Bonnet Refurb - advice

1. NoFace Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2006 Hull Posts: 100 Black Saxo VTS

   #1 19th March 2007, 13:28

   Not sure if this is really the right place to post this, but any way I have a crazy amount of stone chips on the bonnet, the previous owner lived in a city so its chipped to hell, what i want to know andd need help with is what should i use or do to get rid of most the stone chips, i have polished the hell out of it twice, is there a product any one recomends.
2. James Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Hull Posts: 11909 Beeeemer

   #2 19th March 2007, 13:30

   Stone chip's cannot be polished out, only way to get rid of them is to take it to a bodyshop and have them respray the bonnet... or if your brave go to halfords and get a touch up pen (i wouldent do that if i was you).
   
   Any decent bodyshop will spray it for 50-100 quid.
3. craig180p Yorkshire Joined: Dec 2005 West Yorkshire Posts: 31079 1989 Golf GTi Clipper

   #3 19th March 2007, 13:32

   How about touching up as a short term fix and getting some tcut to it to try and blend the paint a bit then a decent polish and wax.
4. NoFace Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2006 Hull Posts: 100 Black Saxo VTS

   #4 19th March 2007, 13:33

   will have to wait then, i have just bought some keskin alloys and i need to get my spax psx kit fitted.
5. James Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Hull Posts: 11909 Beeeemer

   #5 19th March 2007, 13:34

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by saxo180 How about touching up as a short term fix and getting some tcut to it to try and blend the paint a bit then a decent polish and wax.

   Don't tell me you would use t-cut on your paint
6. craig180p Yorkshire Joined: Dec 2005 West Yorkshire Posts: 31079 1989 Golf GTi Clipper

   #6 19th March 2007, 14:03

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Cloud Don't tell me you would use t-cut on your paint

   I have done where some noob scraped my passenger front arch plastic. Some of the scuffs came out but I had to polish the feck out of it to get it black again!
7. James Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Hull Posts: 11909 Beeeemer

   #7 19th March 2007, 14:07

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by saxo180 I have done where some noob scraped my passenger front arch plastic. Some of the scuffs came out but I had to polish the feck out of it to get it black again!

   Next time you should aquire a porter cable from some handsome young man on here.
8. craig180p Yorkshire Joined: Dec 2005 West Yorkshire Posts: 31079 1989 Golf GTi Clipper

   #8 19th March 2007, 14:12

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Cloud Next time you should aquire a porter cable from some handsome young man on here.

   Have you got a friend that has one?
9. James Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Hull Posts: 11909 Beeeemer

   #9 19th March 2007, 14:16

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by saxo180 Have you got a friend that has one?

   Sure have, his name is shrek and he's the king of green.
10. boz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2005 somewhere on this planet, doing something..... around northumberland or in the middle of the sea Posts: 8774 Mk2 VTS track mk1 turbo vts scooby engined 2CV

    #10 19th March 2007, 14:19

    a decent spray shop will do it for you, but make sure they are good, i know a few peeps that have ended up with naff spray jobs, the paint ended up like orange peel on places of the bonnet
    
    i once t cutted the whole of my escort, then had it all polished. took a full day but it looked sweet after it was done. it had been on the drive for a year and had started to go from red to pink as fords do when the get old lol
    
    it came up amazing after some t cut, polish and elbow grease lol