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Colin Murrell
vin 00242 - Probably the only 260 to have driven the full Le Mans circuit?
MG Car Club Z Register V8 ZT/ZTT Rep.
MG Car Club V8 Register V8 ZT/ZTT Rep
MG Car Club MGF Register Regional Rep for Devon & Cornwall and Cotswold Regions.
MG Car Club MGF Register International Liaison Representative
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Member of MGCC (UK), MGOC, VSCC & TSSC (Triumph Sports Six Club)
Probably best to get a very good detailer to take care of it, gonna cost you £200 + though for a pro detail and then only wash it yourself using their recommended procedure with new sponges cloths every time
half the problem when people wash there cars is that they use a sponge which causes these, should use a wash mitt
Another is that the car hasn't been clayed which can cause unseen grit etc on the paint to be pushed into it.
AG super resin polish is good as it covers some of the swirl marks up, black and dark colours are a right bitch to keep clean and swirl free.
Peter Essling
I've been using pigmented polish on mine off and on - tried the Turtle Wax Black Box, which is OK but quite short lived, and have been using Poor Boys World Black Hole of late, which goes on and comes off quite easily. Both have fillers which help to hide the swirl marks. Looks good on an overcast day, but I can always see swirls on a day like Sunday at Brooklands.
I've decided there's only so much I can do with it being a daily driver used all year round, unless I want to spend more money having it detailed. Detailing seems expensive in Surrey but, then again, why should detailing be different from everything else
Mark Willcox - Unsnared, like the wind in a net. Unsmeared, like a lotus in water. Leader of others, by others unled: The enlightened call him a sage
You need a cutting compund to get rid of the swirls long job
And dangerous if you don't know what your doing. I have a dual action machine polisher and some compounds that i have used on both my old V8 ZT and my cerbera and i have never had the bottle to do to much for not really knowing the paint thickness. but what i have done has improved it abit.
Best thing to do it to buy a silver car. less noticeable.
Peter Essling
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Colin Murrell
vin 00242 - Probably the only 260 to have driven the full Le Mans circuit?
MG Car Club Z Register V8 ZT/ZTT Rep.
MG Car Club V8 Register V8 ZT/ZTT Rep
MG Car Club MGF Register Regional Rep for Devon & Cornwall and Cotswold Regions.
MG Car Club MGF Register International Liaison Representative
http://www.mgfim.org/
http://www.two-sixties.com/main.htm
http://www.v8register.net/
http://www.mgfregister.org/
http://www.racethemg.com/ http://www.triple-mracing.com/
Member of MGCC (UK), MGOC, VSCC & TSSC (Triumph Sports Six Club)
I agree with Pete as regards the mitt over a sponge. No matter your choice replace after a few months. I use the TBM (two bucket method) with the older of my two mitts for the lower parts of the car.
This reduces the speed of swirls/marks pick-up. Depending on the amount of paint damage it may require a detail. I have found that with the wash, clay, polish, seal and finally wax all but the worst can be hidden or at least reduced to an reasonable level. All hard work though.
VIN 260 Steve Miller
Yes I was anoyed to note that after a polish and wax 2 weeks after a full front respray, that I had those as well. Then some retard threw a stone that bounced off the bonnet. nice big chip. I'll try a clay barring but I'm now paranoid that I'll make it worse. Decisions decisions.
Chris Barrett..
Sunny Melton Mowbray by the sea
THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE WHEEL WAS AN IDIOT!
Now, the man who invented the other three, he was a genius.