pope_face Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Alright, hopefully nobody will have too many complaints, but this isn't for the Datsun, it's for my new daily. I would join another forum specifically for them, but to be honest I don't really want to... I like it here... But, on to my actual thread... I've got a '93 Volvo I picked up a couple months ago that's now my daily. My other cars had nice paint, but it seems as if the clearcoat on this one is mostly gone... It's red, and I know that red has the worst reputation when it comes to fading, but I'm fine with that... however, it seems as if the car has some sort of fine powder covering it. It makes the whole car look like it has a satin finish, but I can rub it off with my fingers and it leaves my hands red. I took a cloth to it once, and it pulled off the powder and left the paint nice and shiny. Now, I'm not planning on repaint it... it's not really worth it for me as I'd rather put money into the Datsun... but I don't want this powder all over my car. If I take a buffing/polishing machine, can I buff off all the powder and leave the paint as-is? Or will it come back unless I apply another clearcoat? Is it even possible to re-apply a clearcoat, or will it require a full repaint to get rid of this? Quote Link to comment
kiznook Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 should be able to buff it out, then be sure to apply a good coat of wax to protect it. Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Agreed, have seen this work very well before. Jason Quote Link to comment
pope_face Posted February 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Awesome, that's what I was hoping to hear. Would a normal buffing pad and some polishing compound be good enough? Maybe even just a drill-mounted pad? I'd rather not buy a whole buffing machine if I don't have to. Any suggestions on the best pad/compound/wax to use? And actually... on a somewhat related topic, does anyone have any recommendations on a good paint/dye to use on plastic exterior trim pieces? Mine should be a dark grey/black, and I was just going to just rattle can them, but if the paint starts peeling off them it'll look worse than it does now. Quote Link to comment
djlotus Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Krylon fusion is a good plastic paint. They also have some paint made for exterior pieces, some bumper paint or something. Quote Link to comment
pope_face Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Thanks Dj... I'll check it out. I just realized today it's too cold to paint right now anyway... I've gotta wait till it warms up a few more degrees. Quote Link to comment
///FiveOneOh Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 you will find that alot of red cars dont; even have clear on them. red alot of the time is single stage so if you find red on your buffing wheel don;t worry..but on that note dont; go to deep! medium cut then a wet wax, followed by a hand wax/glaze the red should come out like new. "wet wax? wtf?" yup, keep the car soaking wet and use your rotory buffer with the wax.. your gonna get soaked but it gets rid of those annoying ghosts/holograms the rotory buffer leaves :) Quote Link to comment
pope_face Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 FiveOneOh: Thanks for the tips... my car did have a clearcoat as I can see a little corner of it left on my hood. As for medium cut, I suppose you're referring to a compound that isn't too abrasive? I was looking at a few yesterday... anyone have any experiance with Turtle Wax Polishing Compound? It seems like it would be the best fit for what I need... The other thing is, I don't have access to a "dedicated" polisher/waxer, but I do have access to a right-angle grinder... would something like that have too high rpm's to use, or would it work? I can't really afford $200+ for a high-quality machine, but I don't want to get a cheap one that won't do the job either. Quote Link to comment
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