Restoring the colour to my car

[IBD]

You dont need to T-cut the paintwork. T-cut contains amonia which isnt good for the paintwork at all.
The best way to do all this by hand to restore the colour and without trying to remove any swirls and scatches will be to use the Megs 3 step system which you can buy from Halfords.
Wash as stated with the 2 bucket method, and dry using a water magnet or waffle weave towel, then clay bar the paintwork. Then use the 3 step polishes from Meguairs if these are the easiest to get from halfords. You cant get yourself a longer life wax such as collinite 476 which is detergent proof and can last around 3 months

If you have access to a rotary polisher or pc and a piant thickness guage it may be worth looking into as this can get all of the scratches removed.

If you want all this done it may be worth looking at detailing world to find a detailer in your area that can restore tha paint oxidisation and remove swirls and scratches. They will tell you how to keep your paintwork in the best condition.

 

[ikhlaq206]

Get the car detailed by a professional it will come out right

 

[joe_cupra]

im a spray painter and a pro when it comes to machine polishing.
I can tell you that there is no way of restoring the original yellow as it is under the lacquer the results you are talking about with the T-cut only work on cars which have a solid,solvent paint(no lacquer). All you will do by using a machine polisher or any other abrasive based product is put a shine on the lacquer and remove scratches.
I used to have a mk3 ibiza cupra and i had the same problems different shades of yellow on the plastics.

Hope this helps.

Joe

 

[1835harri]

think it will have to be done proffesionaly. bought that next generation wax and tried that. It comes out really shiny and looks brilliant, but colour is still different.
Think im gonna have to stick my hand in the pocket and get it done proffessionally.

 

[joe_cupra]

The only way to make it right mate would be to respray it.

 

[Big_daddy]

The only way to make it right mate would be to respray it.

true! the only way to make the panel match is tcutting the darker panels so they lighten up and match other panels!
then shone the whole car so it matches! it may not look as dark as before but the car will have good colour match!

 

[Skorchio]

i believe it removes a layer of paint which brings the colour back to new looking, obviously not something you should do every week but doing it the once will do your car no harm. just remember to polish it afterwards to protect the virgin paintwork. if it was really bad stuff they wouldn't sell it. alternatively a machine polish will do a very good job. but it will cost a lot more.

Would be laquer in this case. Most cars are 2 stage paint

 

[BCM]

Yellows are known for the rubbish paint, RobM got a full respray from the dealers because of his, long story tho!
Good Luck, let us all know what helps!

 

[BSJ]

i got some touch up paint from seat but it doesnt match any of the yellow on my car

 

[wackyracer]

I have the same problem.... new panel at front in deep yellow, rest of car a sort of primrose colour! Tried all the waxes etc and no effect, however apart from a respray i was advised that i could always wax the whole car and leave that panel each time... after time and exposure to sun it should fade too! Apparently new paint will always fade quicker than old, don't know the science behind that.... So the difference will be come less noticable. Of course you need lots of patience and have to like the primrose colour that the rest of the car is!

 

[mike89]

ive heard from a paintworkshop that you shouldnt use t-cut on newer cars as all the paintis now water based, pretty much cocking up your paint

 

[jtonline]

My last car was a red Golf and panels on that kept going pink. Panels looked great after a polish but the fading soon returned. The roof was worst as any beads of rainwater in the sunshine would evaporate a leave a faded spot.

Anyway, I bought a new Ibiza and chose Ovni Yellow, only to read several threads on here, years later, that yellow cars fade too

I had my side rub strips colour coded a while back and discovered that there are about six official variants/shades of Ovni Yellow on the mixing computer that can be made up. If anyone has any new bits painted, it's worth checking which shade of Ovni is their best match with the car at the time.

 

[Pegsy]

Just to add to this post, my whole leon in ovni yellow has totally faded. I have so far spent hours and hours t cutting harshly through the laquer until the yellow comes back. It is hard work to get it through the laquer, but underneath ull find the original colour. I thought it still worth it as it couldnt get any worse ( IT REALLY WAS BADLY FADED ). Just be careful once you get to the nice yellow. You will prob need a machine to get through it. Took me hours of rubbing hard by hand to get anywhere.

 

[Faisal]

the only things you can touch up yourself is the plastics (bumper,spoiler,hub cap etc)
t cut will NOT work on the body work as some1 has said before, it is lacquered.i have this same problem,the only way to restore properly it is a spray job (which i am still saving up for).sorry for the bad news

 

[Pegsy]

I've managed to get through the laquer with t-cut. Took some effort and you have to start at the edge of the panel and press very hard, but after that it slowly comes off and low and behold below you have nice paint. If you have the patience and time it can be done. I'm planning on having mine complete by 2010

 

[Leigh15]

I've managed to get through the laquer with t-cut. Took some effort and you have to start at the edge of the panel and press very hard, but after that it slowly comes off and low and behold below you have nice paint. If you have the patience and time it can be done. I'm planning on having mine complete by 2010

...and now you have no protective lacquer over the paint - big problem

 

[Faisal]

I've managed to get through the laquer with t-cut. Took some effort and you have to start at the edge of the panel and press very hard, but after that it slowly comes off and low and behold below you have nice paint. If you have the patience and time it can be done. I'm planning on having mine complete by 2010

while i plan on gettin mine down sometime this century

 

[jonjay]

I can professionally detail the car with a machine polisher and get the yellow like it should be

 

[jake]

no you cant!

this debate has gone on for years, there is so much miss infomation going on its untrue. i might just start a thread to describe the idea of it

 

[jake]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2105034#post2105034

look here and to the guy who rubbed through his lacquer, very expensive mistake.