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Subject Topic: Dull aluminium body panels Post Reply Post New Topic
04/6/2011 at 12:28pm
 Location: Tyne and wear
 Outfit: Bailey Ranger 510 4
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Hi iam just after some hints,tips and product info to use on cleaning and polishing up dull parts of the aluminium body panels on my caravan.As some products can do more harm thamn good .Thanks Paul


04/6/2011 at 4:53pm
 Location: Sunderland Tyne & Wear
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Hi paul, are they painted or just ally. being in the motor trade i would use a compound called G3 which would require a wax afterwards. Having siad that Auto Gylm Super resin polish is what i use and its great.

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04/6/2011 at 4:54pm
 Location: Sunderland Tyne & Wear
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Sorry Paul that should have read Glym not gylm tut tut.

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04/6/2011 at 9:23pm
 Location: Cumbria
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Interested in that G3 stuff John as we have just started stocking it at work
All the info that came through with it makes it sound good but then that's usually the case. It does says been used by trade for xxx years but ..... I did have one guy say he's used it for years and is glad he can get it in smaller quantities now rather than huge trade sizes.


04/6/2011 at 9:45pm
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Using G3 John 4578 is fine on cars as its not the paint your cutting but the varnish on top.The paints used on cars now are mostly water based and need a varnish to seal them however,i think on caravan panels the paint is more enamal with no top coat and i would test a small area first before continuing.You MIGHT find g3 has the same effect as t cut though finer,and may cloud the paintwork.I would just use a polish as youve said like auto glym.

































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04/6/2011 at 10:43pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Pegasus 546. CRV 2.2d
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 Correct . Car paint work particularly metallic and pearlescent paints have a clearcoat on them to bring out the micas in the base coat and give the shine,this is also fairly hard compared to single coat paintwork as on most caravans and  motorhomes.

Autoglym products are very good and should do the job very well.  I never use anything else now and i actually work in the automotive paint industry.

If you try G3 follow jeff jukes advice of a small area first. 

 



05/6/2011 at 11:57pm
 Location: Middle Earth
 Outfit: Former tin tent owner
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I have given the car and caravan a good going over in the last few weeks, for the van I have used Silky followed by Autoglym and topped off with this , its a non abrasive caranuba wax and the results were superb, in fact I had to wear sunglasses in the end as the light shining off the van was hurting my eyes. For the faded front ABS panel I used Farecla gelcoat restorer and topped off with the above polishes. The van has never looked so good (and that includes picking up from dealers), only problem is, it has showed up the little imperfections where the rugrats have been less than careful with bikes, scooters etc.

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06/6/2011 at 10:01am
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The gel coat is really good,better with showroom shine for a wax from grease lightning, you get more for your money..big fan of it..you have got to be carefull using any form of cutting compound as the paint on the panels is very thin.

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06/6/2011 at 8:55pm
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Thanks for your help .They are painted panels so i will preceed with caution Thanks again.


06/6/2011 at 11:57pm
 Location: Lancashire
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the paint on a caravan is only microns in thickness so no cutting compounds should be used including T CUT.use a good car polish like MER .

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