Tornado red (pink!)

[gusto]

hi ya my golf was sat outside of a house for 3 years and was very pink all i got was my girlfriend and some red t cut and one day, when i came home from work the car was like new lol i do admit i had to do it every week but now 2 years on i can leave it for 3 or 4 months
have a look 

[Dougie_91 8v GTi]

Bought my 'pink' car a month or so ago, got it home and T-Cut it. An all day job, the amount of dirt on the roof was incredible, very, very hard to even get the cloth to move, added a little water to the t-cut, made it easier. I have a small white area/line around around the trim on the front wheel arch? A replacement boot - without the GTi foils (as purchased from a previous & to me very annoying), and resprayed rear quarter drivers side, probably from a rear collision at some point. (boot stickers gone)

This means in the evening under street light, you can see the door forwards is a different red - no shine!  The boot is a slightly different colour aswell.

Hopefully with a second and more intense T-Cut and the advice already in this topic I will be able to make it a little less noticeable.

I would add, that there is rust on the corners below the rear lights, and some spots appearing in the lower areas of the door and on a dent in the drivers door, so showroom standard is not my aim at the moment, but a good quality polish would be nice. 

Although I only paid £605 for mine (a bargain) there is an identical one going for £2499 (in much better condition)
http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/carsforsale/j79lll.htm

.........and one for £4500.
http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/images/cars/h71wfg/nsflograss.jpg

Maybe I should spend a little more time cleaning it! 

[VW_valver]

This is how my Golf looked when I picked it up at the beginning of the month:





And...the day after, how it looks after using G3 rubbing compund and a polishing bonnet on an angle grinder attatchment:




How it looks 3 weeks on:



Cheers,
Andy

[mf44]

looking good ! where can i buy this G3 compound stuff from ?

[Thom89]

looking good ! where can i buy this G3 compound stuff from ?

You can buy it from your local motor factor/paint supplier (yellow pages), it also rings a bell that Halfords may also be stocking it. bear in mind that this is a machine polish, and should be used with a foam polishing mop head, and not a lambswool head.
If you go this route, its important to follow what I say in my first post, otherwise be prepared for lots of unecesary work!
To those that are using Tcut, this product contains amonia, or used to! although it has the desired result, you could actually be doing more damage in the long run, I would stick to water based polishes, and high quality waxes..
Tom

[vwdeviant]

Bought my 'pink' car a month or so ago, got it home and T-Cut it. An all day job, the amount of dirt on the roof was incredible, very, very hard to even get the cloth to move, added a little water to the t-cut, made it easier. I have a small white area/line around around the trim on the front wheel arch? A replacement boot - without the GTi foils (as purchased from a previous & to me very annoying), and resprayed rear quarter drivers side, probably from a rear collision at some point. (boot stickers gone)

This means in the evening under street light, you can see the door forwards is a different red - no shine!  The boot is a slightly different colour aswell.

Hopefully with a second and more intense T-Cut and the advice already in this topic I will be able to make it a little less noticeable.

I would add, that there is rust on the corners below the rear lights, and some spots appearing in the lower areas of the door and on a dent in the drivers door, so showroom standard is not my aim at the moment, but a good quality polish would be nice. 

Although I only paid £605 for mine (a bargain) there is an identical one going for £2499 (in much better condition)
http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/carsforsale/j79lll.htm

.........and one for £4500.
http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/images/cars/h71wfg/nsflograss.jpg

Maybe I should spend a little more time cleaning it! 

Dougie, you have a PM.. (if you can work them after our conversation last night)... Pop over to mine sometime and I'll give my stuff I used on the Rado and Cabby a go, you maybe pleasently surprised! And then shocked at the amount of work you'll have to do! :lol:

[taxiboy]

easiest way to avoid the pink lurgy is not to buy a red wagen. if you must buy one you have to give it all your love(cheapest wax in the world at 99p from lidl).

[gusto]

looks nice mate well worth the hard work

[bobbymk11]

my mk2 valver that was red...i used to give good old hand polish at least once a month to keep on top of it....was usualy just roof that went pink dots...rest of car was ok....i used maguires till i found ZYMOL....look it up its superb stuff...

[Thom89]

my mk2 valver that was red...i used to give good old hand polish at least once a month to keep on top of it....was usualy just roof that went pink dots...rest of car was ok....i used maguires till i found ZYMOL....look it up its superb stuff...

Zymol IS the best, without doubt!
Tom