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      09-01-2014, 03:39 AM   #1
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Just wondering if anyone in local to M3 corridor in Surrey have access and are handy with a polisher.

As tryint go prep the car for sale and someone kindly scratched the lower bumper with their car at weekend.

Its a fine craze and a quick run with polisher would fix it but never done it before so rather not practice on car I need to pre for sale
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Try using meguiars ultimate compound and apply it by hand. I did at the weekend and had great results.
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I've tried another compound by hand and no joy but only had 10 min maybe bit more patience will help as well. Might give this one a go if I dont find anyone
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Honestly, you'll be there forever and a day doing it by hand.

If it's only that you want doing, it shouldn't take long.
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Best getting hold of a polisher as requested.
You'll get far better results as sorting BMW paint by hand will take an age. The paint is very hard!
If you want to buy a DA polisher I may be selling mine with all sorts of stuff to use with it
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Just wondering if anyone in local to M3 corridor in Surrey have access and are handy with a polisher.

As tryint go prep the car for sale and someone kindly scratched the lower bumper with their car at weekend.

Its a fine craze and a quick run with polisher would fix it but never done it before so rather not practice on car I need to pre for sale
Not far from m3 Basingstoke if that's any good

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      09-03-2014, 01:02 PM   #8
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if its just a fine scratch on the lacquer it can be easily rectified by using 2000/2500 grit wet and dry, rub it wet with a spot fairy liquid, rub carefully, dry off the area and you will see if the scratch has gone, polish with a damp cloth using Farecla G3.
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