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Old 18th May 2009, 17:55   #16
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Originally Posted by deano78 View Post
clay will only remove stuff stuck to your paint. from that photo it looks like you have some kind of oxidization going on which is odd on a car with clearcoat and not single stage paint. if you are going to buy from halfords some scratch x and plenty (and i do mean plenty) of elbow grease may get rid of it but if its anything like black olives bonnet it will just laugh at you and stick its tongue out. failing that it will need machine polishing.
Going on Friday to have the bonnet machine polished at my local bodyshop as after seeing some of the other cars at the meet they didn't exhibit anything like mine and if it had been painted to this standard then I'd have thought the original owner would have complained. They are going to do the bonnet and see if it makes any difference and if it does they can do the whole car.
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