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| I think the rule here is that Hubbie gets it fixed or he is out on the curb. Clear coats can be polished or filled to hide scratches up to a limit, but you should get an opinion at a detailing shop. Cooper S Red/White/White, Air, Computer, Cloth, DSC, Cold Weather. August build. |
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| ...rather than just a traditional wax. Give the car a really good wash, and then leather off. You'll have a clear view of the light surface scratches then. Polish with a nice soft cloth, I know some people like cotton diaper material, and just make sure the cloth is slightly damp before you start as that helps. I use AURI for this, but if you can't get that locally then look for another polymer polish product. You'll find that the only reason you could see the scratches was the way they caught the light against the dark green background. Polish twice, and I bet they've all gone You may need to pay a little more attention to the scratched area, but if it's not down to the colour coat, and you can't feel the scratches, you can polish them out for sure That's one good thing about the MINI Vs ordinary cars, even the non metallic colours have a clear coat to protect them. My X put her purse with chain strap onto the roof of my Golf GTi as she opened the drivers door, then dragged it off into the car as she got in Of course this left a trail of surface damage, and it was a green car like yours and it looked terrible Hit it with the AURI and the polish cloths and all of the damage just polished away And she's my X now, but not just because she kept trashing my car Chris. Was: 02 MCS - DS/BL - Alloy Patina - Half Leather - Mille Miglia 18" Alloys - Toyo 235/35/18 Rubber Now: 03 MCS - CR/WH - Anthasite Dash - Leather - White 18" Exel TZ-10 Alloys - Union Jack Roof Decal - K&N Typhoon - XM Direct |
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| Your car looks fantastic by the way - BRG rules! Are you sure you're not just panicking though? My MINI has always appeared to be thoroughly scratched when viewed under artificial light. 2 weeks after I bought it, I was part of a show and the paintwork, when looked at too closely, appeared to be scratched. The dark-almost-black paint, the clearcoat, and the effect of an artifical lightbul or strange sunlight just makes it look like this. I wouldn't worry about it. Also, although your car is new, it is presumably a couple of months since it was built so you can treat the paint as for any other car I'd have thought. Handbook says this too. |
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| Solution: Allow hubby to graciously buy and apply every Zaino product to your beautiful MCS. In particular: Zaino Z5. On second thought, allow hubby to buy but apply together, while you continually point out how clean and grit-free the cotton towels you're using are! Mike |
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| XSmall...drive on up to Baltimore...I'll polish your hood...that'll teach hubby! Ken Shapiro Electric Blue w/ Sport Package...first "S" delivered in Maryland (5/10/02) I've been everywhere but the electric chair...I've seen everything but the wind. |
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| Thanks everybody! Crisis is over. We went to the auto store in town (my small town has pretty limited selection). After the staff and customers got done wowing over my car, the guy helped us pick some stuff out. We got some Meguire (sp?) srcratch remove stuff, my husband already had some Zymol cleaning wax he'd gotten, and we got some Meguire step 3 polish stuff. Hubbie washed it thoroughly, to the amusement of my parents and neighbors in 36 degree weather under cloudy skies, we pulled in in the heated garage, and he did all three steps. At least a 90% improvement! It looks beautiful. My dad gave us some of his fancy expensive chrome stuff and we shined up the chrome bits. We're getting ready to take it out for some motoring and photos. All is forgiven - but thanks for your kind fellow motorer offers! |
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| Glad your panic is over... two notes of caution now that it's fixed. Be careful with a heated garage. If there's any salt on the roads, parking a wet salty car in a heated garage will speed up corrosion. The heat is not enough to dry the car quickly, but does activate the salt.... Secondly, when washing the car use a hose without a nozzle to rinse off. That way a lot more water 'sheets' off the car and there's less to dry. Hopefully the squeegee thing has been consigned to the trash. Use either a high quality chamois leather or 100% cotton towels (not washed in fabric conditioner). Make sure they never touch the ground and only dry off a really clean car. My own squeegee horror story - when I first got my Jeep I pulled into a gas station on a horrible night going up north on a ski trip. I cleaned the front windshield with the squeegee, didn't even press hard but managed to scratch all over the *glass* in short horizontal scratches... They're still there 3 years later - at least clear coat responds to polishing...! ![]() Religion is like a huge dog. If it's yours it's very friendly and comforting, but it scares the heck out of everyone else. |
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| Thanks for the info - we haven't had snow in over a week, and rain washed away all the salt. It won't normally be heated in there, we just have this huge heat blower thing we turned on to warm it up in there. We share a 3 car garage with my dad's motorcycle and boat, so he likes to work in there in the winter. My husband did the actual washing, I don't know if he used a nozzle or just sheeted the water. I'll ask him. He used to have a 69 Mustang convertible he was pretty meticulous about, so he normally knows quite a bit about detailing. Just one major boo-boo in this case! |
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| Temp heat is fine - I'm sure he knows all this stuff. That's a sharp looking car..!!! Makes me think I will get the spots and stripes after all... Roll on Tuesday.... I can't wait much longer.!! ![]() Religion is like a huge dog. If it's yours it's very friendly and comforting, but it scares the heck out of everyone else. |
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| Thought we had glass but Just looked at Micro Mesh's web site and can't find anything connected to a glass repair kit. Everything points to the acrylic or polycarbonate, so you might be right obehave. I'll have to check on monday when i go back to work. Oh BTW I referenced the grit wrong it goes to 12000 grit ![]() |
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