My cars paintwork is heavily oxidised. Any tips or products for restoring colour and shine? Thanks?

Hi, im a spray-painter, having worked for Ford and BMW. What colour is ur car, is it red by any chance. Motor factors sell a product call Frelecla G3 of G6, this is a polishing compound, its hard work, u'd be better with a polishing buff. U'll need a wax polish after it. i recomend anything by AutoGlym, their aquawax (new on the market is good, so is their supreme polish very good). Keep the car polished with the wax regularly. Or i cld give u a quote for a respray..lol. Ps dont use T-Cut, it contains immonium which aint to good for paint, beleive it or not, and colour magic dont work, dont waste ur cash on it. G3 will cost u about £24 for 1 ltr and around £10 for the autoglym

If the paint is worn through to the primer, thers no solution but re-painting. Otherwise, get some "rubbing compound" from any auto parts store. Do this by hand and follow the directions on the container. GO EASY! DON'T SCRUB HARD! It's a lot of work, but better to have to go over some spots twice than rubbing through the paint that is left.

The surface will be dull once you're done with this step, but 90-95% of the cloudiness and oxidation should be gone. The best product I've found for restoring the shine is called "Liquid Glass". I believe Auto Zone still carries it, and maybe Target or WalMart. Its liquid, and easy to apply and buff out by hand, and two coats will shine like glass.

Great to use on shower walls and fixtures to help limit that nasty build-up, too (water just "sheets off"). Just don't get any on the shower FLOOR! Hard to scrub off, and your shower will be a death trap.

Personally I like spray on silicone like Autoglym's Instant Bike Shine. Makes my shabby paintwork look really shiny, stops dirt sticking and is dead easy to use. Also good is Stardust Myriade which is also a silicone spray.

Try using a product called Color Back, it is like using a rubbing compound and you apply it like waxing your.I bought a car once that was severely oxidized and after using color back it looked better than original.

T Cut but the sort with colour in it is a good idea on an old car for the best result.

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farecla g3 compound and a good quality wax polish you don't say what colour it is sounds like its red turned pink or blue gone milky typical of solid direct gloss colours,from around that time,once you,ve got the colour back up you will need to wax every couple of weeks to stop it going dull again

Has to be Farecla G3... It's what the pro's use.. and for good reason.

and the liquid is probably the easiest to use..

You will need to use a protective wax afterwards, (Autoglym or Mer etc)

oxidisation? rust? You saying you got a rusty car?

t'cut by carplan, best stuff around, take it off using a normal car polish 'it's easier

tcut and an electric wax mop