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black car; to mop or not to mop???
pipston:
hello,
was hoping for some clarification on a topic that to me is increasingly becoming a grey area...
my car is going into the bodyshop in 2 weeks for ed30 colour coding and was hoping to have the whole thing mopped to improve the paint, take out a small bit of swirling (although its not too bad) and small scratches etc...
since having it booked in ive heard completely different opinions as to whether mopping a black car will actually increase or decrease the swirls in the car. a few people have said that the circular motion of the mop will create swirls and that you should only polish a black car in straight lines (front to back etc) whilst others (inlcuding most people on here) have said that a full mop will actually remove the swirls? :confused:
im completely confused, and dont want to have it done if it will actually make my paint worse. help and advice MUCHLY appreciated.
thanks,
JPC:
DO NOT LET THE BODYSHOP "MOP" IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant say that any louder, dont do it. get them to paint it and do their thing, but then speak to your local detailer. Honestly, even the best bodyshops in the country will make a mess when they "mop" the whole car!
icenutter:
I think that the people that say mopping will make the swirls worse, have probably only seen substandard work. There is a small chance that the bodyshop will do a good job, probably not.
My advice would be to get the parts sprayed, then get the whole corrected by a professional detailer. You're probably looking at about £200-300+ for a correction taking about one day. You'll find someone to do it on http://www.detailingworld.co.uk
pipston:
--- Quote from: icenutter on July 06, 2010, 02:13:08 pm ---I think that the people that say mopping will make the swirls worse, have probably only seen substandard work. There is a small chance that the bodyshop will do a good job, probably not.
My advice would be to get the parts sprayed, then get the whole corrected by a professional detailer. You're probably looking at about £200-300+ for a correction taking about one day. You'll find someone to do it on http://www.detailingworld.co.uk
--- End quote ---
--- Quote from: JPC on July 06, 2010, 12:46:15 pm ---DO NOT LET THE BODYSHOP "MOP" IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant say that any louder, dont do it. get them to paint it and do their thing, but then speak to your local detailer. Honestly, even the best bodyshops in the country will make a mess when they "mop" the whole car!
--- End quote ---
Great, i think that pretty much clears that up! thanks for your help guys. :happy2:
Rob GTI:
What is mopping then, I thought it was just another name for machine polishing?
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