Thread: Cut and polish on brand new paint??

Try some car polish, it has a little fine cutting agent to bring up the shine in the paint. You can just leave the pin stripe, likely to be the first of many

Yep- deeper striping needs "extra cut polish". Used some on my 2012 Outback and it's great.

I've got a 2010 Mazda Bt-50 with lots of marks and scratches from different work sites. I tried giving it a polish with some meguiars deep crystal wet look polish. My understanding was that it had a small amount of cutters but didn't really clean up the car that much... I'm thinking about giving it a proper cut and polish but I'm reluctant to do this on such new paint... let us know how you go with it!!

Cheers, Andy

Dont use a cutting agent! that is to remove built up polish.. you will take of the top protective layer of paint.

A quality non-silicone polish followed by a non-silicone wax. If that doesnt fix it, then go for an abrasive polish.

Defender paint is thin enough as it is!

If the scratches aren't too deep, I'd burnish the area using brasso or silvo metal polish and then apply two or three coats of a good wax polish.

Apply the metal polish to a rag, start with gentle back and forth motion over the scratch, gradually increase pressure and speed over the scratch. You will find the panel will get hot and as it gets hotter you will see the shine appear and the scratch disappear. You then apply wax to the area.

You'd probably be better to experiment on something else first to get the hang of it Hope this helps.

Car body care tips: how to wash, polish and wax your car


Years ago I did a paint course at college and spent four hours polishing a door skin by hand, the teacher then came along and put a huge scratch down it and said....."your next task is to repair that" I could have murdered him

I've had great success using a clay bar detailing pack, Autoglym, an English product. Removed blue over-spray from a Blenheim Silver Discovery II, as well as some minor scratches & particularly fingernail scratches in the recesses at the door handles.
Recently, while my son was on holidays, gave his Patrol ute a good clean utilising this system. His mate, on seeing the car when they returned from holidays, thought he had had the car professionally detailed.

Thanks for all the input guys, I fly back to work tomorrow and didn't want to waist my last day polishing so it's getting the royal treatment at the local detailer. I went down to the local auto store and they weren't 100% on what product to use, I looked at the prices and by the time I buy them it's worth wile to just get someone to do it for me they are going to clean up the black flares and the thinley painted window frames while their at it. Will post a trip report in the next couple of days fun was had by all.