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rec bri

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the story,
im a proud owner of a cherry red rallye, as we all know they tend to go pinky in time.
im under the impression that a full respray is going to come in around £ 1000, but to be honest its only the roof that is faded so to put of painting i was contemplating just putting a section on vinyl on it.
this is till in my head and haven't done any thing towards it bar this thread.

http://is01.thegumtree.com/image/big/30052657.jpg

sorry no clicky Smile something like this
havnt priced anything so to be honest the vinyl could work out more expensive than simply painting the roof,

so just looking your veiws on this

cheers bri
Posted 18th Jan 2011 at 23:41
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The fading you are seeing is oxidisation of the red pigment.

Have you tried polishing it with a bit of cutting compound via rotary/DA? This should improve the appearance.

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Posted 18th Jan 2011 at 23:54
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was planing a machine polish for next week, but was under the impression that even cutting into it wouldn't bring it up
Posted 19th Jan 2011 at 00:06
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ask AdamB.

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Posted 19th Jan 2011 at 00:08
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rec bri wrote:
was planing a machine polish for next week, but was under the impression that even cutting into it wouldn't bring it up


If cherry red is a solid red (non metallic) colour with no clear coat then machine polishing will bring back the colour.

Any photos?

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Posted 19th Jan 2011 at 00:23
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i have taken loads but they don't show what the eye can see, its like a completely uniformed pits ?? its hard to describe the rest of the car has a full color look just the roof, maybe like something is pressing up though as the lacquer is smooth,
Posted 19th Jan 2011 at 00:32
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It will bring back the colour! I have a cherry rallye and machine polished it with 3m fastcut plus and it brought it back up to red all over even the plastic bumpers!
Posted 19th Jan 2011 at 00:33
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Roof in a solid colour shouldn't be more than £100 really Chris. It may well take lacquer off when it comes off mind...

A machine polish will bring back the colour on it though. Its only really the sideskirts that won't cut back. Mine looked lush after a proper machine polish by Rich Treen. Lasted a long time too. Worth spending money on to get a good one.

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Posted 19th Jan 2011 at 02:35
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I'm pretty sure Rallyes have clear coat on the paint. Thus unfortunetly machine polishing will not bring back the colour if it has faded, it can remove swirls and if there is build up of old polishes and waxes these can dull the finish but a good machine polish may well improve the clarity of the paint.
The way to check if there is clear coat is to get some polish on a clean cloth, if when you polish the paint and the colour transfers to the cloth there is no clear present, and they are 1 stage paint and oxidisation can be removed through polishing.
Hope that makes sense/helps.

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Posted 19th Jan 2011 at 02:48
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spitfire wrote:
I'm pretty sure Rallyes have clear coat on the paint. Thus unfortunetly machine polishing will not bring back the colour if it has faded,


think your right, when i bought the car i clay bared it and have religiously waxed it ever since (poor boys red paste) theres a very good shine of the car,very little swirls on the surface.
still going to do an overhaul on sunday machine polish and a hand wax Smile
Posted 19th Jan 2011 at 04:57
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adam b wrote:
Roof in a solid colour shouldn't be more than £100 really Chris. It may well take lacquer off when it comes off mind...


out of intress the £100,
would i be able to supply the design
Posted 19th Jan 2011 at 05:03
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Just spray the roof black red or white cars with black roofs look very nice. Suprised the bianca owners havnt done it,if they have not seen any on here

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Posted 1st Feb 2011 at 23:24
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Loads easier to vinyl it Mr Pugthis. Doesn't take long and you can take it off as well given an hour or so Wink

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Posted 2nd Feb 2011 at 01:48
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If I was to paint it it would be back to red, still toying with the idea, never got round to the machine polish
Posted 2nd Feb 2011 at 02:27
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adam b wrote:
Loads easier to vinyl it Mr Pugthis. Doesn't take long and you can take it off as well given an hour or so Wink


why would you take it of after an hour Crazy

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Posted 2nd Feb 2011 at 02:29
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pugthis wrote:
adam b wrote:
Loads easier to vinyl it Mr Pugthis. Doesn't take long and you can take it off as well given an hour or so Wink


why would you take it of after an hour Crazy


I'm not sure if this is some subtle sarcasm but ...

I'm sure he meant that the vinyl can be taken off in the space of an hour (if done carefully Ninja), whereas you obviously can't with paint

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Posted 2nd Feb 2011 at 03:10
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I was think that as if it looked shit i could just peel it off
Posted 2nd Feb 2011 at 03:13
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