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Suntan lotion handprints & metallic paint

  • 26-04-2016 1:53pm
    #1
    OU812
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,088 ✭✭✭


    The bonnet & partial spots around the car have kids handprints from a long forgotten hot summer day.

    I've tried the various tricks mentioned online (eraser etc) but nothing shifts them. I was thinking of a top of the range valet. Would they be able to get rid if I pointed it out beforehand?

    There's also the usual scratches, swirls & hardened tar.


Comments

  • #2
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Machine polishing is the only guaranteed way to remove them, permanently. It's possible to hide them with hand polish but they will re-appear after a short period.


  • #3
    OU812
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,088 ✭✭✭OU812


    Thanks Curran. Would a professional Valet be able to machine polish it?

    I'm not quite sure what a machine polish is, some sort of specialist equipment?


  • #4
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Its hard to say - some valet guys would know what they are doing, others wouldnt.
    Where abouts are you based and I can try advice on who to get in touch with.


  • #5
    OU812
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    North Dublin, out near Howth.


  • #6
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    I got them out of my dads car with a DA polisher and cutting paste. However the investment in this gear would make it more economical to get a detailer to do it.


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  • #7
    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭RebelButtMunch


    Curran wrote: »
    Machine polishing is the only guaranteed way to remove them, permanently. It's possible to hide them with hand polish but they will re-appear after a short period.

    This . I tried various Internet solutions to no permanent avail.


  • #8
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Ian in Elite AutoClean would be the nearest person that I would trust to do it. Based in Ballycoolin, Blanchardstown.
    Trevor in Keogh's Car Valeting would be a mobile option to the house or work.


  • #9
    OU812
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,088 ✭✭✭OU812


    Appreciate it !


  • #10
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    No bother!
    Tell either that I sent you! ;)


  • #11
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Had a sunscreen hand print on my bonnet. Tried tar remover, fallout remover etc etc. Eventually had to polish it off with a DA


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  • #12
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    I got them off by hand with a cloth and a couple of grades of cutting compound.


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