Revitalising fading red paint

Itsfixed

Hi all

My 2002 tii, which was last resprayed in 1996 in Ford burgundy red, is fading quite badly on the roof and bootlid. The fading has been accelerated over the last few months because of our marvellous weather. The car isn't garaged.

I did a quick wash and polish, the first since February, and it came out quite well, but the following day, after a downpour, the paint was reverting to its faded hue. Obviously I'd like to work at restoring the colour on a more permanent basis. The 1996 paint job was good quality, so no sense in respraying it, I think.

I did a quick search on colour restoring and came across references to terms like de-tar, clay, T-cut and waxing. Could any tell what these mean, whats the best way to use them and what sort of products would they recommend?

I've just invested in an electric car polisher, so that should take some of the hard graft out of it.

thanks in advance

mustang68

t cut will take off a small layer of your dull paint, leaving the shiny paint exposed just below, give it a good wax afterwards to protect it. Don't use T cut too much or it will take off all the paint!!

(try it on somewhere small first)

corktina

t cut is fairly mild...for stubborn fading try cutting compound such as bodyshops use with your poilisher....careful now as Ted would say.

(Red is a beggar for fading isnt it!

mike65

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1998-11/912228411.Ch.r.html

Mike.