Faded flame red

[marc69]

Yes, you guessed right, flame red that is now pink.

I have tried T cutting it three times already, today I borrowed a mates car polisher thing and t-cut it with that, it is slightly better but that was affter 2 and a half hours.

Apart from respraying or embracing pink, is there an easy way to bring it back?

I have wondered at perhaps really fine wet paper?

[chrisd1986]

Get your mates buffer again with a corse compound and then a fine compond after that, t-cut and polish and if that dont work you need paint. I done this to my ex's pinapple yellow tigra a that was faded white and it came up mint

[Pulsar_stu]

Mop it with g3?

[Benn]

Bin the t-cut, it's sh*te.

You dont need to flat it with wet and dry. You need a good polish of a light compound. Then alot of wax.

[marc69]

Thanks, what's a good compound? Pulsar mentioned G3 above?

[Benn]

G3 is very good, cheap and you can get it most places. Gotta remember to wax after tho...

[marc69]

Thanks, I'll post a pic in a few days hopefully!!

[marc69]

Just checking, is it the G3 paint restorer here from Halfords at £10

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_80 4707_langId_-1_categoryId_255240

[therealnovaboy]

Id highly recommend Chemical guys Jetseal 109 after polishing. Its easy to work with and works well with flame red paint. The longer you leave it before rubbing off and the more coats applied the better.

[Leeboo]

Is it a proper rotary polisher? Not one of those two handled argos things. My first nova was flame red and seriously faded, came up great but took lots and lots of passes with g3/water using a rotary polisher. Time consuming. Good luck.

[therealnovaboy]

Just checking, is it the G3 paint restorer here from Halfords at £10

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_80 4707_langId_-1_categoryId_255240

not sure that will be good enough.

you should go to polished bliss in kintore. its at the industrial estate at the aberdeen side of kintore around where clark motorsport are. Talk to them. They are regarded as one of the best in the contry and are more than happy to tell you what you need/ empty your pockets. Tell them what type of polisher you have and theyll tell you what to use.

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/car-care-advice.html

[Novaload_Nick]

I spent 6 hours yesterday doing mine, although it wasn't faded badly. I used a normal 12v car polisher with auto glym paint renovator and it came up very well, today I'm going to go over it lightly with T-cut then polish and wax with meguires. Just takes time mate

[oVerboost]

Be warned, for those not familiar, that a lot of "waxes" are not what they claim. You need a durable, long lasting hard wax like collinite. Forget the crappy liquid waxes, they don't work half as well. WD40 mixed in with a cutting compound also restores colour well, but will need sealing quite quickly afterwards.

[bazzap8389]

That's done using meguairs ultimate compound.


http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu329/bazzap8389/4C162CA9-1153-4C7B-ADE8-E9DB965382E5-2420-000002788899F3AC_zpsd775936f.jpg

[MiniManDan118]

+1 for meguiars ultimate compound on a mop. Spray lightly with water aswell to avoid burnthrough

[meritlover]

Spray over with laquer to preserve the original aged colour.

[Spudly]

Proper variable speed machine polisher, use G3 first, then G10 to bring the shine back, then a good wash and some high quality polish and wax, the polish and wax will need to be used regularly otherwise it will fade twice as fast as it did first time round!


Mine went from this...



http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/28-08-06_1634.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/05-09-06_2004.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/05-09-06_2003.jpg


Through this...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1343.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1342.jpg


To this...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1516.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1517.jpg

Ignore the rear lights, they didnt stay long..

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1518.jpg

[Benn]

Be warned, for those not familiar, that a lot of "waxes" are not what they claim. You need a durable, long lasting hard wax like collinite. Forget the crappy liquid waxes, they don't work half as well. WD40 mixed in with a cutting compound also restores colour well, but will need sealing quite quickly afterwards.

Not true. Altho paste waxes are a bit better as you really work the wax and the oils in. Liquid waxes are still very good and work well.
Dont buy the cheap waxes. As they arnt worth it in most cases.


+1 for meguiars ultimate compound on a mop. Spray lightly with water aswell to avoid burnthrough

Great stuff, as is the 2stage stuff of compound and polish (205 and 105) i've been using this for ages and it's fantasic.

[jimbob-mcgrew]

I usually mix some scratch remover with polish for bad paint.

it takes a fair bit of elbow grease and some patience, but comes out nice.

don't go too mad on raised surfaces / edges, or you might accidently take it down to the primer.

[Jeff16v]

It might be better to put it into a bodyshop and just get them to bring it back up for you.