HTIDJamie
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ive got a corsa sport 1.4 in flame red ,
the problem im facing at the moment is the paint fade where its gone like a misty/cloudy pink
ive tried t-cutting it but its not doing the best of jobs , it still looks pinkish to me =/
any ideas of what to use ?
help wouild be highly apreciated thanks
jay
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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Autoglym super resin polish? It'll take effort mind you but it's good stuff.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Machine polish it
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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g3 it if its really bad, then super resin polish. then wax it. thats what i do. but once you have g3'd it you dont need to keep doing it 
heres mine
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HTIDJamie
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ive got autoglym super-resin polish and renvator ill give it a try ,
what g3 product is it i should use ? isnt there like 3 - 5 stages ?
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BeetleGav
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ahright i dunno. haha ill have to check for you. its agressive stuff like, ive got some in a tube and it cost about 15quid but it works.
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jrdz92
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i used t-cut and then super resin polish and it come up ok tbh . i used a rac machine polisher too
[Edited on 09-10-2011 by jrdz92]
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Jake
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a car dealer told me it needs the dead layer sanding back then machine polished
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HTIDJamie
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ill have to give it a try , hopefully the weather looks up 2mra lol ,also i no its completely off the subject but does anyone no where i can get a powerbox , ive looked everywhere but cant find 1
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cunningham
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Autoglym paint restorer (pink label) then the polish and protect with a wax of some sort
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Jed D
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Location: Durham
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i knew as soon as i seen the title it was red. common problem on old red vauxs
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Ricky352
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Registered: 6th Apr 07
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quote:
Originally posted by HTIDJamie
ill have to give it a try , hopefully the weather looks up 2mra lol ,also i no its completely off the subject but does anyone no where i can get a powerbox , ive looked everywhere but cant find 1
I got mine off Stu_22 but I have no idea of he is even on the forum anymore, this was 2008.
As said some sort of G3 would be great, then I'd use Autoglym Super Resin and Meguirs Carnuba Wax.
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Jonny.K
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Registered: 26th May 11
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quote:
Originally posted by Ricky352
quote:
Originally posted by HTIDJamie
ill have to give it a try , hopefully the weather looks up 2mra lol ,also i no its completely off the subject but does anyone no where i can get a powerbox , ive looked everywhere but cant find 1
I got mine off Stu_22 but I have no idea of he is even on the forum anymore, this was 2008.
As said some sort of G3 would be great, then I'd use Autoglym Super Resin and Meguirs Carnuba Wax.
now thats flame red! nice
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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funk me thats shiney.....i dont have the patience to get it that good lol
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Ricky352
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Registered: 6th Apr 07
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Cheers lol, I polished and waxed that thing fortnightly.
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reecegsi
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Registered: 16th Mar 11
Location: birmingham
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Now thats mint mines flame red and it does my nut as it was really faded its getting better but really needs a machine on it
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