Ok, I like to have the car looking smart and shiny and i personally use Mequiars which does a pretty good job. But, after 16 years of being cleaned, crapped on by birds, and more recently frequently covered in salt it's looking a little tired!!

 

So, how do you go about flatting the paintwork and repolishing?? I'm not inerested in concours condition, and it's nowhere bad enough to need a respray, so recommended products & techniques please!!

 

e.g. http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-perfect.html talks about detailing in a little more, erm, detail than "use the flash car wash system - it's great!" so this is the kind of thing I'm interested in!!

 

Rich

Could try taking it to a good body shop and see if it can be mopped, they will be able to tell you if it can be done or your paint work is to far gone.

A go over with T-Cut can make an amazing difference.

Being red in colour I would suggest a full respray mate, red is the worst colour for fading due to the pigments used.

nice link rich, to be honest i find a good going over with autoglym paint renovator and then the autoglym polish does the trick... really depends how oxidised the red is, if it just looks lack luster then give it a try, if its more pink than red, it maybe too far gone.

 

Best of luck...

Farecla G3. Can be applied by hand or mop. Professional use compound.

If you havent used it before then practice on an old panel of something not belonging to the car.

You then need to re apply your fav make of car polish/wax again.

cheers guys - will look for some Farecla G3 then... the paint's far from being pink, just got some swirl marks in it, and a couple of blemishes - all in all seems pretty well looked after, I'd just like to try and make it a bit better!

How do you deal with the gunmetal grey because i have the same problem. Mines faded at the top of the wings where the hotair from the engine has been seeping through for years LOL

How do you deal with the gunmetal grey because i have the same problem. Mines faded at the top of the wings where the hotair from the engine has been seeping through for years LOL

 

 

I presume all of the metallic colours will be more difficult because of the lacquer.

I presume all of the metallic colours will be more difficult because of the lacquer.

 

So it looks like a paint job then :rant: LOL