should i ? should'nt i?

[Sjoerd320i]

think 2 coats of paint should be fine and one lacquer

maybe three coats as long as you just don't make 1 coat to thick if you know what I mean,
youre better of with one coat extra than 1 that is sprayed to thick and runs

[wayneE30]

i could'nt wait any longer i think its safe only a couple of hours left here is some more pics









i think they look the mutts nutts and i've never done it before

[Zayyan]

You've done well there

Hope you won't put them on the car to find the car's paint is faded and the mirrors are a different colour!

[johnono]

very good, just be carefull u dont flake the paint when u peel the tape off the mounting rubber

and give it a fair few light coats of clear, to bring up the shine

[wayneE30]

You've done well there

Hope you won't put them on the car to find the car's paint is faded and the mirrors are a different colour!

cheers mate im realy quite proud of my self




if the colour loos faded i'll give the car a t-cut and polish fingers crossed it will be ok

[wayneE30]

very good, just be carefull u dont flake the paint when u peel the tape off the mounting rubber

and give it a fair few light coats of clear, to bring up the shine

sorry m8 do u mean the laquer stuff if so how many coats sjoerd said give it 1 coat???

[Zayyan]

You've done well there

Hope you won't put them on the car to find the car's paint is faded and the mirrors are a different colour!

cheers mate im realy quite proud of my self




if the colour loos faded i'll give the car a t-cut and polish fingers crossed it will be ok

I'll be slated for this but try the Turtle Wax colour enhanced stuff:

[wayneE30]

You've done well there

Hope you won't put them on the car to find the car's paint is faded and the mirrors are a different colour!

cheers mate im realy quite proud of my self




if the colour loos faded i'll give the car a t-cut and polish fingers crossed it will be ok

I'll be slated for this but try the Turtle Wax colour enhanced stuff:

why would you be slated mate??

[johnono]

very good, just be carefull u dont flake the paint when u peel the tape off the mounting rubber

and give it a fair few light coats of clear, to bring up the shine

sorry m8 do u mean the laquer stuff if so how many coats sjoerd said give it 1 coat???

as u feel dude its only to seal the paint in, and give a better lustre to the paint, also , when u polish, wou wont get to the paint colour so quick, and so it shouldnt pink so fast

[Zayyan]

cheers mate im realy quite proud of my self




if the colour loos faded i'll give the car a t-cut and polish fingers crossed it will be ok

I'll be slated for this but try the Turtle Wax colour enhanced stuff:

why would you be slated mate??

For using/suggesting Turtle Wax as it's supposedly shit!

Though I've never had any problems and it's more than cheap enough

[wayneE30]

very good, just be carefull u dont flake the paint when u peel the tape off the mounting rubber

and give it a fair few light coats of clear, to bring up the shine

sorry m8 do u mean the laquer stuff if so how many coats sjoerd said give it 1 coat???

as u feel dude its only to seal the paint in, and give a better lustre to the paint, also , when u polish, wou wont get to the paint colour so quick, and so it shouldnt pink so fast

well i have got a big tin of lacquer so i might aswell put 3 or 4 coats on.

[wayneE30]

wich wax is supposed to be good then zay??

[Zayyan]

*Zayyan scoots off to garage*

[Zayyan]

Well it says it's called TurtleWax "Color Magic" and then it's got "Plus+" with a yellow background - it's in a red bottle and it's got a chipstick too (though it doesn't work).

Got it in Halfords, 2 bottles for a tenner I think, and each one lasts about 8-10 waxes.

Enough info?

[wayneE30]

[johnono]

i got the colour back one once, was ok, but wasnt " a sealer" or that type of thing, bugger to get out of little cracks though

[Zayyan]

If I can find the camera I'll take a photo too

[wayneE30]

i always thought t-cut was the better one to use

[wayneE30]

If I can find the camera I'll take a photo too

[Zayyan]

I thought T-cut was a more abrasive one that you're meant to use occasionally - though having said that I know bugger all about wax

I do know the colour enhanced one works well on red cars though!

[johnono]

i always thought t-cut was the better one to use

tcut is an abrasive,.. so uԚ´ll be taking a v. fine skin of paint / lack off every time,..

a polish is just that, someting that givs a shine

a wax, apparently gives the car a hardened shell but i dont see it

can also get polish / waxs, polish / abrasives and so on with all manner of "magic ingrediants".

use whatever one u like the result of

[wayneE30]

dont you find that when you use a wax the same colour as the car its hard to know wheres been waxed

[johnono]

? ive not seen coloured waxs before , sounds good though

[wayneE30]

i always thought t-cut was the better one to use

tcut is an abrasive,.. so uԚ´ll be taking a v. fine skin of paint / lack off every time,..

a polish is just that, someting that givs a shine

a wax, apparently gives the car a hardened shell but i dont see it

can also get polish / waxs, polish / abrasives and so on with all manner of "magic ingrediants".

use whatever one u like the result of

what i was trying to say was that t-cut is best for restoring colour

[Zayyan]

dont you find that when you use a wax the same colour as the car its hard to know wheres been waxed

Definitely not.

Firstly it immediately becomes more shiny and secondly it leaves the residue of a normal wax anyway

I would try the colour enhanced stuff every few months to save it from going pink - the difference in colour when I first used it was fukcing amazing

[wayneE30]

this is the stuff

[Zayyan]

It is indeed

Thinking about this a bit more, perhaps T-cut would be good for the first time to get some colour out and then use the colour enhanced stuff afterwards.

Although having said that the Turtle Wax stuff worked great on my pink (white in some areas ) paintwork.....

[smithy318i]

you didnt paint it with the rubber bit on? did you?

[johnono]

i think he masked it up though

[smithy318i]

I see you got the mirror out okay!

[wayneE30]

you didnt paint it with the rubber bit on? did you?

yes i did and im worried now i never masked it up

[wayneE30]

I see you got the mirror out okay!

yes mate it was quite easy

[wayneE30]

dont you find that when you use a wax the same colour as the car its hard to know wheres been waxed

Definitely not.

Firstly it immediately becomes more shiny and secondly it leaves the residue of a normal wax anyway

I would try the colour enhanced stuff every few months to save it from going pink - the difference in colour when I first used it was fukcing amazing

its just that when i used to own this



and im not proud of it i used to use a white wax and could not see where i've been thats why i was asking mate

[smithy318i]

you didnt paint it with the rubber bit on? did you?

yes i did and im worried now i never masked it up

remove the rubber. the paint can easily be removed before it is dried properly (days)
I use brake fluid to remove paint. but im sure you can get away with other stuff.

[johnono]

you didnt paint it with the rubber bit on? did you?

yes i did and im worried now i never masked it up

why didnt u take it off