Loosing My Redness

[Big_daddy]

so far that car power has been amazing but the colour is starting to let me down alot!! i dont know what to!

so far ive used turtle wax polish, auto glym deep glosh polish, auto glym oxidation, Meguiars Nxt Generation Spray Wax. These just made it shinier but it dosnt match the rest of the panel such as the wing and door, the quarter panel and boot.

Here some pics

 

[Sisson]

That pinkness you see is a dead layer of paint on the surface, the pigment has been "killed" by Ultraviolet damage in the main... Reds are notable for this as they absorb the high energy colours (blues, purples and ultraviolet) and reflect the lower energy red colour which is why you see it as red... Absorbing the high energy light results in this damage.

To get it back to red, you need to remove the dead paint on the surface and get back to the red paint underneath. One product that is very good for this is Klasse All-In-One. Apply to small areas at a time by hand using a foam applicator pad, working the producdt into the paint with medium pressure for a minute or two per secion and removing the residue, repeating if required. Another option by hand would be Autoglym Super Resin Polish, applied in a similar way.

I would then personally feed the paint with a glaze - something like Meguiars Deep Crystal Polish (not a polish at all, but a glaze with the wrong name on the bottle!) to give a wet shine to the red and feed the paint with oils.

Then, to stop it going pink again, the paint will require thorough protection from the UV that is causing the damage - I would seal the paint either with Klasse Sealent Glaze or Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection and then follow if yuo desire with a wax of your choice: Meguiars #16 wax I find to be very good and very durable.


[Taken from a post on DW]


Hope it helps you

 

[Big_daddy]

I can also see some white patches on the bonnet, near the wipers and center of the bonnet, what can i do about that?

 

[Sisson]

Any pics?

Are they large areas or small

 

[Big_daddy]

well cant get any more this time, plus makes it diffucult tot take using my camera phone in the sun light

In the 2nd picture above (DSC00935), as you look at the wiper side of the bonnet, it looks like a cloudy white

 

[Cupraloon]

I was going to suggest autoglym paint renovator, i used to have a bright red 309gti a few years ago that suffered exactly the same fading pinky/red white patchy paint on the bonnet.

I did 2 applications of paint renovator, followed by a good polish and the finish returned to proper red.

But on top of that having used the meguiars 3 stage system on my leon recently, I'd recommend that after you've cut back the old paint with the autoglym you use the 3 stage t oget the finish back to what it should be.

I found the autoglym paint renovator a lot more effective than normal t-cut, which just didn't have the same end result at least not on my old pug.

 

[Big_daddy]

the car was fine 10months ago and i was a ass of using tcut instead of polish. mainly on thye bonnet, wings and quarter panels.
so i dont want to use tcut!
its mainly pink/red and white foggy area

 

[Cupraloon]

I don't know if the leon red is a 2 pack paint or not tbh, but if you've used t-cut a lot on it, you may have cut back the colour to much...

I'd suggest the meguiars 3 stage system then, as the second stage is an oily type polish which adheres/feeds with the paint giving it a deep lustre.

If that doesn't work your only recourse may be to get the bonnet resprayed, tbh, it's probably just aswell to start with by visiting a paint sprayer/body shop and get some free advice then go form there, before spending £30-40 on more polishes...

At least thats what i'd do...

 

[Big_daddy]

I don't know if the leon red is a 2 pack paint or not tbh, but if you've used t-cut a lot on it, you may have cut back the colour to much...

I'd suggest the meguiars 3 stage system then, as the second stage is an oily type polish which adheres/feeds with the paint giving it a deep lustre.

If that doesn't work your only recourse may be to get the bonnet resprayed, tbh, it's probably just aswell to start with by visiting a paint sprayer/body shop and get some free advice then go form there, before spending £30-40 on more polishes...

At least thats what i'd do...

Thats Tru

Im trying to find some pro in my area who can do it, as there are alot of cowboys!
My mate once gave his red civic in to body shop to get it mopped as he had some faded areas.
when he got the car back, it looked f**ked. made car look pinky/red and didnt realy match. He ended paying for it as the bodyshop said you paint work was very weak.
Most of them just do what we tell them but dont suggest whats the best solution for the car!

Bunch of yardies so hard to find good people in my area.