Getting the paint up to scratch - esp explorer

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    Gwedo
    I have an esp explorer thats been played a fair bit......the way it should be ;) ..and has a few dings and pick swirls/mist to the paint. To fix the chips i will use black nail varnish, used it on my old explorer and its a great match but for the swirl mist in the finish im not so sure :-/ Im thinking of using car paint restorer we call it T-cut in the UK but not sure if thats what its called in the US. Any opinions? i have some jim dunop guitar wax and cleaner which may help but yet to try it. Thanks gwedo
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    tee5150ii
    tee5150ii wrote

    Pick swirls are a bitch to get out. I would go with the car thing as you mention, but something along the lines of a clear-coat intended product specifically designed to deal with clear coats since your pick swirls are probably not down to the paint. I've used something made by 3M called Perfect-It that is designed to be used by a hand buffer or by hand to get out swirl marks on cars...I had used it when repainting a guitar and after the wet-sanding with the 1500+ girt sandpaper you go over it with the Perfect-It stuff and it knocks em out...so on and so forth. But yeah, something made for cars is technically usable in your situation. Hope that helps.

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      wherever-i-roam
      wherever-i-roam wrote

      i used some car polish on my KH-2 and it made it shine like a bitch, didnt remove all the light surface scratches but did a good job.

      i dunno about T-cut, i was gonna use some of that but was unsure how good it was, aka would it take all the clear coat off seeing as its ment for cars.

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