Claying??

[DANNY H]

I picked my LCR up in black magic in January. I've only polished it twice and now it looks sh it already cos of all the swirls. My mates a car valeter by trade and hopefully if the weathers good tomorrow he'll get his rotory buffer out and give it a good seeing to. This has probably been asked on here a hundred times but is claying any good? It's my first experience of SEATs and i'm finding the paintwork is making me paranoid cos its so soft. I can tell loads of you have to treat black magic with kid gloves but has anyone had good results from it?

 

[WatchHill]

Claying is great, but what are you expecting from it?
Clay bar won't remove swirls, it just takes surface contamination off (industrial fall out, tar, sap etc). In fact if you are cack handed clay can cause swirls.
You need to think about where your swirls are coming from, eg car washes, sponge, maybe your polish technique.
Ask your pal for some advice.

 

[TINCAN]

hi all being well i too will have a cupra in black, swirls over it too.... do normal car valeters do a proper job to remove these..... anyone know of a good person to do the whole car in milton keynes area....

 

[dalepearson]

when you say polishing, do you mean polishing, or waxing?

 

[mark@carsparkle]

Hi Dale,

it may be worthwhile telling us what products you are using and how you are using them.

Based on this we can give you some better advice?

Mark

 

[dalepearson]

Hi Dale,

it may be worthwhile telling us what products you are using and how you are using them.

Based on this we can give you some better advice?

Mark

not me mate, i know I am doing. Danny needs the help

 

[WatchHill]

do normal car valeters do a proper job to remove these.....

Normal ones?
No.
Good ones though? Maybe.

 

[Stewie_G]

I picked my LCR up in black magic in January. I've only polished it twice and now it looks sh it already cos of all the swirls. My mates a car valeter by trade and hopefully if the weathers good tomorrow he'll get his rotory buffer out and give it a good seeing to. This has probably been asked on here a hundred times but is claying any good? It's my first experience of SEATs and i'm finding the paintwork is making me paranoid cos its so soft. I can tell loads of you have to treat black magic with kid gloves but has anyone had good results from it?

Hello mate thought I'ed post a quick reply!

I hope your pleased with what has been achieved so far, albeit only the bonnet. Apart from claying (which it very much needed!), I removed the swerls with Menzerna IP followed with FP2 both applied by PC. The bonnet needing a couple of sets of passes with IP to fully remove the swerls, scratches & holograms etc. After the rather heavy shower, a coat of AIO was applied by hand followed up with Klasse SG also by hand in order to get some protection on before you left.

Hopefully the weather will be better when we continue during the week.

 

[mark@carsparkle]

not me mate, i know I am doing. Danny needs the help

Doh!

No idea why I said Dale for.

 

[DANNY H]

Hello mate thought I'ed post a quick reply!

I hope your pleased with what has been achieved so far, albeit only the bonnet. Apart from claying (which it very much needed!), I removed the swerls with Menzerna IP followed with FP2 both applied by PC. The bonnet needing a couple of sets of passes with IP to fully remove the swerls, scratches & holograms etc. After the rather heavy shower, a coat of AIO was applied by hand followed up with Klasse SG also by hand in order to get some protection on before you left.

Hopefully the weather will be better when we continue during the week.

afternoon mate, it still looks great, the birds must like it cos mine's the only one in the car park they've shat on. Hopefully get a bit more done soon.

 

[DANNY H]

Doh!

No idea why I said Dale for.

thanks for the advice mate. it's difficult living with this paintwork. beginning to wish i'd bought a silver one!