Right I have still not managed to go Jap YET. :headvswal

But i have picked up the misses a Toyota Celica fro the right price as she has all ways wanted one. Anyway Paint is in very good nick but a bit flat and I have heard people mention these Clay Bars

Has anyone used one?

What is Mopping when people relate to this for paint?

Am I better of with good old T CUT?

Any ideas apprieciated

Clay bars are like a scraper in effect. They pull off things like tar, hard to remove bird dropping remains, remnants of flys, basically take off the layer of crap and oxidisation giving you a clean surface on which to recondition the top coat.

 

T-cut is crap IMHO, if you're really wanting to restore the shine and remove haze and the dreaded swirls, you need to cut back the top layer using a rotary buffer with a pad and various different compounds before applying polish and buffing it (mopping). It's a very very time consuming process of you're going to do it properly.

 

Basically, you can turn paint from this...

 

 

...to this...

 

I've had good results with TCut in the past but I've never tried any of this posh, clever clay bars or mopping stuff. ;)

I've had good results with TCut in the past but I've never tried any of this posh, clever clay bars or mopping stuff. ;)

 

You'd be supprised how good propper cutting compounds and mopping is. I used to think T-cut was ok and then a quick wax.

 

T-cut doesn't really remove the swirls as pictured above but it removes oxidisation on the paintwork.

Ok Understand now. would this be Farecla rubbing compound?

What grade should I begin with?

Thanks

Here's a clay that's picked up all the surface crap not brought off by hand washing.

 

 

 

BTW, car has to be totally dry for the clay to work.

 

Cutting compounds will depend on what the current paint surface is like. You can use a combination to remove scratches and stuff.

 

Have a look through. http://www.detailingworld.co.uk as there's tons of info on there.

Is T-cut safe to use on laqued (forgive my spelling) cars?

Ok Understand now. would this be Farecla rubbing compound?

What grade should I begin with?

G3 will be OK. Can be hand applied or mopped.

BE careful if you have never used a mop! You will be down to bare metal in no time!!

Hand use is tedious but deffo safer for amateurs.

HTH.

How much am i looking at to buy enough of this rubbing compound to do an entire car?

G3 is great we use it in our bodyshop

How much am i looking at to buy enough of this rubbing compound to do an entire car?

Pot of G3 around a tenner IIRC. 1Kg pot.

So how do i apply this stuff?with a clean cloth just like polish?

Is this the stuff?? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Farecla-Advanced-G3-Liquid-Improved-Formula-700gm-500ml_W0QQitemZ8051943233QQcategoryZ72201QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Farecla-G3-Compound-1KG_W0QQitemZ7974122317QQcategoryZ30923QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Can you use this stuff like you do T Cut or is it something you have to be carefull with?

is this safe to use on laquer paint?what else will i need?Just some clean cloth?My bonnet has some terrible swirl marks that need to be got rid of!