warren t claim Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 In negotiations to buy a 1990 Kraut car with faded water based red paint. Sadly it's pogweasel pink on several panels and therefore I was wondering if there's any magic potions to sort the problem out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAspley Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 3m fast cut plus cutting paste and finish Polish, it's 25-30 quid a tub and you'll need two types. Expensive but it lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 6 hours, 2500 wet and dry, cutting compound and your best wanking arm. You can utilise my garage if you need to do it somewhere, I don't use it through the week? trigger, DeeJay, garethj and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAspley Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/3m/perfect-it-iii-extra-fine-compound-yellow.aspx?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=MerchantCentre&variant=4565&gclid=CPvtp_CQyc4CFWgo0wodVdsNug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAspley Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Or.... Keep it wet constantly.... JonnyHS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 However, if the red had faded under a coat of clear coat lacquer, you are royally bolloxed. Braddon81 and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Just pretend it's got a flat pink wrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Why bother polishing it,keep it as it is,my 1990 Saab gets more attention like it is than all my polished cars ever did. Parky, vulgalour, strangeangel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 However, if the red had faded under a coat of clear coat lacquer, you are royally bolloxed.How can I tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 your best wanking arm. You can utilise my garage if you need to do it somewhere, I don't use it through the week?Snigger michael1703, Station and andrew e 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 How can I tell?When it doesnt polish out! STUNO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 spend the money on pez instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I would have thought a wet finger would show if it would polish. Wet the surface and if it turns red and dries back to pink then it should respond to a buffing. warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 It was a pretty expensive car when new so is it likely to have lacquer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Rocket Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 If it's a non-metallic car, it shouldn't be lacquered. Unless it's seen a repair, of course.. warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Some 90s Peugeots had clear coat over straight colours. For some reason my red 405 bucked the pogweasel trend and turned orange! Station 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 My red 166 pogweaseled under the lacquer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 The Golf has lacquer. This is fucked and needs to be removed. It isn't PW'd though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crapcarcollector Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Bit of wet n dry (1200 grit) in a corner tucked away, if it turns red (used wet), winner winner chicken dinner it'll polish up. If is doesn't, it lacquered and you are knackered. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk DeeJay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I used to polish mine with baby oil. Worked a treat and lasted a couple of weeks.(Certainly long enough to sell it...) somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 A quick search has brought up a Pistonheads thread which recommends machine polishing, clay bars, carnauba waxing and using various expensive Meguiars products which sounds both expensive and time consuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 As Autoshite is simply Pistonheads for skinflints (allegedly), you can recreate that with peanut butter, blu-tak, furniture polish and your wanking arm. Seriously, if the paint is rough to the touch and flat it will just need a cut and polish. If it's still perfectly shiny but has gone pink then you have lacquer on top and that's not worth bothering with, you need to strip and repaint. Same as wetting it or 1200grit and see if it changes the colour, you're just trying to tell whether you're working with the faded paint layer or whether anything you put on it will be blocked by lacquer. Well, I say not worth bothering with - if you've just found a slightly pink BMW M5 for £150 then that might be different. garethj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 You need that "Detailing World" guy who checked the thickness of the paint on his Astra before applying 57 coats of whale jizz for ultimate protection. He would sort it out no problem, except he would take six months to do it. The machine polish and fancy potions ideas are all spot on but this is Autoshite, surely you have a 15 year old half empty bottle of crusty T-Cut in your shed??? That and some old pants for application and polishing off and job jobbed! Dave_Q, GrumpyCat, Vince70 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I eventually cured mine with 1200 then 1500 wet & dry, Farecla G3 then G10, Meguiars paint cleaner then two coats of 'Wolf Chemicals Nano Hard Body' (that cost an absolute fecking fortune for a gob-full but I eventually did five cars with that gob-full).Took me a full day but that was two years ago and it's all still red (VW Flash Red). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 That red-restoring Tcut works quite well on my pogweaseled-Dulux back door and on cars that aren't lacquered. Wouldn't the lacquer be peeling if there was any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Spray bodywork with back to black. Job done. Station and Supernaut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 buy a bloo car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Buy a beige one. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Buy a poo brown one. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyboy406v6 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Nato Green applied with a foam roller is the ultimate cure and quick/cheap !!!!!!!! John F and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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