Restoring the paint - question
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Clay barring an entire vehicle only takes 10 minutes, at least for me. A necessary step before using any compound to remove swirls or scratches. Kahuna, look up a professional detailer with good reviews are you area. They should be able to tell with a paint thickness gauge how much correction they can do with still maintaining clear coat protection. You can post a picture of the paint in direct sunlight and we can estimate whether a one step or two step correction is necessary. One step is for light swirls and holograms, then a sealant is applied. Two step is a harder cutting compound and pad and then a fine polish, after a sealant is applied.
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Blacks are s**ts of colours to maintain, and its also a bugger of a colour to cut properly. I spent a full day flatting, cutting and polishing a Jerezschwarz E90 M3, and I still could have done more, but I ran out of time. I used to cut my old Ford Mondeo every year, and polish it every six months, and regularly wax it, and that's really the only way to keep a paint job looking the part (short of using Ceramiclear, which is harder than a coffin nail) and it was painted in premium clear coat.
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