I have stock metallic blue paint and it still has all of the clear coat on it as far as I can tell. but no matter what wax I use it will not shine up. it just looks dull and foggy in all of the spots that have been exposed to the sun most. like the bottom parts of the doors, the fender heat extractors, and most of my urathane is pretty shiny but like my hood, my spoiler and the metal behind my t-tops are really dull. how can I fix my paint?

 

get an electric buffer wheel and buff it that alwase works for stuff that i have such as old trucks and stuff liek that just buff it and it will bring back the shine worked every time for me.

 

try buffing it with rubbing combound

 

can I buff it by hand? I don't have the money for a buffer.

what kind of compound should I use? will it hurt the clear coat? I've heard metallic paint won't be shiny without a clear coat.

 

you can do such a nice job with an electric buffer and its alot better then by hand my friend only paid like i think maybe 30 to 40 bucks for his electric buffing wheel and it does wonders on old cars. his gf has this old toyaota pick up truck that hasnt bean buffed in liek ten years and the paint is real dull looking and he buffed it and it made a big night and day differnce.

in my opinion you shoud save up for one or borow one u have to no some one that has one

 

rubbing compound will/should help

 

I was at Wal-Mart last night, and they have random orbit buffers on sale for $14!!! I picked one up, but forgot that they are electric and my apartment is about 200 feet from the parking lot! Gotta go back and get some extension cord! Matt

 

for anyone that has the equipment, you can make an even bigger difference and bring back basically the original look by re-clearcoating. all you need to do is lightly sand the clearcoat that's faded, or in some cases just wipe it with a rag wet with solvent, and respray clear over it. the clear is what clouds with UV exposure, so removing it, either through sand/solvent/buffing is what you need to do. and usually the clear layer is fairly thick, if you've ever sanded a clearcoated part, you'll notice when you get through the clear when you start getting lots of paint-colored dust, it's very different from the clearcoat dust you create.

 

yes , big difference.. my whole arm was covered with red paint-colored dust yesterday.. ;]

 

I picked up this awesome stuff today. t-3 resin glaze. works awesome at getting rid of the oxidation and shining up my paint, tomorrow I'm going to do the rest.

 

hmm i think this is something i should look into with my car

 

this tr-3 stuff, is pretty good, it's a bit of work, because you have to buff it on, and it takes some elbow grease, but it is making my paint look like new!