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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 11:07 PM
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Renewing paint

Can I just take duplicolor clear coat and shoot the paint with it now to renew the paint? It's a '92 and should be a clear coat, but in all honesty acts like a single stage. How long would that last? I'm just looking to spruce up the truck a bit.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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Have you tried to just polish out the paint with a light cutter and power buffer?
Meguiar's makes several levels of cutters just for that purpose.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 11:12 PM
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I wouldn't do that. You might be able to, but I doubt it. If you want something that will make you paint look good use a product called Wet Paint. This stuff is awesome. It also works on more than just paint. http://www.wetpaintglaze.com/ meguire's and zymol are also good products.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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I'll have to try the wet paint and such. Coud i put spray paint in my hvlp gun?
 
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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i wouldnt reccomend it. Plus when it dries it will be a bitch to clean cuz of the hardner/clear all in one.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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I am not sure what this is what you are looking for, but on my 88, the clear coat is gone, or has oxidized to a matte finish. Color Back wax brought the shine back after a few coats.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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I am looking just to get the 'life' back into the paint with minimal effort. It has some parts that are oxidized to a dull finish, and other's still have clear on them
 
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 11:58 PM
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I have used the Zymol along with a light compound and it helped the paint shine on my truck. Zymol dont taste to bad either.LOL!
 
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 10:37 AM
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where can i get compound? I tried colorsanding the paint and then using 1500 fine rubbing cpnd and that made it worse...
 
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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Color Back should do the trick. a bottle is around $5 and will do your whole truck at least 6 times. my truck was so oxidized when i bought it, i couldnt even see a reflection. With the first coat of Color Back, i could do my make up(if i used makeup ) I did 4 coats total and it looks close to new. It is a wax, so the application and removal is quite easy.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 09:10 PM
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^ Do you mean colorx by meguiars? Who makes color back?
 
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