Sratch and Dings repair

banie01

Hiya folks,
I'm looking for some advice on restoring/repairing the paint work on my car and this seems to be the best place
I have a Megane CC (Pearlescent Black) that has a variety of scratches and dings I want to repair.
There is a particularly bad rub type scratch over the left rear wheel arch and some other scratches on the front wings, and as the wings are plastic I'm unsure as to how best to proceed.
I have tried the usual compound/polisher and while it has improved things a bit its still not great.
What would be the best procedure for this if there is still salvagable paint in place?
Super fine wet polish and then compound?
Any advice will be appreciated as I have no experience in this.
Thanks folks

E39MSport

Jump on the group buy for the Dual Action polisher if there's a slot left.

Sounds like if it partially responded to hand polishing then you have a good chance of full restoration with a DA and either basic Sonus or Manzerna etc compounds.

There are also some compounds out there that react better to hand polishing. You might get a good result with an appropriate applicator and polish combination. Don't have the time right now to research that. (think it might be mentioned in here)

Curran

banie01 wrote: »

What would be the best procedure for this if there is still salvagable paint in place?
Super fine wet polish and then compound?
Any advice will be appreciated as I have no experience in this.

Hard to say for sure without seeing it. Have you any pictures of the damage?
Machine correction may work, as long as the clear coat hasnt been removed totally.

banie01

E39MSport wrote: »

Jump on the group buy for the Dual Action polisher if there's a slot left.

Sounds like if it partially responded to hand polishing then you have a good chance of full restoration with a DA and either basic Sonus or Manzerna etc compounds.

There are also some compounds out there that react better to hand polishing. You might get a good result with an appropriate applicator and polish combination. Don't have the time right now to research that. (think it might be mentioned in here)

I have a multi action polisher(RAC) and a a variety of polishing heads for a multispeed angle grinder that I own.
But apart from being used for basic polishing, I've never used them to attempt a correction before so advice would be very welcome

Curran wrote: »

Hard to say for sure without seeing it. Have you any pictures of the damage?
Machine correction may work, as long as the clear coat hasnt been removed totally.

I've added pics of the worst damage, I'm hoping its salvagable.
The wing in particular has me confused as to how best to proceed as with it being plastic I'm not sure if theres a different approach to correction?

E39MSport

ouch. They're not coming out with a DA imo. Thanks for the pics.

I'd be sanding it down for a localised spray or you could have a stab with a correction pen job from Halfords.

Curran

As above....wasting your time trying to machine polish them. The only thing it may do, is round the edges of the scratches to nature the a little less obvious, but unfortunately they are pretty nasty!

banie01

Thanks for confirming my fears
I'll give the touch up paint a try and with some patience and plenty of elbow grease hopefully I'll get a decent result!

Spotless

Did you hit a white pillar or something? That could be transfer from whatever you hit.