I have a badly faded red car, what's the best polish to give it a shine?

[JimO]

one of the fleet is a red honda prelude that the paintwork is pretty fucked on, i have just repossessed it from boy#1 and boy #3 is going to learn to drive in it its not worth the cost of a paint job, pretty much all the panels facing up are badly oxidised whats the best longest lasting fix

[FJRider]

A good cut and polish. Costs ... bugger all (just your time)

[scumdog]

A good cut and polish. Costs ... bugger all (just your time)

Yep, lots of time and lots of rags.

[FJRider]

Yep, lots of time and lots of rags.

He lives in Dunedin ... so he has plenty of time. There's nothing else to do.

[JimO]

He lives in Dunedin ... so he has plenty of time. There's nothing else to do.
i could drive to your place and let your tyres down.......thanks the only rags i have im wearing

[FJRider]

i could drive to your place and let your tyres down.......thanks the only rags i have im wearing

Ok ... I'll lend you some rags if you like ... ;)

[98tls]

He lives in Dunedin ... so he has plenty of time. There's nothing else to do.

Bit like Alex methinks,sit around and pick your toenails all day:shit:sorry mate forgot about your webbed feet..come to think of it with those you to should live in Dunners.

[Flip]

Clear coated red cars can be a bugger to fix. If you ever find yourself up here you can lend my polisher.

Other than that a couple of grades of cutting polish and a few hours of elbow grease. Get No3 to help.

[scumdog]

one of the fleet is a red honda prelude that the paintwork is pretty fucked on, i have just repossessed it from boy#1 and boy #3 is going to learn to drive in it its not worth the cost of a paint job, pretty much all the panels facing up are badly oxidised whats the best longest lasting fix

Why bother?
(a) No.3 won't appreciate it - or he'd be badgering you to let him do it.
(b) No.3 is very likely going to scuff it a tad while learning to drive.

[98tls]

Clear coated red cars can be a bugger to fix. If you ever find yourself up here you can lend my polisher.

Other than that a couple of grades of cutting polish and a few hours of elbow grease. Get No3 to help.

Thats a bloody good idea Flip,"before you drive it you polish it"...Finish off the hard work with either Mothers or Meguiars polish Jimmy.

[98tls]

Why bother?
(a) No.3 won't appreciate it - or he'd be badgering you to let him do it.
(b) No.3 is very likely going to scuff it a tad while learning to drive.

That to is a very good couple of points,wayyyyy back when a young fella i had an XW ute and came across an XYGS in a small dealers showroom,fell in love with the thing and when talking to the dealer about price etc he said "not sure but it needs a good clean up (it did) and some TLC before i put it up for sale,theres been quite a few guys in here pestering me about the thing" so next morning was a Saturday i got up early and went and parked outside his showroom until he turned up when he arrived he said "i told you blah blah...) i said "im here to help clean it up" which i spent the day doing,at some stage he offered me a price for my ute and sold me the GS.

[FJRider]

Bit like Alex methinks,sit around and pick your toenails all day:shit:sorry mate forgot about your webbed feet..come to think of it with those you to should live in Dunners.

Yep I got the webbed ones ... I'm just thinking how hard it would be for you's in Oamaru, to pick your toenails ... with those 12 toe's an' all ... ;)

I won't mention the 12 fingers ... oop's :motu:

[98tls]

Yep I got the webbed ones ... I'm just thinking how hard it would be for you's in Oamaru, to pick your toenails ... with those 12 toe's an' all ... ;)

I won't mention the 12 inches ... oop's :motu:

:yes::yes::yes:

[NighthawkNZ]

Sand paper, elbow grease and some red paint?

[p.dath]

one of the fleet is a red honda prelude that the paintwork is pretty fucked on, i have just repossessed it from boy#1 and boy #3 is going to learn to drive in it its not worth the cost of a paint job, pretty much all the panels facing up are badly oxidised whats the best longest lasting fix

The last Prelude I look at doing a cut and polish had very thin paint. Tried a patch, but had to cut so much paint off it worked out not worth doing (would be no paint left on the car to protect what was left).

[FJRider]

The last Prelude I look at doing a cut and polish had very thin paint. Tried a patch, but had to cut so much paint off it worked out not worth doing (would be no paint left on the car to protect what was left).

Just a polish often does wonders ... it's only a honda after all ...

[SMOKEU]

Paint it with some matt black spray cans and then chop the springs with an angle grinder.

[Zedder]

one of the fleet is a red honda prelude that the paintwork is pretty fucked on, i have just repossessed it from boy#1 and boy #3 is going to learn to drive in it its not worth the cost of a paint job, pretty much all the panels facing up are badly oxidised whats the best longest lasting fix

Repco stock a pigmented product called Colour Cure Plus which I used it on a red Toyota with the same problem a while back. While certainly not permanent it does a good job of restoring a finish.

[p.dath]

Just a polish often does wonders ... it's only a honda after all ...

No amount of waxing will fix oxidised paint.


Repco stock a pigmented product called Colour Cure Plus which I used it on a red Toyota with the same problem a while back. While certainly not permanent it does a good job of restoring a finish.

I've tried it on two different cars and been dissapointed with the result both times. And it certainly didn't last long (in fact, most of it came off with the next car wash).

[FJRider]

No amount of waxing will fix oxidised paint.

Brasso works well as a fine cut.