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Author:  Brett928S2 [ Fri May 20, 2016 7:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Mirror wrap t-cut and polished...
Hi All :)

Had a weird problem with my mirror wrap....

Over the winter it developed a sort of gray dull surface on the bonnet, top of front wings and roof... but not sides or rear....


Originally I thought it was the wrap reacting to the winter sun (although it did not do this last winter)

Eventually I figured out (with Paul Andersons help with a can of wd 40 , lol) that its was some sort of scum almost like tree sap but spread evenly....

Sooooo today I t-cut the top and bonnet of the car and once clean and shiny again I put some Autoglym Resin Polish on it to hopefully seal it....

I am adding some pictures of before/during and after....

I still cannot quite figure out why it did it or what it was...

Any ideas ???

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All the best Brett :)
Author:  sam [ Fri May 20, 2016 7:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirror wrap t-cut and polished...
Well Brett that's a result! back to her gleaming best, just in time for Simply Porsche. You will be able to see your face in it again!
Author:  Oxfordshire Panther [ Fri May 20, 2016 8:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirror wrap t-cut and polished...
Looks blinding! (excuse the pun)
Author:  Brett928S2 [ Fri May 20, 2016 9:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirror wrap t-cut and polished...
sam wrote:
Well Brett that's a result! back to her gleaming best, just in time for Simply Porsche. You will be able to see your face in it again!


Hi Steve :)

Yup I start my shows next weekend Supercar show at posh boatyard in Poole... :)

Still fancy changing the wrap to a BLUE Mirror wrap like this though.....

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Cannot find a wrapper to do it at the moment though... :(

All the best Brett :)
Author:  tr7v8 [ Fri May 20, 2016 9:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirror wrap t-cut and polished...
AG super resin polish won't seal it, you need a was for that. In fact AH super resin isn't a bad mild abrasive in itself.
Author:  Brett928S2 [ Fri May 20, 2016 10:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirror wrap t-cut and polished...
Hi Jim :)

To be honest , it was a real pain to t-cut/polish that stuff off...

I would use anything that would seal it.... liquid varnish if it worked lol...

Any suggestions of something that will create a rock like see through covering ??

All the best Brett :)
Author:  potdog [ Sat May 21, 2016 12:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirror wrap t-cut and polished...
Brett928S2 wrote:
Hi Jim :)

To be honest , it was a real pain to t-cut/polish that stuff off...

I would use anything that would seal it.... liquid varnish if it worked lol...

Any suggestions of something that will create a rock like see through covering ??

All the best Brett :)



3M do a very good boat wax good to protect crome and fibre glass from uv and salt water . all so to keep a nice coat of wax afterwards i recomend the waterless. wash wax sysestem greese lighting or the cheep one that aldi sells
Author:  bertroex [ Sun May 22, 2016 6:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirror wrap t-cut and polished...
I use the meguiars 3 step system but always seal/wax with Collinite 476

http://www.collinite.com/automotive-wax/super-doublecoat-paste-wax/

The meguiars was lasts about 2 months
Autoglym lasted a few washes
simoniz lasted about a month
I cant remember the rest, to be honest.

Collinite: 6 months of daily use and weekly washes and you can still throw some keys over it without scratching the paintwork.
Various outlets sell it: I bought a lot the other time via cleanyourcar.co.uk as it was £16 or therabouts
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wax/collinite-476s-super-doublecoat-auto-wax/prod_207.html
but Amazon link is here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collinite-476-Super-Doublecoat-Auto/dp/B002P3ZO2E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1463942373&sr=8-2&keywords=collinite+wax

Its making it so much easier to keep the appearance one notch above dog tired!

:lol:

Bert
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