Posts: 49
Since: 12/7/2009
Region: Prachinburi/Hua Hin
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I have a 2002 3200GTA Grigio Alfieri which over the years has accumulated quite a few very minor scratches. I have been slightly afraid of tackling these because apart from it being metallic I am in Thailand & finding the correct product is not at all easy.
At the local auto factors I bought a tin of Sonax Auto Crème Lack Glanz with instructions in Thai & German (both of which are Greek to me). Tin comes complete with a sponge fitted in the cap & that rang the big alarm bell about other posts on the forum re: washing the car with a sponge! OK so am I going to be the only Maser owner with a panda colour scheme?
The compound is the colour of Brasso & the texture of custard, easy to apply & with the sponge it is difficult to use too much pressure & create more scratches than you take out. Perfect end result, all the minor blemishes gone & a high gloss finish. It can’t have cut the paint much as there was only a hint of grey on the sponge after I had done the whole car.
One thing it was no good on was the inevitable tar (asphalt) spots from hurtling through roadworks at more than the recommended crawl. After a quick search on Google came up with peanut butter & mayonnaise as excellent tar spot removers. Now I am a foreigner living in Thailand & driving a Maserati, so my immediate family & a few of the neighbours would have me locked up if they saw me wasting food on a motor. So not fancying a straight jacket I looked a bit more & came up with baby oil – so armed with that & a hand full of cotton buds got rid of them all. A quick wipe after each one with a soft dry rag & the rat looks 100% better.
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