colour fade advice

[South devon cruzer]

Who dont like a sparkin corsa :thumbs:

my sides and back are amzing right now, like a mirror and the paint looks great.

but the bonnet and the roof is a diffrent story, thanks to the last owner I got an anoying amount of colour fade :(

I put some tea cut on today, and it only seam to restore the colour where I really go for it with the cloth. :roll: , but if i miss a bit looks blochy, and this is anoying becasue im not sure how many times i can put it on!

Is there anything else i colour use, or a recomation on the beast colour restore treament ? ? The resude is like a white chalk now, waxing sorts it for a fue weeks, then it comes back again :err:

Cheer lads!

[Martin_C]

is it red?

try the t cut colour match range, its the same colour as the car, should help.

[SXi-Dan]

t cut it with a buffer, give it a good going over, then clean it, pollish it and wax it.

[South devon cruzer]

Thanks lads, yey its red, I think red seam to fade a lot quicker.

The t cut colour restore require so much effort to get it perfect, i done one side, looks better then it did.

The roof is going to be a mission to do! :roll:

[red demon]

i is got a red c as well and yes they fade faster than your holiday tan.only way to keep it nice is to wax every single week.even if the bottle says non colour fade up to 5 years etc. load of bananas. nice colour but a bitch to keep red,not pink

[South devon cruzer]

i is got a red c as well and yes they fade faster than your holiday tan.only way to keep it nice is to wax every single week.even if the bottle says non colour fade up to 5 years etc. load of bananas. nice colour but a bitch to keep red,not pink

mate you could not be to right :thumbs: it look alsome if its nice, and vauxhall do a nice red!

[red demon]

its a bit of a bugger though,cuz gonna be winter soon and its even harder to get a chance to wax it.but then again not as much sun to fade it. oh well if it starts getting bad all the reason to get a re spray :)

[South devon cruzer]

Deffently mate, I wonder if you knowtise (or is this just me) The colour of that back quarter of the car, the pain takes a lot long to fade, It also looks like there is a lot more paint desenty on the back then the front i.e. the bonnet. :err: Has any one else knowtise this?

[MarkSRI]

try this stuff called merr (think thats how u spell it) thats what i use and there is no need to polish your car all you do is mix the shampoo and the polish together then wash your car with is and then chamos leather it

[tjay]

Get hold of some 3M cutting compound via a VX bodyshop and follow instructions on bottle.Used this on wifes old corsa,came up a treat !.This was actually recommende by VX own regional technician.

[imonlyme]

Merr is good, but i always wash then put it in, doesnt take much getting off either

[red demon]

when i first got the car it looked like this excluding the bodykit wheels and everything else which aint vauxhall. :)
http://tinypic.com/dnj6e1.jpg
but after t cut and colour polish every week.
http://tinypic.com/dnj6kx.jpg
bling bling. no more orange thank god :)

[sim0ng]

i quite like the orange it was before :lol:

I used a tin of tetrosyl rubbing compound and a bottol of simoniz colour polish which got my car back to its original red. the rubbing compound will pretty much mop your car similar to how it would be done at a bodyshop as its got very fine grains of sand in it then the polish will then help to protect the paint work.

give it a go, the tin cost me £3.49 from motor world and not quite sure about the polish but you could use what ever polish you have to hand.

[red demon]

yea i no the stuff profesional body shops use it to get rid of scratches and deep marks,is good stuff.
orange sucks :)

[South devon cruzer]

yea i no the stuff profesional body shops use it to get rid of scratches and deep marks,is good stuff.
orange sucks :)

Mate, first I have to say, your car looks LUSH! I luv the little custome bit you done on the front, you have to do something custome :) I waxed all of mine out and it looks better, but just doing the roof is still going to be a mission.

Thanks for the advice that every ones givin here, apracate it Lads! :thumbs: