i am wondering if there are any waxes or something of that style of thing that would help darken up my paint on my truck. i got the bed repainted on my truck to match the front half and while when its cloudy out or its wet it matches great but when its in bright sun light it does not match how i want it to.

so anyone no some wax or pollish or someother product like that? that could make the fadded paint darken up a little to match the bed?????

its bright red, like fire or flame red or something from dodge.



thanks!!

 

the only way is to rotary buff the oxidation off your older paint and then use a high quality cleaner wax.

 

+1 That is the best and most permanent way, assuming they used factory matched paint.

They also make cheap colored waxes that might help blend the colors a bit, but you'll be redoing it at least once a month.

 

ya ok so i should buff it with just a normal old buffer like they sell at autozone/ walmart for like $20-$30 bucks? and then find a wax that is labbled a cleaning wax?

any waxes you no off hand that are what i need? also you no of any of the cheap colored waxes?

 

DO NOT use an orbital buffer to do that. It goes WAY too fast. You need a VARIABLE SPEED buffer. Autozone sells a great one with a natural sheepskin "cutting" pad. It is about 74 dollars.

Run it at setting 3-4 working your way to 6 for a few brief seconds. You want to be in the 3500-6000 RPM range.

Get the Meguiars CLEANER WAX in the red bottle and some fine rubbing compound.

The DA orbital buffer will fling paint off and run at about 1200 RPMs. I know from experience.

 

Don't do it on a factory paint job either for that matter. You will be sanding the paint off and a factory paint is sprayed on way too thin to do it right.

 

^^ mine still worked out with the factory paint. but YES it is VERY thin. I was just trying to buff out swirls and minor scratches. Used swirl compound and cleaner wax.

 

If you've never used a rotary buffer, don't try it on the truck. Too easy to burn your paint and put swirls in the paint. Use a random DA buffer. Its about impossible to burn your paint. You should first wash truck, than use a clay bar on it, than use the buffer with a swirl remover, than use a polisher, and finally top it with a sealant or wax. Takes a while but it will come out awsome. I just did mine after sitting in the sun for 2 years without wax. The shine came back and my truck is black. It also took out a bunch of scratches. My wife thought it was a different truck.

Spend a little more on the buffer. I think lowes has a good porter cable DA that you can buy velcro pads. The pads all have different cutting power also. If its real oxidized, you will need a heavier cutting pad for your swirl remover followed by a light cutting pad for the polish and then a no cut for your wax or sealant or you can apply the final step by hand.

 

I own a porter cable random orbit, it's badass. At lowes they sell it as a random orbital sander.

 

ok, well i have a dual action porter cable that i put 6 inch sanding disks on it. it has 6 speed settings. im pretty sure i have seen buffing pads that would go on it at the store.

but your saying that i should not use that?

but here are the steps i should follow?

1) wash then claybar it

2)then a swirl remover? what is that? like a special kit i need to get? or is just the buffer?????? if so like a course buffer pad???

3) then a polish. any recomindations for that??? i would like to be able to get it at walmart or autozone or napa

4) then finally wax it or use a selent? or can i use the lucaus oil like liquid wax stuff? i was recomended that it works really well

5) would i buff it again after i wax it? if i use like a turtle wax hard shell?



thanks! just trying to get the steeps down right before i do it.

it looks something about like this just older. and i need to have the buffing pad really clean correct to prevent more scratches?






here is what the truck looks like: i had the bed repainted to match the front using the factory color, but its not really the greatest match:

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