T cut or buff n polish

[wavy]

dont panik im not going all CS on ya
the paint on my car needs summat doing to it even after a wash it looks sad n dull
my mate lent me an electric buffer thing and some T cut but give me warning its easy to feek up my paint and another mate said itll mess up any plastic it touches
so yester day i drove to a valet place and asked how much to T cut it for me he said they dont Tcut cars they buff it instead he recons they will get it looking nice £65 including full valet (is that decent price)
but im unsure if buffing will be as good / last as long as Tcut would ?

also is it real dodgy using cheap electric buffer n Tcut and doing it my self would i need to mask up the plastic bits
or shut up and pay £65

thanks
dave

[Lunner]

Take it to a bodyshop and get them to buff it, they use a cutting compound, not dis similar to t-cut, and then polish

[2 live]

use ferecla g3 cutting compound........nowhere near as abrasive as t-cut



always wet the paintwork wen u use it too.

[Gav]

use ferecla g3 cutting compound........nowhere near as abrasive as t-cut



always wet the paintwork wen u use it too.

yup
we use that to shine the car up and cut the top layer of paint off the new sprayed cars

not cheap tho

[Lunner]

Isn;t it the other way round, G3 is alot more abrasive than T-cut, t-cut is very mild, can get other comounds, like G16, and G8 (IIRC) that are more and less abrasive

[Gav]

after a spray job u get minor dust particals and overspray
the g3 eats thru this leaving a gleaming shine after it

[Lunner]

Yes i know that, hence it being coaser than t-cut

[Gav]

Yes i know that, hence it being coaser than t-cut

ok, sorry

[2 live]

i was told the g3 was finer than t-cut........i dont do bodywork as a rule lol...apart from throw the odd bucket of water at it.

[Lunner]

Nah, t-cut is defo finer, just had it confirmed