Hi Guys,

 

So I decided to give my paint a bit of attention today seeing as I am sprucing up the interior - I bought a rotary buffer, and some polished and compounds from halfords. i wasn't expecting too much, but the finish has completely removed the swirl and any small scratches from the car! Actually really impressed on my test panel and will be applying this to the whole car next week.

 

I used G3 professional paint renovation after a full wash and polish from the local garage, buffed that over the panel for a couple of minutes. Wiped down with a microfiber, and then polished with an auto glym super resin to leave a deep dark shine.

 

So yeah very impressed with this for anyone who was considering it. Would highly recommend!! I picked up the buffer from gumtree for £15, and the polishes were £25 altogether so all in all it is certainly the best finish for teh money I have ever had.

 

Cheers, W

Good to hear you had a good result from the paint cut, but you'll probably find most of the swirls and micro scratches are as a result of going to the local garage (drive by hand clean!!)

 

Nissan paint is medium to soft so you should consider carefully the cutting product to be used and always take a paint depth reading to see how much top coat you have to work with, that said there aren't many bad products on the market (they will all to some effect reduce/remove paint defect) just that some are far better then others.

 

When I detail cars for paint correction I follow this format.

 

Snow Foam

Hot pressure rinse

Hot hand Wash (microfiber/wool mitt)

Cool rinse

Hand dry (microfiber cloth)

Clay bar

Iron-x if required

Paint clean

Compound Machine Cut

Detailer clean

Machine Polish

Hydro Detailer

Hand Wax

Polymer Seal (sometimes)

 

I would recommend anyone not familiar or skilled with a rotary polisher to use a Dual action polisher which is far more forgiving. Rotary's will cover better but it is easy to catch an edge or burn paint if your not careful.

 

Have you got any pictures of the finished car Will?

Just to add to Steves info.

This is a great starter kit for Nissan paint when used with a Kestrel DA6

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/pb-soft-paint-polishing-kit-cat1.html

Good info guys :thumbup1:

I was going to get into specific product, but I actually use Menzerna for Paint correction, I am also going to start trialling their marine range for the Boat Detailing I do.

 

Good Call Gary!