Suncream marks on a silver car.

Supergurrier

Have some of these on my current daily and really want to remove them.

Also for slightly faded headlights are the kits worth it or will i get similar results with AG SRP and abit of elbow grease ?

Thanks
Jim

Gavman84

For suncream marks on my car I use safe cut does great job on them I find with elbow grease. Not sure about headlights some say toothpaste and elbow grease does good job!

Curran

For both problems a light machine polish would be the best option.

Supergurrier

Curran wrote: »

For both problems a light machine polish would be the best option.

Would a hand buffing with AG SRP have any effect at all ?

Was gonna seal car this evening

Gavman84

Ya need something slightly abrasive to remove sun cream it's a dose of a thing to shift I find anyway!

challengemaster

Supergurrier wrote: »

Would a hand buffing with AG SRP have any effect at all ?

Was gonna seal car this evening

Won't do a tap.

SRP is more of a filler polish than a cutting polish, very little abrasive in it.

Curran

Doubt it, but if you have it...no harm in trying it!

Ded_Zebra

You could try covering the entire car with sun cream, then you wouldn't notice the spots

On a serious note, I could never get rid of them on the levin by hand polishing. I think they were sun cream marks anyway, yellow finger marks on the edge of the drivers door. Hand polishing made them disappear for a while but they always came back. The da took them off in about 3 seconds though . Pity I didn't see this thread sooner! I'm actually in Galway at the moment and could have brought the da to you for a lend!

Doom

This works 100%...put it on last year, they haven't returned to date.

Supergurrier

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

You could try covering the entire car with sun cream, then you wouldn't notice the spots

On a serious note, I could never get rid of them on the levin by hand polishing. I think they were sun cream marks anyway, yellow finger marks on the edge of the drivers door. Hand polishing made them disappear for a while but they always came back. The da took them off in about 3 seconds though . Pity I didn't see this thread sooner! I'm actually in Galway at the moment and could have brought the da to you for a lend!

Aww

Zoney

Supergurrier wrote: »

Also for slightly faded headlights are the kits worth it or will i get similar results with AG SRP and abit of elbow grease ?

Thanks
Jim

I'd say depends how slightly faded!

Mine were only partially cloudy and toothpaste did nothing. Compound helped a bit the first time I attempted it. Had another go a week or two ago, this time with fine grit wet-n-dry sandpaper (1500 grit then 2500 grit) followed by the compound. I'd say a 90% restoration - even with the harshness of the sandpaper, I should have started with a rougher one to get more of the dozed plastic off and had more faith in the later steps to restore the smooth finish.

Used the following as a polish/sealant and UV protection: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A3S1RGU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

No doubt will need to reapply again next year, and eventually a restoration will be needed again - but it was well worth the effort, more light from the headlights and it makes a dramatic difference to how old (or not!) the car looks.

MarkR

I had some on my wife's car last week. Tried a "heavy duty" car wash. Did nothing. Polish. Nothing. WD40. Nothing (Why? I heard it somewhere!), and finally found a tube of tcut in my shed. Got rid of it very quickly.

beefmcguire

Thanks to the hero who gave the rubber idea! I used 3 pencil rubbers and 1 hour of elbow grease and my problem is solved. Car was destroyed with prints.

beefmcguire

Wooooooo