Hello all, I'm trying to clean my landy up for sale, and want to replace some bodywork and paint some of it. I need to replace a wing skin, paint it and also paint the green tailgate.
Given the age of the truck, the "Arrow Red" paint has already faded, what's the best way to approximate the fading with a new paint application? I don't need the newly painted stuff to blend in totally, I just don't want the contrast between the new paint and the old to be quite so glaring as it would otherwise be.
If you have a go at t-cutting the rest, and it still doesnt quite go to the original colour you could try and get the paint place to mix you some new paint not quite to proper specs but to match the rest of the car.
You should really use what the professionals use, "Farecla G3" rubbing compound, T-cut is more of a paint cleanser than a paint restorer. Farecla has some serious bite, thus less effort to rub paint with.
Polishing up old paintwork will depend on how badly faded the red panels are, they may compound up well to match your new paint but if they do not the new paint can still be matched by altering it at the paint mixing factor (probably by adding a little white to tone down the red) but this is a time consuming operation and the factor could charge extra for this service, whereas a car body shop would do it automatically (free) as part of the course to match poorly matched colours.
First compound the adjacent panels and see how they polish up, if still faded then take the vehicle to a paint factor and ask them to mix and match the new red to match the old.
However if the old red does compound up well then just buy new paint as is and spray as normal, but be prepared to compound the whole vehicle if the colour does come up well, surprisingly sometimes red does and can leave the rest of the vehicle looking shabby and dull.
I'll pop next door, it's just occurred to me that there's a pair of professional car reconditioners and painters next door who I chat to regularly, quite why I'm bothering you lot when there are pro painters within sight of me I don't know!!
They'll be back on Tuesday, I'll have a chat with them.
Cheers for the hints, if I can't get hold of the guys next door I'll get some T-cut or Farecla if I can find it. Chances are I'll be able to beg some from the lads next door.
|| On 2006-04-30, Stephen Hull wrote: || ||| You should really use what the professionals use, "Farecla G3" ||| rubbing compound, T-cut is more of a paint cleanser than a paint ||| restorer. Farecla has some serious bite, thus less effort to rub ||| paint with. || || I'll pop next door, it's just occurred to me that there's a pair of || professional car reconditioners and painters next door who I chat to || regularly, quite why I'm bothering you lot when there are pro || painters within sight of me I don't know!! || || They'll be back on Tuesday, I'll have a chat with them. || || Cheers for the hints, if I can't get hold of the guys next door I'll || get some T-cut or Farecla if I can find it. Chances are I'll be able || to beg some from the lads next door. || || -- || Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
Ship's chandlers for the Farecla, if you can't get it elsewhere. Used extensively to restore GRP hulls to original colour - works a treat! Only caveat is, it is pretty aggressive, so use with caution.
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