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wax on paint

  • 24-01-2009 5:32pm
    #1
    dny123456
    Closed Accounts Posts: 431 ✭✭


    Have a slight problem with a second hand car I got from my parents. The garage that they used to bring it to, put a wax on it and it seems to have damaged the paint work. My brother says that it is because the wax didn't suit the metalic paint?

    Anyway, anyone know of a way to fix/mask it so it doesnt look so bad?

    thanks


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  • #2
    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    What colour is the car? If it's red it can be particularly hard to sort out. When you say damaged is it faded or what?


  • #3
    dny123456
    Closed Accounts Posts: 431 ✭✭dny123456


    No it's light blue/grey... I'd say it looks like a scuffing. I'll try and take a pic tomorrow when it's brighter


  • #4
    Neilw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,800 ✭✭✭Neilw


    Could they have used a buffer on the paint? If so they could have burned through the clearcoat.
    Is the damage to the entire car or just spots?

    Wax will bond to metallic paints no problem. Unless it wasn't wax they used.


  • #5
    dny123456
    Closed Accounts Posts: 431 ✭✭dny123456


    its just on spots. mostly on drivers side, maybe 8-9 little bits


  • #6
    Neilw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,800 ✭✭✭Neilw


    dny123456 wrote: »
    its just on spots. mostly on drivers side, maybe 8-9 little bits

    Get some pics up if you can.


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  • #7
    green-blood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭green-blood


    it's buffer trails and hologramming, and its not from wax, its from a heavy polish being used on a rotary polisher at high speed to do a "quick and nasty" job.

    It'll need to be properly machine polished to take away those scuff looking marks.

    then you can wax to add protection to your paint.

    I'd say its particularly noticable in bright sunshine

    it can be sorted, a couple of hundred quid for a days detailing.


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