You can see just how bad the fading is here, where I've cut the two doors and front side panel, but not the fuel cap panel. After cutting, I got it shiney with some Autoglym Super Resin Polish. I'm seriously impressed with the result. It looks better than when we got it. I'm doing this compounding by hand to get a feel for how much to remove. Tomorrow, I'll pick up a random orbit polisher to get it boxed off and reflective. The finish is so smooth, I love it. I don't understand why one panel fades so much and another doesn't; I haven't cut the boot panel, but it's a lot more red than the fuel cap panel
Can you tell which panels I've done? It's the bonnet, front side and the two doors. They're nice, a huge improvement, but I'll get them liquid smooth once I have the electric polisher to do all the wrist work for me
Can you tell which panels I've done? It's the bonnet, front side and the two doors. They're nice, a huge improvement, but I'll get them liquid smooth once I have the electric polisher to do all the wrist work for me
Note the phone number, sunburnt into the paint. The car used to belong to the BSM I think
The front side panel has been cut, the two doors haven't
Not strictly related to the house, but the car is equally uncared for. It has a near terminal case of fading. I set about it with the Autoglym compounding cream this morning
Bye bye! Such a sweet sight
The silicon had well cured by the morning, so I rinsed it down with the pressure washer, cillitbang, then wiped it clean with acetone. Found a few splats of PU foam I'd missed when I took a spray of it to the eyes. Also acetone cleaned the door that leads from the kitchen to the utility room, time for the mud to leave
The shims coming in useful again to hold the door up while I screw it into place. Closed first time, no tweaking needed
Refitting the firedoor, single handedly. These suckers are heavy!
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