i am the proud owner of a 1994 cinq sporting in red the early sporting red that fades as you look at it! i tried every product on the market then was told about farcela compound costs about £22 for a bottle and you can either use a buffer of elbow grease but it is excellent followed by auto glyn super resin polish and it still shines today after sitting outside for 3 months.

that Corsa looks pretty impressive

I was told about AutoGlym Polish & the Gloss protection or whatever it's called. A couple of people have recommended them, PLUS, there's the advantage of i can just walk into a shop & buy them.

The extra gloss protection a 'sealant'? Would prefer to pick up from a shop to be honest.


EDIT : Only just realised i put kePPing & not kEEping in the title. D'oh

Kev_83 said:

that Corsa looks pretty impressive

I was told about AutoGlym Polish & the Gloss protection or whatever it's called. A couple of people have recommended them, PLUS, there's the advantage of i can just walk into a shop & buy them.

The extra gloss protection a 'sealant'? Would prefer to pick up from a shop to be honest.


EDIT : Only just realised i put kePPing & not kEEping in the title. D'oh

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Yes, Super resin polish and EGP can be brought in Halfords. It was 3 for 2 last week

Kev Tesco sells the Super resin Polish probably a lot cheaper than Halfrauds

they dont sell the EGP though but my local motorcount store sells it a few quid a bottle cheaper...

the tesco polishing cloths are well worth it too

Here's my red Tipo I did earlier today - wasn't too bad but you can see a decent reflection in the paint now, it was all a little dull before, not to the extreme of some cars but certainly not great.
Before



After

fiatdownunder said:

Supagard needs re-applying after 3 years yes, so an N reg car (1996) is wel behind!
also supagard needs to be washed once a month using the wash provided to top up the wax.
I would recommend the supagard alloy wheel thingy though, makes life so easy to wash the alloys! you can literally throw a bucket of warm water at them and it washes brake dust off straight away!

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Supagard's guarantee is for three years, BUT you do not have to apply any special top up wash chemical once a month, and Supagard is not a wax, it is a polymer resin that bonds molecularly with paintwork. There are a lot of paint protection sealants out there that Supagard gets confused with, as nearly every one of them does require a special conserver/re-protection shampoo to be applied monthly or very regularly. Thats why other products sometimes carry a longer guarantee, but it is only because the customer is having to effectively re-apply protection every month, whereas Supagard does not-it is there for 3 years guaranteed. The shampoo is provided as a complimentry aftercare product, but you can use any good shampoo you like to wash the car with. Hope this helps!

bassy-alex said:

once a red car has faded you really have to keep on top of maintence of the paintwork, restoring the colour regularly.

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yep, red t-cut once a fortnight, or tell peple its not red, its pink, or salmon.

i'll never buy a red car again

jug said:

yep, red t-cut once a fortnight,

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And a primer coloured car in 6 months!


Jug your crazy reds stunning!

Nothing wrong with red if you just take it out of the garage after sunset

The Beast said:

And a primer coloured car in 6 months!


Jug your crazy reds stunning!

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No need to on Fiat reds as now have clearcoat( no fading), i.e not single stage paint.

jug said:

i'll never buy a red car again

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agreed. Unless i'm in the position where i'm desperate for a motor & the only thing i can get is a red motor, i'll never have another one. Too much hassle.

I bought some products last week i think it was. The start of last week. Anyway, had those few days where it froze every morning. Didn't bother with the car as i figured it was so cold & wouldn't dry too good, plus the outside tap had frozen so couldn't use a hose.

So waited for a day where it didn't freeze. Every day since that has either rained, or been murky & looking like it's about to rain. Checking the weather forecast it's supposed to rain every day until at least Tuesday now.

& i'm signed back to work week after next :|

Its not hard keeping a red car looking new if using the right products. My mates car is looking better now than it did when he picked her up from the dealers.

Kev_83 said:

agreed. Unless i'm in the position where i'm desperate for a motor & the only thing i can get is a red motor, i'll never have another one. Too much hassle.

I bought some products last week i think it was. The start of last week. Anyway, had those few days where it froze every morning. Didn't bother with the car as i figured it was so cold & wouldn't dry too good, plus the outside tap had frozen so couldn't use a hose.

So waited for a day where it didn't freeze. Every day since that has either rained, or been murky & looking like it's about to rain. Checking the weather forecast it's supposed to rain every day until at least Tuesday now.

& i'm signed back to work week after next :|

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Maybe this will make you like Reds again

Lol, well if you'd kindly pay for 1) a porsche for me 2) the fuel for the things and 3) the insurance, then yeah sure

Taj gutted. Washed my red Escort today & the g/f's yellow Cinq. Nice sunny day, take advantage of it i thought.

Armed with some freshly bought cloths, AutoGlym pain renovator, resin polish & extra gloss protection, ready to go at it.

Tests the polish out on her spolier Didn't really do much. I couldn't tell a difference. Thought sod it, i'll go on my car as it deffinately needs more work doing...

Whip out the paint renovator & attack my spoiler which is badly faded. Improved it a slight amount. Not as much as what T-Cut would though.
So figured, ok i'll use the polish on the side rear panel as 1) this is terribly faded & 2) the bottle suggests using the polish first anyway.

Did the rear side panel. Now, if you stand at a distance, it looks better. If you get up close to it & really look at it, you can see a load of what look like streak lines that don't rub out.

Can't see them if you take a step back, but up close, visible.

Decided to knock it on the head as maybe i'm doing something wrong & don't want to kcuf up the entire car. Rather have it looking faded than just plain wrong.

Agree with Ant on this one red cars aren't a hassle and since most with be clearcoat these days they don't fade. I've had quite a few and no hassles with fading paintwork. Even if it is single stage then the red can easily be maintained, sure if you aren't arsed with the car it'll fade but regularly cleaning and the occasional polish and wax will keep it looking good.

Just polished mine with Autoglym Resin stuff, and the Gloss protection. When I stepped back to look at it, it made be realise just how cool red is! My polishing arm feels a little like jelly now Was well worth the effort though

col7104 said:

Just polished mine with Autoglym Resin stuff, and the Gloss protection. When I stepped back to look at it, it made be realise just how cool red is! My polishing arm feels a little like jelly now Was well worth the effort though

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But when you get up close, does it look kinda streaky?

If i step back, the part i did looks not too bad. Nowhere near as good as T-Cut colour fast or whatever it's called.

Which is why i say, maybe i'm applying it wrong? I even used perfectly clean brand new cloths this time. Annoying.
Maybe i should get one of those 'leccy buffer things? The cloths i used soaked that stuff up for fun

Looks good up close, the occasional swirl, is this stuff a 'filler' polish, because the swirls I had seem to be reduced.

I did have these really annoying water mark type things on the roof and down the side though. Not sure how to explain them, I keep getting them whenever it rains, and just washing doesn't get rid. The turtlewax polish I used before got these off pretty easy, but this Autoglym stuff seemed to take more elbow grease to get them out. It did seem less 'potent' when compared to the turtlewax. Buffing off is so easy with the Autoglym though, it's a reason in its own to buy it, just for the ease at which it comes off!

yeah, that's one thing i have to give it - it comes off super easily. The other stuff i have used in the past hazes up quite a lot, but there doesn't seem to be much hazing with the AutoGlym products i've used. Barely any at all.

Ahh just had a butchers this morn, there's fresh mini scratches all over the car. Not a good look!! All up on the roof & spoiler, doors & bonnet :|

I might give it a bash one day with a 'leccy buffer perhaps. I'd imagine those cloths would soak that stuff up real quick though. Not wanting to use a full bottle on 1-doing.