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How do I polish heavy blemished clear coat on a black car where a tarpaulin has been rubbing against the bonnet . Im so pissed off I had a car in storage and where it was been stored they thought they
were doing the right thing by covering the car with a blue plastic cover this cover has been flapping in the breeze and rubbed against the paint and fine scratches have appeared. Would a clay bar be the best bet ??

Clay bar will only clean the clear coat if it has residue on it. Try that in case the plastic of the tarp has rubbed off onto the car, but sounds like the clear coat will have to be polished with some cutting compound. Hopefully it hasn't gone through the clear and to the colour coat...

Clay won't clean out your paint. It's only clean out contamination, not swirl or scratches.

Better to use:

1. Clay your car, to make it glass finish, and clean from contamination.
2. Polish: can try from Swirl X. If you want fast and high cut(using hand mode won't cut your clear coat, unless you use Rotary Polisher), use Ultimate Compound. Use applicator pad for application and circular motion for apply.
3. Wax your car. Can use Gold Class Carnaubra Plus, or Eagle one nano wax and etc. Just a thin coat of wax, no need thick, because made no difference and make your life miserable because hard to buff all the waxes.

Those method is the easiest way. But remember, sometimes you need more than one pass, maybe you need 2 or 3 or even more to clean out your scratch and swirl. And for polish, after you apply, you need to buff it right away, don't leave it like wax. Wax also only leave it for 15-30 minutes/looks like dry, do swipe test using your finger.

Hope helps.


Thanks

Naldo

Budda if you want me to have a go at it with my rotary buffer let me know, I'm close to Parramatta.

Buddah I would take it to a professional and get their opinion. They will know what to do and not to.

Give this guy a call he is pretty good
http://www.dmsdetailing.com.au

+1 Shane
Wouldnt risk it just take it to those who know best

How much is it worth to you?

Agree with Shane. Take it to dan at DMS, he is very good.

If you have to ask what to use and what to do then you should not attempt it.

By what you have described I would be surprised if a compound alone will remove the scratches. You may need a light wet sand then compound to bring it out. when using heavy compounds and or sanding, you will need someone with a paint micrometer to see how much paint thickness you are working with

Buddah, my offer still stands if you would like me to have a look at it, just trying to help a forum member out.

I've owned a black GTR for the last 5yrs and have buffed it without any issues.
I use a rotary orbital buffer, so there is no chance of burning paint etc. Also use quality mezzerna polishes which are fairly fine so if I can't get it out with my 2 stage polish then you can go with a professionals who will use corse grades of polishers. Either way my polish is not rouch enough to do any further damage, but maybe able to get your shine back.

like I said just offering my help.

Mr Cali wrote:Buddah, my offer still stands if you would like me to have a look at it, just trying to help a forum member out.

I've owned a black GTR for the last 5yrs and have buffed it without any issues.
I use a rotary orbital buffer, so there is no chance of burning paint etc. Also use quality mezzerna polishes which are fairly fine so if I can't get it out with my 2 stage polish then you can go with a professionals who will use corse grades of polishers. Either way my polish is not rouch enough to do any further damage, but maybe able to get your shine back.

like I said just offering my help.

Sincere thanks for your offer but the car isn't in Sydney area