Well lacquering the cans didn't go quite as well as I'd hoped. I didn't get enough clear coat on them, so when it came to polishing them up the pattern of the weave was still obvious enough and trapped a fair amount of white polish residue. They do look better than before and I'm hoping with time the residue will fade (Or I'll scrub it off) and I'll get some clear wax on there.
Anyway a few befores and afters...
Before...
Given a little clean...
Panel wipe and taped up...
After a few coats the guards starting to come up quite well...
They didn't look too bad after clear coat, before flatting...
After that I flatted them down with 1200, 2000 then rubbing compound but could tell they weren't going to come up as good as I'd hoped.
A final polish with Autoglym Super Resin brought them up quite well, but because the lacquer hadn't completely flattened over the weave, I got bits of polish residue in there.
Not too noticeable in the photos but in direct sunlight you really can see it lurking.
Anyway, she got a good clean today ready for the MOT tomorrow...
