as the title says, i have a red gp and the bumpers are two tone pink/red :/ i know the only way to get this back to red is to spray it, but how do i keep it red for the future?
keeping your red car... well red!
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Wax it, wax it, wax it, wax it and wax it again.
Keep it out of the sunshine, NEVER park it out of the shade.
Red paint and UV rays don't get along very well....!!!
Keep it out of the sunshine, NEVER park it out of the shade.
Red paint and UV rays don't get along very well....!!!
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Avoid the sunshine
And red faided paint can be restored to a nice red by some elbow grease and polish
Ziggy
And red faided paint can be restored to a nice red by some elbow grease and polish
Ziggy
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Avoid the sunshine
And red faided paint can be restored to a nice red by some elbow grease and polish
Ziggy
even on the plastic bumpers? iv tried everything i can think of, im willing to try anything before i shell out to get em sprayed :/
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Because its still plastic - plastic primer - Paint
Any fine cutting polish compound should help restore the colour - but it'll take elbow grease
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Buy it a Kindle for Christmas?
that won't work the gp is clearcoated over the paint and its the pigment that is bleached not the clear coat
Unless hazing of the clearcoat occurs. Frosting the clearcoat will give the paint a pink look also.
But in future loads of wax with good uv protection will be the best thing to stop further degradation.
All the red GP's i have seen are the same if it was the clear coat hazing / frosting you would expect to see it at least in patches on the rest of the car. and a quick search throws up the same with the orange gp's
Its got something to do with The differing paint process used on the bumpers (the addition / different primer / paint/ clear coat used with added plasticisers to help the paint flex without cracking due the the flexibility of the bumper lacking or having less UV stability compared to the bodywork paint....
https://www.fiatforum.com/grande-punto/301649-faded-bumper.html
https://www.fiatforum.com/grande-punto/205287-caribean-orange-faded-quite-badly-anyone-else.html
bloody water based tree hugging paints
I know.
Was just pointing out there are other potential reasons.
Was just pointing out there are other potential reasons.
I know.
Was just pointing out there are other potential reasons.
(and yes people just because it gets your frying pan clean doesn't make it a good thing to use on your car) :bang:
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On this point is the turtle wax colour magic light red car polish any good ofr helping with the faded areas?
http://www.turtlewaxeurope.com/products/product-page/2012/04/23/color-magic-colour-enhancing-polish-light-red-500ml
http://www.turtlewaxeurope.com/products/product-page/2012/04/23/color-magic-colour-enhancing-polish-light-red-500ml
Car-Chem are starting to test colour charged wax Red, blue, yellow and something else can't remember. This may help to a point but it doesn't even start testing till tomorrow so it's all just theory right now.
Put it in a garage, and only use it on Sundays... Works for me!
Red cars are known from fading. I met a guy from a ICI chemicals a few years ago, who admits red has never been a good colour for a car since 1985. The pigments in a lot of red car paints are 'flawed'.
Red cars are known from fading. I met a guy from a ICI chemicals a few years ago, who admits red has never been a good colour for a car since 1985. The pigments in a lot of red car paints are 'flawed'.
Colour charging is a bit of a marketing "hype" in my opinion. Whilst it is all good fun and the colour charged waxes look first rate and fun, in reality I haven't noticed one jot of difference - for example I have used an "orange" wax on a white car and it didn't have an orange tinge afterwards. Similarly, I have used a purple wax on a black car and a white wax on a blue car all with no change in hue - to my eyes.
I think what we're saying is that the only way forward is to go for a respray and ensure that the clearcoat is UV protected. "Modern" (Nano technology) products over conventional waxes such as GTechniq offer super protection which lasts up to 8 months - take a looky see here;
http://gtechniq.com/shop/3s-for-cars/exterior-coatings/c2-v2-liquid-crystal-concentrate-100ml/
That isn't to say that there is anything wrong whatsoever with a wax and there are some superb waxes to be had.
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I've seen black pigmented wax on a white car. I'll just say it needed a good polish again afterwards.
