cutting compound

My Very kind missus has just bought me the DVD box set of wheeler dealers with the mk1 golf GTI in it and in some of the episodes he uses a cutting compound for buffing alloys on a mk1 MR2 does anybody know what cutting compound it is or a simular one please

Just go down your local motorfactor and ask for a tin of Cutting Paste - the stuff in the yellow tin is pretty good - brand escapes me, might be Turtle?  It's all pretty much of a muchness.  For an even nicer finish there is 2000 grit paper and loads of soapy water (but if your paint is thin it'll ruin it) and for less severe than cutting compound, there is good old T-Cut.

cutting/rubbing compund is okay, but dont use it too vigorously, you'll soon go through paint, 2,000 grit sandpaper is an equally sensible idea, but hard to get an even finish (bits cut deeper than others)

T-Cut isnt a good option if you need to deeply restore paint, it takes hours on end. there is a more abrasive option called safe-cut which is like rubbing compound toned down a bit.

ive just realised that whole paragraph didnt help at all, so i would personally use rubbing compound (sparingly)

Oh - and anyone reading this with a metalic car - DON'T EVEN THINK IT - all you'll end up doing is ruining the laqure on your car!

Steve_Matthews said

Oh - and anyone reading this with a metalic car - DON'T EVEN THINK IT - all you'll end up doing is ruining the laqure on your car!

its true… i had a citroen AX for a while (in a summer, just to make a few quid) and i used it to get rid of grubby lines around the badges, it just killed the shine after only a couple of minutes, wouldn't come back either, so i was forced to cut through the whole laquer to get back to paint :cry:

G3 it is called
Pete :wink:

the stuff in the yellow tin is made by farecla think thats how its spelt (its been a few years since i finished working in a bodyshop) and it comes in a range of grades but  g3 is a good all round cutting compound hth

If ive read this correctly its for alloys your after aint it?

if so this link from Eastsidevw may help

http://www.eastsidevw.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7819


if its body work you are after then G3 will help remove scratches from paintwork or there are other strong products to bring paintwork upto new

Finny said

If ive read this correctly its for alloys your after aint it?

if so this link from Eastsidevw may help

http://www.eastsidevw.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7819


if its body work you are after then G3 will help remove scratches from paintwork or there are other strong products to bring paintwork upto new

Yes mate there for my perelli alloys

Damn I must of been pished when I posted that…………never realised yer only down the road in the land of the monkey hangers  

what finish is there on the wheels?

Peddersgolf said

G3 it is called
Pete :wink:

and its made by a company called farecla, they do a whole range of cutting compounds, g4 for high cured solid paints (i use that on freshly painted cars when flatting and polishing) g3 is much coarser and must be used with lots of water so it doesn't burn the paint off (ive done that too ops: ) and im sure they do a range of other products which might include wheel stufff

Finny said

Damn I must of been pished when I posted that…………never realised yer only down the road in the land of the monkey hangers  

what finish is there on the wheels?

Think there just an normal alloy finish where about you like maye

Used to be in Yarm…….Just moved out next to the airport


Think Ive heard G3 would do to polish them up……………….whats up with the alloys? they just dulled or something?