Hello, I've been researching what Meguiar's products to use to restore the original (18 year old!) paint job on my truck and here is what I have in mind..
#1 Clay truck with Smooth Surface Kit
#2 Apply Ultimate Compound
#3 Apply ColorX
#4 Apply NXT Tech Wax
From what I know, this truck has a Single Stage (No clearcoat) Dark Mocha/Medium Mocha metallic paint job (2-tone) and the Dark Mocha obviously faded the worst. This truck is a '92 and it appears nobody ever cared about the exterior appearance. From what I can tell, there must have been an accident at some point in time as the hood was replaced, and repainted badly. It looks great in the pictures, but since they were taken (March of this year) the clear coat has peeled significantly.
Anyways, my goal is to restore the heavily oxidized paint. The middle color (Medium Mocha metallic) isn't nearly as oxidized as the 2-tone color (Dark Mocha metallic), but of course I will still do the entire truck.
Will the UC be too aggressive for this old paint? If so then should I just try the ColorX? By the way I do not own a buffer/polisher, so I am going to do this by hand. Then I'm thinking of going with the Tech Wax after.
Maybe someday I'll get a chance to work on fixing this dent.. anyways only reason I took a picture of it was just to show the paint oxidation.
The roof is the worst. It is extremely oxidized, it almost looks white.
So, any thoughts/suggestions/ideas? If needed, I can take some new pictures out in the sun tomorrow.
Thank you in advance.
#1 Clay truck with Smooth Surface Kit
#2 Apply Ultimate Compound
#3 Apply ColorX
#4 Apply NXT Tech Wax
From what I know, this truck has a Single Stage (No clearcoat) Dark Mocha/Medium Mocha metallic paint job (2-tone) and the Dark Mocha obviously faded the worst. This truck is a '92 and it appears nobody ever cared about the exterior appearance. From what I can tell, there must have been an accident at some point in time as the hood was replaced, and repainted badly. It looks great in the pictures, but since they were taken (March of this year) the clear coat has peeled significantly.
Anyways, my goal is to restore the heavily oxidized paint. The middle color (Medium Mocha metallic) isn't nearly as oxidized as the 2-tone color (Dark Mocha metallic), but of course I will still do the entire truck.
Will the UC be too aggressive for this old paint? If so then should I just try the ColorX? By the way I do not own a buffer/polisher, so I am going to do this by hand. Then I'm thinking of going with the Tech Wax after.
Maybe someday I'll get a chance to work on fixing this dent.. anyways only reason I took a picture of it was just to show the paint oxidation.
The roof is the worst. It is extremely oxidized, it almost looks white.
So, any thoughts/suggestions/ideas? If needed, I can take some new pictures out in the sun tomorrow.
Thank you in advance.
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