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Paint Restoration

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  • 15-05-2008 10:50pm
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    colly10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭


    Im looking to get the car valeted. What I want done is a complete paint restoration (the car is 95 but the paint is in good condition).
    I would like the paint to be like new, getting out swirls etc..

    Whats involved in a full paint restoration, is it just compound, polish then wax or is there more involved?
    Do all the valet places compound?

    Thanks


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    Victor_M
    Registered Users Posts: 1,608 ✭✭✭Victor_M


    check detailer.ie seems to do a great job.


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    Neilw
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    If you do have the swirls removed you will have to be careful washing the car afterwards, no car washes, no sponges, no chamois drying as these will all cause swirls in the paint again.

    Neil.


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    colly10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭colly10


    Victor_M wrote: »
    check detailer.ie seems to do a great job.

    Thanks, the paint correction they do is the kind of thing im looking for, a little steep but i recon i'll go for that


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    colly10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭colly10


    Neilw wrote: »
    If you do have the swirls removed you will have to be careful washing the car afterwards, no car washes, no sponges, no chamois drying as these will all cause swirls in the paint again.

    Neil.

    What do you wash the car with instead of a sponge?


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    TomMc
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    APC wash to degrease, clay paint to remove industrial fallout and other contaminants, compounding or intensive polishing with a medium cut, abrasive polish to remove scratches and swirl marks, final polishing with a light cut polish to spruce up colour and gloss levels, then apply a sealant to protect the restored paint, and some like to finish with a wax to add more depth and warmth.

    On a '95 car you may not want to spend 300 or 400 quid but that is what it costs to do properly. And you may not have enough paint on the car in the first place to do full correction. If it is in good enough shape, it would take a whole day (may two) to sort out and only a handful of people in Ireland do that kind of work. The majority of valet places just do the cheap quick wash and wax jobs. I wouldn't let anyone who isn't a specialist anywhere near my paint with a buffer. And anybody who quotes you much less (unless done as a nixer) and all you will be getting is a temporary cover up job.


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    Neilw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭Neilw


    colly10 wrote: »
    What do you wash the car with instead of a sponge?

    Lambs wool or microfibre wash mitt, and dry off with a microfibre waffleweave drying towel.

    Step by step guide here.
    http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/guides.html

    Neil.


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