Recent content by MartyK

to Big Dave, Setec Astronomy, Bunky and opie.. Thanks so much for all your suggestions. All have been very helpful! I will have a good read of the links provided along with watching that youtube video. This definitely seems the place to ask before rushing in and potentially making mistakes. I...

Hey folks Just wondered if its possible to sand a clear coat enough to make a new clear coat stick properly? The clear coat is fading quite a lot with the Queensland sun here in Australia and wondered if it is possible to rough up the old clear coat enough to apply a new one? I have already...

Sorry I accidentally clicked disliked on that. Thanks for the responses guys

Hi Mike Really useful, thanks. So does that mean these marks have been masked for all these years and because of the amount of compounding I have done they have now been exposed? They were never visible before up until yesterday after compounding the car. Do you think that with the amount of...

No it wasnt actually and I bought the car brand new. I see what you mean though and it does look like a bad paint job. I guess a test would be to polish it and see if any grey paint ends up on the foam pad. That way I will know if its gone past the clear. Bit of a mystery as to why its ended up...

Damn! Its strange? I suppose it could be going down to the very first paint job exposing the spray gun lines possibly? The car has had a lot of compounding and I am fearing now it is burning through. If that is the case then can I add a new clear coat myself or does it have to have a complete...

Hi Mike Thought I would ask your expert advice here. In total in the last 7 months I would say the car hood has been compounded and polished around 7 times. This was to keep removing scratches that were put in from incorrect washing procedures. I am starting to notice waves of different...

Hey! Yes I do actually have the kit and it comes with a 2x2 trizact... just a little piece. I was sanding my Mums car yesterday she had a scratch on it from where the dog kept jumping up. Its a Hyundai Accent and the factory paint job is not the best. Ended up sanding too deep and went to the...

Hi Mike Hope you are well! Just been watched a YouTube video. Can't paste the link as I know it may stop this post going through but the name of it is "3m scratch removal kit- before and after" This guy keys in some scratches into his car and I can't see how using the 3M compound... or any...

H Mike A lot of these products like Black Fire range for example are not available in Aus. Do you stock them at all and if so would it be possible for a quote on shipping to Aus? Thanks!

Thank you Mike :)

Also Mike, how familiar are you with the 3M compounds and polishes? I wondered if it would be at all possible to use their compounds on pads which aren't 3M and on a DA polisher instead of a rotary?

Hi Mike! Thanks so much for always replying so promptly to my posts and providing me with all this help. I will have a good look at that now. Bit of a mystery at the moment. I will have a read and then do a test tomorrow to be more certain of what exactly is happening. All I know is that with...

Hello Mike. Excellent. Had a good watch of the FB video and looks like the thing I am after. I have another question. Yesterday I spent almost all day polishing up my Dads hood on the his car. He got a black car but I don't think the paint job is original. We both have the same cars. Both of...

Thanks Mike for those links they are really useful. I know these circular DA pads are really good for things like hoods and trunks but what about when it comes to needing swirl removal on the narrow bits of the paintwork? Presumably it would need to be done by hand and if so, what hand...