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hey, i just got an old Vauxhall Corsa, its ment to be red but the paint has gone really pale!!! it looks horrrible, is there like a cheap way to make it look clean/tidy again!?

T-Cut will bring the colour back.

T-Cut will bring the colour back.
Or shake 'n' vac for the freshness :p

wiked thank youuu!!!

t-cut it then use some turtle wax colour restorer and then polish and wax it and wit will be like mine

yeaaaa! thats what i want mine to look like! its kinda pinky at the mo where its faded sooo badly ill give it ago xxx

do you think using deoxidizer will make a differnce? before t-cutting etc?

mine was pink wen i got it and now its lile that ^^ and all ive done is what i advised

ok wiked thanks you xxx

Before


Mine took 10.5 hours of t-cut :O but it was really bed, then polished, just keep it polished and it wont go pink again:P

Now look at it!!!1

11 hours!!!!! omgosh im gonna have to do this over a weekend! thanks for your help xxx

you could always book it into a body shop for a good going over with a polishing mop (low rpm one to reduce risk of burning through) it should only cost about £60 for a small car, you will still need to spend a few hours cleaning all the polishing compound off (especialy the black trim nail brush works great) anfd giving it a few coats of hand glaze or wax, but it sure is a lot less effort than t cutting it by hand imho , and will get most light scratches out at the same time

Carl's (Roperstun) looks really good now, i've seen the pics of his when it was pink. Looks so nice now!

Do the same process he said, works a treat. I did that when first got my white corsa and that turned out from dull to really nice shine. There are other products you can use aswell for extra protection etc but to start with just follow carl's advice. 11 hours seem like a long time but to be honest it doesn't feel any better than spending ages working on cleaning your car and it coming out soooo shiney. Last time i cleaned my car i spent around 6 hours washing it and then polishing, claying, waxing etc and i only managed to polish etc the roof, spoiler and bonnet. I ran out of time but i spend an age on mine trying to get it soooo shiney. It looks good for it though.

Come to think of it, it's about time it had another proper full clean and polish!

yeah! i have only had the car 3 days! so i need to buy all the polishing stuff still haha, i think im gonna get a small army of people together to help, should make it quicker, n my girls are looking forward to cleaning it in the sun (weirdos) i just wont tell them how long its gonna take!! haha x

I did do my car with only cloths though and it was a boiling hot day, it took 3 coats of t-cut, 2 of red polish and 2 wax coats. Oh and i was and polish it every week even though I can't drive it yet