Any way round this?

When u are close up to the area, you cnt even see it. But if you go really close, you can see some cracks.

[Edited by Vinesh - 7/3/2002 10:19:00 PM]

Can too much polish damage the paint work?

I had a small scrath on the body work, so I aplied some MER polish and worked into the scratch.

The scratch has nearly disappeared, but from the a distance the area where I applied the polished has changed colour (Dark Grey). I did apply some touch up paint to cover the scratch.

Have pressed too hard when applying the polish?

Can the Wax Wizard products sort it out?

depends if your paint is clear over base or not.If your car is a metalic with lacquer over it then it sounds like youve broken through the laquer down to the base coat and it will be darker.

I wouldn't like to say what's happened, but I never use Mer polish, I got some a few years ago, and rather than apply a coating over the paintwork, it seemed to actually cut through any polish/dirt that is on the car, taking the car down to its original paintwork; almost like T-Cut.

Mer IS T cut, mark my words. Its the same texture, colour and smell. In fact Betty uses a similar product to clean the brassware; its called Brasso. Leave it alone and get some proper polish like Autoglym, Turtle Wax, Zymol or Wax Wizard......Blutes

Does this mean I need to re-spray that patch?

Sounds like the whole bonnet needs a respay to me. How old is the car ? If the paintwork is crazed its been neglected (not polished) and allowed to perish in the elements. You could try localised spraying but a full respray would be best;)......Blutes

Its not the bonnet. It's above the filler cap.

I will try to get a piccy of it.

Vinesh..if you are at Donno on Sunday look me up the scoobyworld stand(we are sharing) and I'll have a look at it for you as I will have a lot of my potions with me.

If you are not there what car and is it metallic paintwork? Can u email a picture taken close up please.

Mark I will be paying you a visit,
Full hit for me please,save us some if it goes quick!
Vinesh,Put another warranty claim in :D

Bluto, saw what you said about Mer, I used to use it and it seemed OK but will bow to greater experience, was it not supposed to put a layer of polish on like most polishes ?

I've used both Mer and Autoglym, and I prefer the Mer. If it was t-cut you'd get a coloured residue on the cloth you use. I don't, all I get is the extra muck it's shifted, and a strong smell of orange peel--I think that's an organic degreaser/cleaner. I'm well chuffed with the results though, and you really can use it on all the windows including the windscreen.

yes, alcazar must be right, if it was taking paint off there would be a residue on the cloth, also if it wasn't putting any protective layer on the water woul lay as a flat film instead of pooling into globules.

Alcazar,

You may only be eating away at the clear coat still. You won't see anything on your rag untill you buff through the clear coat and get to the colour coat. If Mer is abrasive and you keep going with it, that is rubbing and rubbing heaps to remove a scratch, and the product is like T Cut, (never used it so i don't know), once the clear is gone and you get to the colour, then you will see the colour of the paint left on your rag.

Cheers,

Wrexy.

I have used mer for years and it does not have any cutting compound
in it,all it does is put a layer over scratches to hide them.The only way you could damage paint with it is if your cloth is slightly abrasive and even then you would have to rub hard for an hour.
Steve

The product in the famous blue container has the following ingredients: mineral solvent, aromatic hydrocarbons, emulsifiers (cleaning agent), silicones, silicates (micro abrasive)plus aluminium oxide powder (these two give a slight but controlable cut), a mixture of mondelia, carnauba waxes plus some other odds and sods.

The product is incapable of "filling" fine scratches!!!