srpocd25 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Hi I am the owner of 66 plate mk7.5 ST line fiesta and am after recommendations, from experience if possible, of good touch up paint vendors/brands. Moondust silver for bodywork, Rock metallic for wheels My car's in generally good shape. I've not attepted polish but have all the (hand) polish kit ready for when I make enough time for a full decon. I may graduate to DA polisher, but want to see limits of hand polishing/types of polish first. I've a few small stone chips/scratches that I want to address. One chip is v small but deep, so will need repair, and another scratch is bigger, deep enough, but still silver ish, so not sure if I'll just paint n clearcoat (as opposed to primer first) The wheels have a bit of kerbing (I am responsible for 2 - never forgive myself) nothing major but I want to make them look respectable The car is as good as you could get for 6 years old (2017, but 66 plate). I won't kid myself it will be perfect but I am perfectionist enough to want to do a great job, so my eyes are not drawn to them! All clues for best brands/vendors welcome, recommendations with your experiences, and tips for techniques, for chip/kerbing resources plus general hand polishing very welcome and will be grarefully received. I am also trawling this site for polishing threads. Cheers! Ste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticpat Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, srpocd25 said: Hi I am the owner of 66 plate mk7.5 ST line fiesta and am after recommendations, from experience if possible, of good touch up paint vendors/brands. Moondust silver for bodywork, Rock metallic for wheels My car's in generally good shape. I've not attepted polish but have all the (hand) polish kit ready for when I make enough time for a full decon. I may graduate to DA polisher, but want to see limits of hand polishing/types of polish first. I've a few small stone chips/scratches that I want to address. One chip is v small but deep, so will need repair, and another scratch is bigger, deep enough, but still silver ish, so not sure if I'll just paint n clearcoat (as opposed to primer first) The wheels have a bit of kerbing (I am responsible for 2 - never forgive myself) nothing major but I want to make them look respectable The car is as good as you could get for 6 years old (2017, but 66 plate). I won't kid myself it will be perfect but I am perfectionist enough to want to do a great job, so my eyes are not drawn to them! All clues for best brands/vendors welcome, recommendations with your experiences, and tips for techniques, for chip/kerbing resources plus general hand polishing very welcome and will be grarefully received. I am also trawling this site for polishing threads. Cheers! Ste Your post pretty much describes the current condition of my car , niggly stone chips , couple of small dents from careless shopping trolley drivers etc , oh and magnetic tar ! I usually just deploy the Halfords 3pen pack for chips and polish out the light scuffs by hand . It certainly is rewarding to see it all washed/waxed . A few fine days be appreciated . (Edit) P.S. Other than the Halfords 3pen , I use AutoGlym for just about all else painted and unpainted surfaces . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srpocd25 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 59 minutes ago, plasticpat said: Your post pretty much describes the current condition of my car , niggly stone chips , couple of small dents from careless shopping trolley drivers etc , oh and magnetic tar ! I usually just deploy the Halfords 3pen pack for chips and polish out the light scuffs by hand . It certainly is rewarding to see it all washed/waxed . A few fine days be appreciated . (Edit) P.S. Other than the Halfords 3pen , I use AutoGlym for just about all else painted and unpainted surfaces . Cheers plasticpat, that's pretty helpful as Halfords and chipex were the first 2 options I considered Chipex have a routine with blending solution though which I don't quite understand, so Halfords sounds better now They do a moondust silver one so i can try that on bodywork. Not sure about alloys in my colour yet Detail products, I have quite a variety - more than I've had time to use yet!and Autoglym are right in there. Their shampoo, then rapid aqua wax is a frequent combo I use, and interior shampoo is pretty versatile. Cleaned my sister-in-law's vomit from round the rear window pretty well. And no, I've never given her a lift since :-D Many thanks Also, I join you hoping for a few better days as I find car detailing pretty therapeutic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticpat Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 On 3/1/2023 at 9:11 PM, srpocd25 said: Cheers plasticpat, that's pretty helpful as halfords and chipex were the first 2 options I considered Chipex have a routine with blending solution though which I don't quite understand, so halfords sounds better now They do a moondust silver one so i can try that on bodywork. Not sure about alloys in my colour yet Detail products, I have quite a variety - more than I've had time to use yet!and Autoglym are right in there. Their shampoo, then rapid aqua wax is a frequent combo I use, and interior shampoo is pretty versatile. Cleaned my sister-in-law's vomit from round the rear window pretty well. And no, I've never given her a lift since :-D Many thanks Also, I join you hoping for a few better days as I find car detailing pretty therapeutic. No bother (except for 'that vomit stain' ! ) Euuugh 🙃 Come to think of it I've actually got some other brands 'on the go' open a while . Black Chrome being one of them and Armor-all tyre foam . I'll just open up the box of tricks one of the days and post a pic or two here . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srpocd25 Posted Tuesday at 09:24 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 09:24 PM On 3/4/2023 at 9:26 PM, plasticpat said: No bother (except for 'that vomit stain' ! ) Euuugh 🙃 Come to think of it I've actually got some other brands 'on the go' open a while . Black Chrome being one of them and Armor-all tyre foam . I'll just open up the box of tricks one of the days and post a pic or two here . I will keep a watch out for your pics, be interested. Just looking for body paint (so with clearcoat kit) and wheel paint online. Does anyone know if I need lacquer for wheels - it's rarely sold in kits, or so I've seen. Wheel paint might be helios paint, and not sure of the properties of that. Vendors sat 'helios!' like it's nagic or something lol PS that vomit came off except for a TINY bit I imagine I still see down rear window seal, Grrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticpat Posted Friday at 10:41 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:41 PM On 3/21/2023 at 9:24 PM, srpocd25 said: I will keep a watch out for your pics, be interested. Just looking for body paint (so with clearcoat kit) and wheel paint online. Does anyone know if I need lacquer for wheels - it's rarely sold in kits, or so I've seen. Wheel paint might be helios paint, and not sure of the properties of that. Vendors sat 'helios!' like it's nagic or something lol PS that vomit came off except for a TINY bit I imagine I still see down rear window seal, Grrrr Et voila , however I'd forgotten to turn the labels out for viewing and I thought I'd taken more than these two pics . To be continued I suppose ... ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srpocd25 Posted yesterday at 08:52 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 08:52 AM I do own quite a few turtle wax products, and rate them I've not used their hybrid 'one&done' polish yet, but look forward to it. Also, the best prices are often found straight from Turtle Wax store, either in UK or Europe - got some good deals Now Cartec, from what I've read, is meant to be a class above. How have you found it? Cartec also do good deals for kits, as I'm sure you know Gotta polish after touching up my stone chips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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