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Ash_sx125
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31st Oct 07 at 12:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Anyone got a good tutorial on how to do it?

My red corsa, is now pink, i want to get it back to red.

I've got a buffer, what else do i need?

And how can i go about making the car shine?

Thanks, Ash.
bigdan
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31st Oct 07 at 12:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
G3 polishing compound

should have it like new
Ash_sx125
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31st Oct 07 at 12:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers mate
bigdan
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31st Oct 07 at 12:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
would be best to buy a g3 polishing head aswell
ed
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G3 isn't for paint restoration. It's for flatting back paint. You want something more fine like some 3M FinessIt.
bigdan
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it will make a shine on the paint taking the top layer off what has gone pink
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by bigdan
it will make a shine on the paint taking the top layer off what has gone pink
Yes, but it's too course for the job, you want something finer than G3 for restoration. But that was some good internet regurgitation there
willhouse
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as i guess your a beginner at polishing etc, i would suggest doing the following to get your pink car back to red safely without permanetly damaging the paint-

Clean the car
Dry the car
Clay bar the Car (meguires quick clay from halfords will be fine)
Clean and dry the car again
Then Autoglym Paint renovator (from halfords)
Then meguires paint cleaner (halfords)
Then Autoglym Super Resin Polish (halfords)
Then a wax, meguires gold class from halfords will be ok.
Dan.H
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31st Oct 07 at 22:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
G4 it restores old paint and also removes hologram/sticker marks
willhouse
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31st Oct 07 at 22:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
or seeing as though ive just seen you are in Rotherham, you could just bring it to me and i will give ti a full paint treatment and outside clean for £35,

here is a few examples of cars i have already done

 
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