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Originally Posted by Guy B
Well it has taken me over 3 years of scoob ownership to realise that I know absolutely bugger all about how to look after car paintwork. I wash my car with a sponge most weekends and treat it to a wax every few months, it can think it's self lucky it gets that  Surprisingly the paint is in pretty good condition but I have noticed swirl marks recently.
So....I have 2 questions:
1. Is it now too late in the year to do a full paintwork detail on the car? would I be better off waiting until early next year?
2. If not is there anyone willing to give me a hand for a few beer tokens? Preferably someone with the stuff needed, I don't mind buying car wash or waxes etc but I wouldn't know a snow foam lance if it bit me on the arse |
2nd best time of year to do it dude! Mainly because some of the summer heat has gone and its cloudy most of the time so it virtually stops any of the polish or residue baking and staining the paint.
Depends what you want to do paint wise, you can fill the swirls and scratches and itll give the car great protection over the winter period (about 6 months) or you can get rid of them completly. In my opinion it would be best just to fill them mainly because of all the salt and grit on the road even with the most carefull of washing some of it will eat into the paint and youll have to do it all over again when the winters over.
As andy-m says you can use elbow grease but itll take you virtually an eternaty and you wont be able to cut the paint enough to get rid of all the swirls and scratches, You can pick up a DA very cheap and itll last for years but also give you a better finish.
Up to you at the end of the day dude, a simple fill, polish and protect will last you well over winter and give you a good base to start off with next year
