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Hey guys,
So I've just been giving my candy white mk3 golf a long overdue detail becuase I couldn't stand to keep looking at it with the swirls and oxidation on some panels that it had. I washed it down, used some wolfs decon gel and then gave it a good claying (its amazing how different the white looked just after the clay, looked more white, had never experienced a car looking much different after claying before) and so I definitely have it prepped well.
Parts of the car seem to have been resprayed at some stage (it seems as though everything except the doors has been repainted), I have no idea how long ago, why or if it was done by a good company (I literally know no history of this car except for what is in the service log book, and even thats a bit sketchy).
The bonnet seems to be covered in scratches which I just can't buff out. I've gone over the panel with Menzerna Fast Gloss 500 on an a yellow/orange (whatever the higher cutting pad was) pad, I've tried using the RO polisher on max speed doing passes until the polish faded away (about 3 times with this method) and also tried "priming the pad" and running it at a lower speed, doing 30+ passes all over. The scratches are still there. I'm starting to think that these could just be from dodgy prep work when the bonnet was repainted? I went over the rest of the car in the fastgloss and most of it turned out pretty well.
Does it sound like I could be right about the scratches being under the paint? Or do I need a rotary and something to get a much more aggressive cut? If they're under the paint, is there anything short of stripping the panel and respraying it I can do?
Cheers,
Ben.
So I've just been giving my candy white mk3 golf a long overdue detail becuase I couldn't stand to keep looking at it with the swirls and oxidation on some panels that it had. I washed it down, used some wolfs decon gel and then gave it a good claying (its amazing how different the white looked just after the clay, looked more white, had never experienced a car looking much different after claying before) and so I definitely have it prepped well.
Parts of the car seem to have been resprayed at some stage (it seems as though everything except the doors has been repainted), I have no idea how long ago, why or if it was done by a good company (I literally know no history of this car except for what is in the service log book, and even thats a bit sketchy).
The bonnet seems to be covered in scratches which I just can't buff out. I've gone over the panel with Menzerna Fast Gloss 500 on an a yellow/orange (whatever the higher cutting pad was) pad, I've tried using the RO polisher on max speed doing passes until the polish faded away (about 3 times with this method) and also tried "priming the pad" and running it at a lower speed, doing 30+ passes all over. The scratches are still there. I'm starting to think that these could just be from dodgy prep work when the bonnet was repainted? I went over the rest of the car in the fastgloss and most of it turned out pretty well.
Does it sound like I could be right about the scratches being under the paint? Or do I need a rotary and something to get a much more aggressive cut? If they're under the paint, is there anything short of stripping the panel and respraying it I can do?
Cheers,
Ben.
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