finger marks on/under paintwork

kindalen · 13-04-2008 4:19pm #1

hi,
my dads old golf has finger marks on the exterior paintwork. the appear to be under the lacquer/wax?
any ideas on best to remove these,would a good t-cut do the job?its only a 96, so not too worried.

thanks.

Neilw · 13-04-2008 4:26pm

If the marks are under the lacquer nothing will remove them, only fix is a respray.

kindalen · 13-04-2008 5:45pm

is there no type of cutting compound that will remove the top layers?

Neilw · 13-04-2008 6:35pm

If the marks are under the lacquer no there is nothing that will take them out, if you remove the lacquer then the surrounding lacquer/paint will start to flake away leading to a respray.

If the marks are in the lacquer, you might be able to remove them with a good compound, steer clear of t-cut, it's rubbish. Try meguiars scratch x, if this does not help you could try to machine polish them out with an aggressive compound.
You will have to get a bodyshop to do this if you don't know anyone with an orbital buffer or rotary polisher.

Neil.

FX Meister · 13-04-2008 8:23pm

Is meguiars scratch x easily available here?

Neilw · 13-04-2008 9:10pm

FX Meister wrote: »

Is meguiars scratch x easily available here?

Yes halfords sell it.

kindalen · 13-04-2008 9:11pm

cheers thanks lads. will look for the scratch x so.

finger marks on/under paintwork

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