My 2009 Audi has peeling lacquer on one wing, the fix seems to be to blow off loose laquer with an airline (can do), then cut (can do) then a coating (I don't have this, but I have good old wax polish). Has anyone done this, is it worthwhile? The pros on You Tube seem to make the cars look presentable, which is good enough for me. I don't want to pay for a wing respray.
Update: flatting the edges of the peeling lacquer with 1200 grit paper, then a polish with a cutting compound "car scratch remover" has improved it dramatically. Close up, it's visible. But it's not obvious, on a walk-past you wouldn't know. I think that polished up with normal wax it will pass the 2 yard test.Nope; it's re-lacquer or live with it
It'll only start to 'bloom' where the edges are anyway...
Unless really visible, leave it be IMO
Was about to go clean the car until I looked at the forecast for the next 3 days , Rain , Rain and Rain
It's not getting washed
That's a poor excuse to not was the car...
Wash it, polish/wax it and then enjoy the beading
Wash it ^^^ then enjoy^^^^ counting the bug splats after spanking it around some empty winding roads
Just a favourable mention for Dodo Juice’s wheel cleaner/fallout remover, Ferrous Dueller.
Having used a not especially great wheel cleaner on wheels which were in decent nick, the results were ok, but there were vaguely rust-coloured persistent deposits left behind. They’re just about visible in the pic I posted a few pages back, I think.
But the Dodo stuff seemed to get the deposits off really well, and bring the wheels up very nicely at the same time. Not the cheapest, but a good product IMO.
Was looking in the cupboard of doom where things go to die, trying to find any sort of wax or coating from a previous life and stumbled across an almost full can of Sonax Polymer something-or-other, 'great, that will do'.
Jesus wept if anyone fancies a full on cardio workout then buy a tin of this bloody stuff, no wonder it is still full. Not so much 'wax on, wax off' as 'wax on, stay on'. First time I put the cloth on it to take it off the cloth stuck and my hand carried on, it was like I'd sprayed it with glue.
Washing up liquid and hot water with a dish cloth.
Or the geezers up the road for 6 quid.
Was looking in the cupboard of doom where things go to die, trying to find any sort of wax or coating from a previous life and stumbled across an almost full can of Sonax Polymer something-or-other, 'great, that will do'.
Jesus wept if anyone fancies a full on cardio workout then buy a tin of this bloody stuff, no wonder it is still full. Not so much 'wax on, wax off' as 'wax on, stay on'. First time I put the cloth on it to take it off the cloth stuck and my hand carried on, it was like I'd sprayed it with glue.
Trick might be not to let it dry, put it on and take it off straight away.
I tried a tub of AutoBrite’s Carnauba wax and had the same problem. The car panels were nice & cool but it hardened up too fast and then was impossible to work off, leaving streaks of hard wax in places. Never again! I stick with Dodo juice now for wax. Very easy to work off and lasts a good few washes.Was looking in the cupboard of doom where things go to die, trying to find any sort of wax or coating from a previous life and stumbled across an almost full can of Sonax Polymer something-or-other, 'great, that will do'.
Jesus wept if anyone fancies a full on cardio workout then buy a tin of this bloody stuff, no wonder it is still full. Not so much 'wax on, wax off' as 'wax on, stay on'. First time I put the cloth on it to take it off the cloth stuck and my hand carried on, it was like I'd sprayed it with glue.