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On cars where the paintwork has started to fade and look a bit sad, I've used Nu Finish for years. It is not expensive, and seems to bring up an old paint job looking reasonably new again. Once done with this and if happy with the result, I would then apply a decent paint protector such as the Auto Glym.
I have only ever used the liquid version in the bottle - have never even seen the tin shown below. ;) You can buy this stuff anywhere - I've seen it in Bunnings as well as on supermarket shelves. It originally came out as one of those Television Shop products (buy yours now - just call the number below - but wait, there's more. Place your order in the next 10 minutes and we will also send you a free set of steak knives) and eventually migrated to the supermarket shelves, just like CLR and a number of other products (like my Shark Vacuum cleaner which, by the way, is the best vacuum cleaner we've ever had). :p:p:p
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I have a bottle of it in the shed, and it is all I ever use on SWMBO's Camry (I mean, who would waste expensive car polish on a Camry ???). :wasntme:
After polishing with Nu Finish, I then apply Auto Glym paint protector - the paint on the Camry is a metallic silver, and still looks as good as new. ;)
I agree with the comments of others on "Red" paint though. Looks great when new, but once it really starts to fade, there's not a lot you can do with it. I did use the Nu Finish on SWMBO's previous car, a RED Ford Festiva. It did bring it up reasonably well, but the finish never lasted long, as the crappy clear coat that ford (or Kia) used on these things was **** and was never going to last in Australian sunny conditions.
Shaun's Mazda looked really good a few years ago, and the paint had been maintained well.
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These days though, the upper surfaces - especially curved surfaces such as the tops of the front & rear guards - now all look a "pink" shade of red, even though the shine and general condition of the paintwork is still good. And this car spends better than 95% of its life under cover in a fully enclosed shed. No amount of polishing, and no paint restoration product, will fix this in the longer term. He may be able to bring it back to "red" again with a good hard going over with a cutting compound, but any improvement is unlikely to be long term. He is now planning for a total re-spray, which really is the only way to bring the paint back to original or better condition.
Doesn't look like your Ford is anywhere near as bad as the Mazda Andrew. I'd simply give it a go with Nu Finish. If you were going to sell it, that's probably all I would do. If you plan on keeping it for a while - give it a dose of Auto Glym paint protector after the Nu Finish. ;)
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Some old before and afters of the D3s roof. God black is a nice colour.
Did half at a time to see the difference in the 2nd pic only half done.
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Looking good. :D
Black does look great when it's cleaned and polished, but ..............
the only black car I've ever owned was a 1964 Pontiac Laurentian, and that had so much black paint that you'd need one of these to polish it properly. :p
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jonesy63
You missed a spot!
I would have said he hit the rainwater tank! :o
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That's our leaning tower of water:):):):)
Andrew
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Prides flow into the house :p
