Right! So the bonnet lacquer was flaking like mad, and peeling, and was rough as hell to the touch. Not to mention how matte it looked, it was severely neglected :/ It looked fine in photos, but it was irritating me, and I thought I'd try and sort it out as much as possible before its re-lacquer. So I went to a friend of mine who's pretty handy with a rotary. And we decided to start sanding away at all the old horrible laquer with 800 gritt wet and dry and some water/fairy You can see in this picture, all the little imperfections showing, the bonnet felt almost completely smooth to the touch, but all the differences in laquer colour were showing pretty badly :/ This one from 1200gritt to 3000 gritt, 3000 wasnt needed really but, done it anyway some lacquer differences still showing.. began polishing with a compound Can see the original shine starting to return Now onto a polish, really happy with how much better it was looking, and it felt like glass now, not gritty and horrible Hard to see, as residue is all over the place and its really messy, but bottom left is ready for waxing once the residue is removed, top half has been compounded, difference showing was quite a lot in person Final swirl removing polish all being removed (all products used were 3M if anybody is interested) And finally, waxed to protect it for now Got to clean of the mesh etc properly tomorrow with the jetwash, Gave the car a quick clean down taking care not to scratch the paintwork (even though its getting sprayed in a few days) But you get the general idea of how the bonnets looking now Really pleased, its gone from flaky, patchy and dull, to nice and glossy in just a few hours work between two people Not bad considering i paid a good price for it as it was in such poor condition, and its come up good for now Still getting refinished professionally though Also thought id mention, i have a new front numberplate to add too, as that ones huuge and has holes in