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[Carrie273]

Hi All,

I bought mine on Friday, second hand and I am already in love with her!!! She is 02 Reg but has been lovingly looked after. My partner has spent 2 days T-Cutting her and she is gleaming and ready to go.

I look forward to reading your posts and having somewhere to ask questions!!

Carrie

[Capncol]

You're welcome. Enjoy your new car, and any questions , come back and ask away

[susical]

Looks fab. Had mine about a month now and still gettin buzz when I see it. Enjoy x

[Carrie273]

I certainly will

Seem to be addicted to buying things for her now though!! x

[Alixnb1]

me too! t-cut her once, but i'm sure i'm not doing it right?! Just seems to lift smears out rather than covering tiny paint chips... is t-cut even meant to filler?

[Enright]

T-Cut is a very mild abrasive. Think of it as taking the microscopic peaks off the mountains and removing the "craggyness" a bit. The result should then be more like a mill-pond instead of a choppy sea, hence the paint's reflectiveness is that much closer to how it was when it came out of the factory. It also removes tar and road grime.

To do it correctly, you should apply and remove T-Cut in little circles (if you can be patient enough), because that smacks down the "mountains" from every angle rather than just one face, but don't blame me when you end up with a very sore (and blue) finger! That pain is the result of doing it properly, so if you get it, you can be satisfied with your work. Oh, and you should let it dry before using a different cloth to rub it off.

Also, you still should apply a decent polish afterwards to finish off and seal all your good work. If you do that, then next time you wash the car the water will take the dirt off with it much more easily, and future polishing will only take a fraction of the time.

You can spot a car with well-cared-for bodywork in a car park dead easily when it rains: it will be the one where the water sits on top of the paintwork in great big heavy beads, before flooding off in trails. And when you move the car, you get a waterfall on the windows! In comparison, neglected ones just look as though the water has soaked into them.

[Alixnb1]

Okay.... think i need to redo it! haha

Sorry for the stupidity, but...... i think it was dry last time i tried to do it... but it ended up almost 'pealing' off in black rolls of t-cut? really had to push at it to smear it back on! does that mean the body was too warm in the first place?

thanks for the advice xx

[Thar]

I recently discovered claying. Great for removing impurities, stains and tar spots (teach me for buying a white car!) but doesn't remove layers of paint like T-Cut. Not cheap but does a good job.

This is what I got http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bilt-Hamber-R ... 599wt_1112. Just wax polish after to get the beading effect enright mentions.

[Enright]

Okay.... think i need to redo it! haha

Sorry for the stupidity, but...... i think it was dry last time i tried to do it... but it ended up almost 'pealing' off in black rolls of t-cut? really had to push at it to smear it back on! does that mean the body was too warm in the first place?

thanks for the advice xx

Crikey, I've never experienced that! You either must have used loads, or perhaps that's what happens if the body is hot to the touch - I honestly don't know.