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Old May 11, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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Having a major nightmare with the paintwork on my Scooby, basically its mica black with red flecks in it, now i know nothing about polishes and products for cleaning my knowledge goes as far as Autoglm stuff and thats it.
Ive polished the car using my bosses polish and now paintwork on car has gone all cloudy, i carnt see any of the mettallic red flecks in it and paintwork has gone patchy, looks an absolute cock!

Valeter told me to dilute some TFR on it it takes everything off ect ect, ive then polished it again in Autoglym and it still looks awful

Will a decent machine buff bring the paint back up to where it was before, or is there an easier way??

Paintwork looks like water marks on it?


Any tips guys?
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Old May 11, 2009 | 04:35 PM
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Nitromors works well on Scoobs......


Try polishing it with just a 'polish' then wax it.

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Old May 11, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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been to see my pal at bodyshop, says only way is for a full machine buff, hes done the front wing to see if it made a difference with compound ect and come up good as new, so goes in tomorrow
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Old May 11, 2009 | 05:39 PM
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what polish does your boss use? ....toothpaste
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Old May 11, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by moonstone mike
what polish does your boss use? ....toothpaste
was mer but might as well have been toothpaste, mate seems to think its gone off lol
Looks okay from a distance just a mess when you get on top of it. Its on driveway now take it to bodyshop tomos and get it sorted
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Old May 14, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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Glad you've found a solution; however, if you have any further problems, our recommended methods for polishing Scooby paint can be found here...

By hand - http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...e-faq.html#3.6

By DA machine - http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...e-faq.html#3.9

and some ideas for how to make dark metallic paint look drop dead stunning can be viewed on this link, along with example images...

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...e-faq.html#4.6

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Old May 14, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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Good news Adi
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