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Title: restoring faded paint . . . ?
Post by: Cory on 06 September 2011, 14:03

im a rookie when it comes to cleaning, and am wondering how to restore the paint on the mk2
its black and has faded on the passenger side from the front door all the way down to the boot lid.

are there any products that might be worth a shot as a paint job isnt on the cards at the moment.
ive been looking at this, and wondered if anyone would recommend it?

http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/meguiars/paint-restoration-kit.aspx
http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/sonus/sfx-1-restore-polish.aspx

Title: Re: restoring faded paint . . . ?
Post by: Guy on 06 September 2011, 14:30

have you got pics please?

is the area lacquered?

Title: Re: restoring faded paint . . . ?
Post by: Cory on 07 September 2011, 19:56

yeah, i will get some pics up soon.  im pretti sure its just as standard from factory.

Title: Re: restoring faded paint . . . ?
Post by: Cory on 07 September 2011, 20:09

ok, so heres now the car used to look when i first got her

(http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt223/Guitar_cory/camping.jpg)

but after nearly 2 years of constantly being sat in the sun and being parked pretti much on the beach in the elements on one side, the paint has faded, but the wingd have stayed in grate shape which i dont really understand. heres a pic or two illustrating the difference you can see between the wing and passenger door. i will get a better picture up 2morrow


so this is without polish
(http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt223/Guitar_cory/IMG_0494.jpg)

and this is with a polish
(http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt223/Guitar_cory/IMG_0495.jpg)

(http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt223/Guitar_cory/IMG_0496.jpg)


and i had a go on a friends paint tester and it showed up pretti healthy results so i did a bit of research and had a little go with a machine polisher and this was the results . . .

sorry about picture quality
(http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt223/Guitar_cory/IMG_0753.jpg)

(http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt223/Guitar_cory/IMG_0752.jpg)

Title: Re: restoring faded paint . . . ?
Post by: mellow yellow on 09 September 2011, 13:20

is that the "machine polisher" in the picture?

Title: Re: restoring faded paint . . . ?
Post by: Cory on 09 September 2011, 22:25

yeah i do realise it was a bit of an exaggerated name for the halfords special version . . .