Tree-tickled

[MOCAŠ]

I have noticed that the roof of the Fabia is suffering from the effects of having had its roof tickled by the branches of a tree over the past three years. Is this something a skilled detailer would be able to correct?

 

[Dieselman]

A hand polish would probably see that marking gone, MOCAS.

 

[MOCAŠ]

A hand polish would probably see that marking gone, MOCAS.

I've heard bad things about the effects of tree sap, so was worried that polishing/waxing may not be enough.

 

[Dieselman]

That isn't the affect of sap, it's just the brushing of the leaves has scratched the lacquer.

 

[MOCAŠ]

That isn't the affect of sap, it's just the brushing of the leaves has scratched the lacquer.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest, Dieselman. I shall seek out someone with the requisite polishing skills.

 

[Dieselman]

Trapperjohn armed with a pair of old Y fronts is your man.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Get the butler to give the roof a T-Cut, a bit of polish after and Bob's your uncle.

 

[fatdazza]

Get the butler to give the roof a T-Cut, a bit of polish after and Bob's your uncle.

Surely Mocas's uncle would "Robert"

 

[MOCAŠ]

Surely Mocas's uncle would "Robert"

Sir Robert to you.

 

[MOCAŠ]

Trapperjohn armed with a pair of old Y fronts is your man.

Not sure I wish to comtemplate the thought of TJ's Y-fronts coming into contact with any part of my beloved Fabia. Does he wash them first? (The pants, not the cars...)

 

[trapperjohn]

Yes I use the two bucket method.

 

[Dieselman]

Yes I use the two bucket method.

Would that be a grit guard in the bottom of the bucket, or something else...?

 

[trapperjohn]

Rhymes with grit.

 

[Frostytel]

Try some t cut ..... It worked on mine using a rotary polisher

 

[MOCAŠ]

Try some t cut ..... It worked on mine using a rotary polisher

Thanks for the advice. I'll get someone who knows what they're doing to sort it. If I go anywhere near it with anything more abrasive than water it will be down to bare metal before I even realise.

 

[mikec32]

This should be super easy to sort out, no major problems but can't quite see the defect properly to estimate the 'light' damage.

Cheers Mike

 

[MOCAŠ]

Magic Mike...

Well, Mike (Detailed) spent about 5½ hours working his magic on the Fabia's roof today, and the results are far better than I dared hope for. It was so bad in places that I was preparing myself to be told that only a respray would fix it, but now you'd be hard-pressed to tell that it had ever suffered any damage.

Now that the roof has been saved, the car's going back to him in a couple of weeks for a full two-day detail. And so the pampering begins...

 

[Dieselman]

^ Now that is a worthy cause for a proper machine polishing to restore the paint finish.

Looks good.

Are you driving it more now?

 

[MOCAŠ]

^ Now that is a worthy cause for a proper machine polishing to restore the paint finish.

Looks good.

Are you driving it more now?

Thanks. Yep, it's clocked up over 900 miles in the few months since I got it back on the road. I tend to alternate between the Fabia and the SLK these days, so they both get a fair look in.

 

[Dieselman]

Thanks. Yep, it's clocked up over 900 miles in the few months since I got it back on the road. I tend to alternate between the Fabia and the SLK these days, so they both get a fair look in.

Just the X19 to go...

Did Detailed take any more photo's, such as before and during?

I'm not being sarky here, he's done a great job on paint that needed it.