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Elbow grease!

Geeman wrote:Elbow grease!

What else ?

Depends on how much you want to spend on the car...

Zaino has a group of products that will get rid of it if you put the effort in..

Meguiars also have a good collection of polishes / waxes, etc. and is a bit cheaper and more readily available (from Halfords).

It's all about how much effort you put in.

Smithy - my zinnobar pink paint work has seen better days, Ive used T-cut colour enhancer on it a couple of times and it does make a big difference. However - its hard work doing it, and according to my mate who works in the Haynes museum - it does damage paintwork. This Zaino stuff seems pretty damn good, but really expensive.

Clay it!!!

Meguiars clay is the nuts, and will bring your paintwork to like-new

Id just T Cut it. I have never used anything else on faded paint, and TBH its all you need. Then use a decent wax after you have T cut it.

Job done. Oh and a tip for t cutting, do it after sun set or when its overcast or you'll be struggling like a bitch.

Iv'e been claying/polishing/t-cutting all day. Looks better now.

I'll be slated for saying this but I'm a fan of Turtle Tax Color Magic stuff for getting pink cars red again. £5.99 in Halfords.

Did this for my old car which was white in places:



OK so it won't last as long as Zaino etc, but then it's not £100....

Im a little puzzled at the "clay it" comments, i thought clay was used for removing serface contaminants (tar spots & tree sap) from the paint. i dont think it can restore oxidised paint?

noah used t-cut on his ark!!!

its the hardest work ever.

coloured t-cut is the craziest thing ever

you are trying to take oxidised paint off the cars paint surface yet they sell you something to put on top of it???????????????

John, take a deep breath!

same sort of Q

i have an IS here thats still very red but i fear the sun may
get to it as its not being used and my drives a suntrap

what can i use now to keep it red??

and not tcut

cheers

dazleeds wrote:what can i use now to keep it red??

A cover?

furry muff

but i do still need to give it a damn good wash and polish,clay maybe??

cnt afford to spend a fortune on products now

so whats the best of rest??

dazleeds wrote:same sort of Q

i have an IS here thats still very red but i fear the sun may
get to it as its not being used and my drives a suntrap

what can i use now to keep it red??

and not tcut

cheers

the reason paint oxidises is the uv rays from the sun
so as you have said you need a product that will give uv protection and on bmw red that needs to be good protection
wax i a no no
wax is crap at durability and its uv protection is terrible
wax is very high maintenance and deterioates from the moment applied

you need something synthetic

this will give you much better protection

if you want something off the shelf then your best bet is from the meguiars range

deep crystal paint cleaner is a good off the shelf prep product

then use the deep crystal polish to top off

a good couple of products that are easy to use and give good results tho they are not the best available you will buy both for 15 quid

off of their website in bodyshop section there is a product called medallion paint cleaner
this is really good but its dearer.id suggest this if you can order it and willing to pay more its about a tenner

then apply synthetic polish/sealant.this is what will stop it going pink again so the better the product the better the proection

hth

john

cheers jon

was hoping you would see the post

ok im not that tight

will get the meddallion

what do you recomend using to finish her off??

what website can i order from??

i had some microfibre off you so may as well get a quality cleaner/polish

cheers again mate

the meguiars uk website
free delivery aswell i think

to top off go for the meguiars nxt

good value for money

john

cheers jon

will have a look later and get it ordered

c76jon wrote:noah used t-cut on his ark!!!

its the hardest work ever.

coloured t-cut is the craziest thing ever

you are trying to take oxidised paint off the cars paint surface yet they sell you something to put on top of it???????????????

Calm down.. calm down

I agree on that coloured t-cut shite. Never buying that crap again.

c76jon wrote: deep crystal paint cleaner is a good off the shelf prep product

then use the deep crystal polish to top off

hth

john

If only you had replied this morning i wouldnt have bought just polish and quik clay.

never mind, it seems to be working okay.

Whats Scratch X like ? any good or is it just like t-cut?

dazleeds wrote:cheers jon

will have a look later and get it ordered

Walk (limp) to Halfords you LAZY MO FO!


Halfrauds sell it at the same price BTW.

Scratch-x is a t-cut type product. supposedly (as told to me by a meguiars rep in a staff training session) the grains break down so its like using different grades of abrasives in one process.

Very good for small areas but i wouldnt want to do a whole car. Try the Deep crystal stage one paint cleaner. i done mine a few weeks ago with the three stages and just topped it up with the stage three carnuba wax the other day.

My iS is red and I recently tired the 3 stage Maguires, paint clean, polish, wax.

Not half as much hard work as T-cut and the pink patches came up a treat.

Bit of elbow grease required but soo good. I am really impressed.

Might not be a problem for you as this post is a little old but I have only just got around to trying it!

iDreamBeemer wrote:Might not be a problem for you as this post is a little old but I have only just got around to trying it!

I bought all of the stuff, and an orbital polisher too! The only problem is i would rather go to a BBQ and get pissed at the weekend than polish the car.

only problem is i would rather go to a BBQ and get pissed at the weekend than polish the car

Can't argue with that, think I need to go to the shops and stock up with some more my self