at the same time, saving your paint and a lot of hassle.

 

autoglym and maguiers (if thats how you spell it) are great but for prep work use 3m products, that's what the body shops use!

 

Hi a-e. I'm sure you're right.

All I was suggesting is, since he'll have to buy and use some wax/polish to finish off in any case, he might as well try it on its own first as it does have a very slight cutting action and, since he's using a motorised mop, he might just get away with using only this - it might save him a lot of work!

 

trouble is with polishing before cleaning off the cr@p first is you just seal the cr@p under the polish.
Autoglym super resin is a very good polish though.

 

The carp might look pretty good sealed under the polish...

(Good point )

 

for gods sake don't put turps on your car, ***!!!!!!!!!
get some proper gear,
http://www.autogeek.net/3mfiniimacpo.html

 

for gods sake don't put turps on your car,
***!!!!!!!!!
get some proper gear,
http://www.autogeek.net/3mfiniimacpo.html



Turps is fine. It's not like soaking brushes in turps to clean fresh paint.
It's wiped over with a soaked rag. There are more dangerous things in T-cut.

Tar spots are cleaned off with turps. Perfect.

It won't harm cured paint.


Mr. Handyandy - really

 

I clean tar spots off with tar remover.

If you want a top finish and are using a machine, you need machine products.

3m, Meguires, Autoglym etc.

 

Meguirs do a clay bar kit which will get the spots off. Then maybe some G10 (farecla) to polish it up.

 

This is suppose to be the bees knees of products haven’t tried it myself yet but seen good demonstrations.


http://www.netparts.co.uk/store/index.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=56&reviewsid=140

 

go and do some work you dosser.

 

Yeah, shove off MOONSHINE. What's you doin' on here anyways? Got nothing better to do? Get a life. Post something useful for a change. Get a brain then get a life.

Ad infinitum.

 

Oops, I mean toaster...

 

dont be so tight.get a new merc vito for 14 grand then pay some other body to clean it for you,easy.