spring!!

No its not about "springs", its about a fresh coat of wax for the new
season. I give my car a coat of wax every spring following a good de-tarring
and a full t-cut, i then wax it all, and polish it. I do this at least
twice; once now in spring, and again late summer into autumn. This keeps the
body work looking good, and it protects it all summer and winter, not to
mention making it much easier to wash each time.
I used to do car valeting for car showrooms full time, worked on some really
clatty, filthy, 2nd handers, and polished some of the best such as B.M.W.,
Bentley, Rolls Royce, Jaguar, and many more as well as many of the more
standard cars you see around all the time. I was allways amazed at the
difference it made to a car when it was properly cleaned and polished. I
wish many more people would take more care of their cars these days!!
A clean car is allways a pleasure to drive!!
have you done yours yet (or do you do it at all!!??).

 

Hello,

Of course, fully cleaned inside / outside, plastic renovator on all plastic
parts (bumpers, side protections, mirrors, dashboard), front brakes dust
removed, tarmac stains removed, but... The day after it ran, outside it's a
bit dirty now :-(
You can have a look to the result here :
http://205d.fr.st/205d/galerie/indexgal.htm.
BTW, my car is the Junior D, first car on the page.

 

Ah, but at least you did it !!

 

I'm working on the idea, but I've got some respraying to do so I'm toying
with the idea. Dont know whether to T-cut and leave it in the areas I'm
going to spray, so as to get a good paint match and adherance, or polish it
and hope to remove the polish when spraying. Choices choices.

J

 

You seriously all regularly use t-cut? I was horrified when I read
that!

I was told by a reputable bodyshop that they don't use it because the
ammonia in it can damage/stain modern paintwork.

Isn't it also true that t-cut is powder based and works but actually
removing a thin layer of paint? I wouldn't like to use something like
that regularly on my car!

R

 

I wouldn't polish where you're gonna paint, because the silicone will react
with the paint.
regs, Mark.

 

I don't mind using it, I don't use allot and my cars paintwork is metallic
and harder to T-cut, I only T-cut where maybe a scratch is to bring it out,
or where tar spots were after I removed the tar. I don't do the whole car;
if the car is looked after and polished enough you don't need T-cut much. I
would use it on older paint work if I'm cleaning someone else car, but I
don't use allot on my own.
regs, mark.

 

No, I dont. And I wouldnt either. I just know my car has never been Tcut-ed
so I'll use it the once and give it a good resin-wax coat afterwards to stop
it re-oxidising.

J

 

yup, no offence meant, mate; some people I have met in the past would have
done that, not knowing that the silicon would react with the paint, I didn't
mean you would!
kind regards, mark.

 

None taken bud - ta for the pointer

J