RaceDiagnostics
Active Member
After my success with the deep scatch on my TT I decided to see if I could improve the appearance of some bad scratches on the 450.
These ones are worse than the one on the TT, they are right through the clearcoat to the basecoat so no chance to completely remove them.
Here we go, these are on the front left wing.
Rub down with 2000grit paper and speed detailer to lubricate.
The question is always how far down to go into the clearcoat, you just never know, unless you have a paint gauge tool, This was as far as I wanted to go.
Next rub out the sandpaper marks with something like scratch X.
Last time I did it by hand but this time I was able to pick up a cheap random orbit machine for £15 from the Aldi leftovers bin.
Next, the scratches on the side were sanded down, should have done these a bit more, but they are deep, I think I will have a go at filling these with clearcoat and sanding them again sometine.
Finally a bit of a rub with the finishing polish, far from perfect but much better than what I started with.
These ones are worse than the one on the TT, they are right through the clearcoat to the basecoat so no chance to completely remove them.
Here we go, these are on the front left wing.
Rub down with 2000grit paper and speed detailer to lubricate.
The question is always how far down to go into the clearcoat, you just never know, unless you have a paint gauge tool, This was as far as I wanted to go.
Next rub out the sandpaper marks with something like scratch X.
Last time I did it by hand but this time I was able to pick up a cheap random orbit machine for £15 from the Aldi leftovers bin.
Next, the scratches on the side were sanded down, should have done these a bit more, but they are deep, I think I will have a go at filling these with clearcoat and sanding them again sometine.
Finally a bit of a rub with the finishing polish, far from perfect but much better than what I started with.