Neanderthal

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Hi all, I've read PBs excellent cleaning guide for mid tone solid paints and I've done a virtual shop on the website my question/query is regarding restoring the luster of the solid red paint. My car is a 53 plate and whilst I take care to regularly clean it using poor boys super slick suds (almost used it up now!) and when I have the time, I apply my 5 year old swissol wax but to be honest it takes me so long to do I probably only ever do it once a year.
I've started to notice that the roof and top of the boot are starting to look faded. What can I do to restore the colour? Years ago I would have gone out and bought a bottle of T-cut and made it worse lol

Matt

s70rjw

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Try a clay bar, followed by a decent polish., AG is great stuff if applying by hand. Top it off with a decent wax. Collinite I find works well on red. Bob

Neanderthal

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Cheers Bob. I would have had a go with the clay bar today but everytime I thought about going out the heavens opened!

Rich @ PB

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Menzerna 203S followed by the Werkstat Carnauba Kit would be an ideal way to proceed, as this will remove the oxidation and maximise the richness and glossiness of the finish. See here for a more in-depth overview...

https://www.scoobynet.com/car-care-3...e-subarus.html

Neanderthal

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Cheers
Just ordered some (along with a foam gun and a couple of other things )

Neanderthal

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Finally had a day available to do it, work and weather permitting (and I still had to stop cause of a couple of showers )

Tried the snow foam with Megs hyper wash, not sure if I was using it right as the foam was coming out of the front nozzle, the adjuster on the top and the karcher connection!? but mostly out the nozzle



Proceedure I used was
Snow foam
Rinse
Wash with Poorboys car shampoo
Rinse
Snow foam (for no other reason than I wanted another go on it )
Rinse
Clayed using Megs Quik Clay Kit
Menzerna 203S applied by hand using a Lake Country light cut (orange) pad, initial worries about how hard I could work this by hand were unfounded. I thought it worked fine, although I wasn't trying to acheive heavy correction.
Finally a coat of Swissol Shield wax, which after 5 years I'm still only down to half a pot with

Main aim was to restore the deep shine on the horiztonal panels and wing mirrors.

Bonnet before


Bonnet after


Boot before


Boot after


Nearside before


Nearside after


Offside before


Offside after


Front


and the thing I'm happiest about, the wing mirrors have gone from an almost pink shade of red back to the same red that the rest of the car is



Big thanks to PB for their cleaning guides and quality products

Matt

Rich @ PB

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Nice turnaround! Regarding the foam lance, sounds like the connections are loose - try nipping them all tight with an adjustable spanner, and then let me know if you have any further problems. Always welcome with the advice, it's what we are here for!

RED2

looks good i know what you mean about the mirrors thats why i changed mine to carbon jobbies