dull paint problem

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ianheywood
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hello

any ideas how to get my red paint back to bright red instead of it becoming white

HELP!!

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Re: dull paint problem

Yes plently of elbow grease and a litre of T-cut
then some good car polish

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thanks

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t cut :shock: :shock:

dont touch it!!

check out this online company. i use them regularly. bilt hamber auto balm wax is amazing stuff. its unlike anything you have ever used before. spectacular results !!!!!

http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/#

finish it off with meguiars GOLD CLASS WAX for a deep protective wet shine.

if you want it done properly look on the net for local car detailers in your area.

rgds hus55

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My dad had an Audi years ago that suffered the same problem. T cut worked for a few months but then began to fade again. Re doing the T cut would give another month or two but in the end a trip to the body shop for a respray was the only solution in the long term... Maybe the polish technology has come a long since then. It was a problem with the paint apparently common on red german cars. (this would have been a 6 year old car in 1997). If its the original paint on your G its done well to last this long!

Ian

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take it to a local body shop and get them to machine polish it

mick the digger!
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the older t-cut was far better.....my dad used to have a car valeting bussness in the early 90's ....t-cut and polished my red G last week with a steel 5 ltr can of t-cut we have in the workshop

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check out detaılıng world guysç

ıt wıll blow your mınd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

usıng a rotary or orbıtal buffer ıs half the job. check out the local detailers in your area if you want it done properly.

or as i mentioned before. get some Bilt Hamber auto balm wax. its the very good stuff and lasts far longer than anything you have tried before.

Bilt HAMBER HAMBER are based in essex. they have various products they produce here in the uk. you want to check out their website. their rust protection treatment systems are really good.

we dont even mention T CUT on the DETAILING WORLD forum :oops:

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hus55 wrote:
t cut :shock: :shock:

dont touch it!!

check out this online company. i use them regularly. bilt hamber auto balm wax is amazing stuff. its unlike anything you have ever used before. spectacular results !!!!!

http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/#

finish it off with meguiars GOLD CLASS WAX for a deep protective wet shine.

if you want it done properly look on the net for local car detailers in your area.

rgds hus55hi thanks for that info your car looks fab

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cheers mate !

but whıch one..... :wink: