restoring my old paint?

[91chevy9"lift]

well i have a 91 and the paint is lookin kinda dull....it really needs a new paint job but i dont have the dough to cough up...how can i get my paint lookin nice and bring back some shine to it??i am totally new to the whole cleaning paint and all that kinda stuff...all i ever do is hand rub on wax and hand buff it out, but i will do anything to get my baby to shine again...thanks for all the help..Jason

[mrflames]

3m makes some good stuff a rubbing compound for a machine buffer you might try that

[91chevy9"lift]

ok cool i look into that, but could you elaborate on that a little more..remember im totally kinda not understanding of any of this kinda stuff...ive herd good things about those 3 step systems..what would that do for my paint? Thanks- Jason

[Whifflebat]

I dunno if I would go straight to rubbing compound. That stuff is strong and it doesn't take long to take it down to bare metal, especially with a power buffer. I'd start out by getting a clay bar and clay barring the whole truck according to the directions. Then, I'd get a can of Turtle wax polishing compound (its what i use, works good) This should remove a good bit of the "dead" clearcoat and get it shiny again, although it'll probably take alot of elbow grease. After that I'd get a wax of your choice and wax the sucker. It should be pretty shiny after that...


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Oh yeah...some 3M swirl remover would probably be good between the polishing and the waxing...

[Arctic_Scrap]

WD-40 will bring back the old shine of your paint, just spray it on and rub it in with a rag.

[91chevy9"lift]

WD-40?? I have never heard of that....hmm anyone else heard of that before? Just wanna make sure it wont do any harm to the clearcoat or whats left of it anyway-Jason:smokin:

[Arctic_Scrap]

I used it on the cab part of a motor home, just try rubbing it on maybe the inside of the tail gate or box somewhere and see what you think of it. It will bring some of the color back.

[Tungsten]

Originally posted by 91chevy9"lift
WD-40?? I have never heard of that....hmm anyone else heard of that before? Just wanna make sure it wont do any harm to the clearcoat or whats left of it anyway-Jason:smokin:


All WD-40 does is make it look a little better with a lot of weird streaks :) Its just like when you have water on your truck, it looks shiny right? Go to your local auto/paint store and they should have all the 3M products. Check them out and read what they do and so on. Then get a orbital polisher this is your safest bet. Don't get the rubbing compound from the can (like the turtle wax one) Its to easy to mess up your paint with that stuff, You want to go easy when using the 3M rubbing compound also.

[91chevy9"lift]

thanks man...thats all i was lookin for was a straight answer, i feel like a doomass...i should just go down and read everything on there products..thanks again-Jason:fsg: