Faded red paintwork

[Giles]

I thought that pinkish, white faded red cars was the paint coming off......? This link seems to think differently? Does this really mean that my patchy white, pink in places 850R could look like new again by simply doing what it says in the link?

http://www.clean-image.co.uk/article..._paintwork.htm

I have now spent 15 hours cleaning her up and here are the results

I did spend a lot of time looking into polishers, buffers etc, but it came down to elbow grease in the end.

[scooter]

on pinkish red cars i use to use thinners on a cloth rub in lightly the polish the car after and the red was back

[Giles]

I am annoyed tbh......15 hours of hard graft and the pink has started to make an appearance again in places......may have to re-think......

[Giles]

on pinkish red cars i use to use thinners on a cloth rub in lightly the polish the car after and the red was back

are thinners safe?

[Ed.]

Dunno about the paint work but if you run a heat gun over the front and rear bumper trims, it will bring it back to the original colour.

Ed

[scooter]

i have used thinners on quit a few red cars and never had a problem regarding the black parts smooth peanut butter heated up to soft works a treat

[Filterlab]

Try red Colour Magic.

[WOODY T5]

i 2nd that?

[Dangerous Dave]

I have now spent 15 hours cleaning her up and here are the results

What products did you use to clean/polish?

[Giles]

What products did you use to clean/polish?

Mer.....my dad swears by it and now so do I. The Mer range are a fantastic quality of products.

http://www.merproducts.com/

[red855r]

I dont have experience with detailing
I have been in the same position as yourself,
I used red colour magic/t cut/ mer and others over a period of time
But the white just kept reappearing
Ended up repainting the bonnet, if you can get a good painter to match it to your car it will make the car look brand new.
regards

[Flatout Phil]

Surely this is worth a PM to Wobbly Dave?

[Giles]

Surely this is worth a PM to Wobbly Dave?

Does he clean cars then?

[Dangerous Dave]

Does he clean cars then?

He's our 'Detailing Guru', he might be able to suggest some products/methods that might work.

[Flatout Phil]

Does he clean cars then?

He is the Pope of Polishing, the Cassius of Claying, and the Wizard of Waxing. He does not clean cars, he anoints them.

[jonno12]

id use a cutting compound on it then a wax after what i used on my old one when i had it and the paint work looked new for ages does help if you have a machine polisher tho silverline do them cheap at the mo and they have varible speed on it aswell but just make sure you use water aswell

[cartoonhead]

same thing happened to my red t5 i spent 2 days while on holiday last summer and as you said looked minted by 2 weeks later was back to the same so i took the huff and have not washed it since must admit it looks pretty shabby but im not going to waste my time again to end up cheesed off

[Giles]

I have just come in from another half day of washing, clay barring, colour magixing (3 coats) and finally mer-ing.......only done the bonnet and roof......need some top tips to keep it pink free pretty sharpish....I have spent literally 15 hours simply cleaning + polishing........

[LiamT4]

Get a good car valeting place to mop it, worked wonders with my old audi 80, but you will need to wax it often, unfortunatly red paint fades very easily on older cars. I waxed it every month and it had the best paintwork of all of my cars, i saw it about 7months after i'd sold it and it had lost all its shine and was covered in pink blobs.

[Wobbly Dave]

Try red Colour Magic.

Please don't!!! It's horrendous stuff.

All it does is stain the problem which will return with subsequent washing. It is difficult to use and makes a mess.