BenB
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| posted on 17/5/07 at 11:06 AM |
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Polishing glassfibre
What's the key to keeping glassfibre looking good? Does cleaning the car with turtle wax shampoo or waxing it help?
I've got lots of microscratches on the surface which show up when the light hits the surface....
For doing gelcoat repairs I've had good results from using a little Autosol and a dremel felt polishing wheel but I'm worried if I keep on
doing that all the time I'll wear through the pigment layer..... (I might also need to buy a bigger polishing device!!!)...
What does anyone do?
I'm not sure whether I need to polish the entire thing with a cutting agent then wax it to build up some protection- it seems quite easy to
scratch at the moment...
Normally I wouldn't bother but I'm driving to /from my wedding next weekend in it so it needs to look good for the photos!!
Thanks for any hints / tips!!
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flak monkey
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| posted on 17/5/07 at 11:08 AM |
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Gave mine a quick shine up with Mer, does just the job.
If you want a really deep shine though you can get multistage polishing kits. Not cheap, but they make a huge amount of difference. My mate did his
elise with one of the kits, took him all day, but it looked amazing afterwards!
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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twybrow
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| posted on 17/5/07 at 11:19 AM |
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Try this http://www.reverie.ltd.uk/en/about/trimming.php
I used to use Farecla cutting/polishing pastes at Sunseeker. It really is the dogs danglies when it comes to polishing gelcoat. Just make sure you
don't push too hard (scorch the gelcoat and it cant be polshed out), don't rush up through the grades (we went 400, 800, 1200, then 2
different pastes) and use a good quality lambswool polishing head.
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dan__wright
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| posted on 17/5/07 at 12:37 PM |
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g3 ang 10 cutting paste (can never remember which first though) then megs pollish & wax
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BenB
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| posted on 17/5/07 at 12:50 PM |
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Better get ordering!!
Cutting compound and Mer wax it is then!!
Cheers
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 17/5/07 at 12:56 PM |
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I have used the Mer Cutting compound the Mer polish, hard work but it does work
Keith
Aviemore
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emsfactory
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| posted on 17/5/07 at 01:47 PM |
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I usually start with G6. You can go straight to G6 from 1500 grit. Then I use g3. i think g10 is finer still. The numbers dont equate to compound
courseness though.
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Phil.J
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| posted on 17/5/07 at 03:57 PM |
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Once you have got it shiny use a good spray furniture polish. They contain an anti-static agent that helps prevent the dust from settling (fibreglass
often gets a charge when polishing so you are forever chasing the dust!)
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BenB
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| posted on 17/5/07 at 06:12 PM |
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Good idea! I like it  Pledge it is!!!!!!! I can even put it on the weekly shop budget not the car building one 
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wax-it
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| posted on 28/2/08 at 02:41 PM |
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Came across this from an other thread.
You really want to be looking at 2000 grit, maybe even 3000 grit as the final wet sanding stage.
Then Megs 80/83 to help cut it back some more and leave it with a stunning shine.
Top with something like Dodo wax and buy decent shades!
(also invest in a Megs G220 if you can)
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