The best cutting paste for you will largely depend on what you need it to do and how much you are willing to spend. The Koch Chemie and Angelwax are expensive enough to put the occasional user off, but we’d be tempted to put them on our birthday list as they do such a good job and take a lot of the effort out of getting a decent finish. Clay bar the paint to remove contaminants – this step will make sure there’s nothing bonded to the paint You may need to wax the car regularly after cutting to protect the newly exposed paint and prevent it going dull. How to use it: Restoring the paint Polycrystalline Diamond PasteThe particles in this paste has sharper angles and are more jagged in shape making polycrystalline diamond Paste suitable for polishing more challenging surfaces

Easier to use than sandpaper or polishing tools Can polish surfaces of all shapes and sizes Fine consistency smooth away smallest of scratches Fluid consistency leaves smooth and even finish Works rapidly on all surfaces Suitable for use on delicate surfaces for scratch-free results Consistent, repeatable polishing results Types of Diamond Paste If you can’t quite stretch that far and only need to remove a few light marks from undergrowth, the Simoniz is great value and smells nicer than T-Cut. Apply a small amount of cutting compound to the wool pad of the machine polisher. Apply this to the paint surface using light, steady strokes

Cutting fluid v Cutting paste

Press and hold down your finger on the screen where you want to paste and select Paste to paste the text. Practice cutting and pasting text

Car polishing compound is similar to cutting compound but much less abrasive. It removes the top layers of wax and build-up to restore a glossy shine to the paint. It doesn’t remove layers of paint.Cutting compound works to remove the top layers of the paint finish. It can be used to rejuvenate the paint in a variety of ways: Cutting compounds are abrasive paintwork products and may not be suitable to use on all cars. For minor paintwork issues like light swirl marks and dull colour, you may be better starting off with car polish. Using the two text fields below, try cutting ( Ctrl+ X) the text in the first box and pasting ( Ctrl+ V) into the second. After cutting and pasting the text, "Example cut text" should only be in the bottom box.