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Help restore paint/shine
Have an 09 tacoma, super white which is a single stage paint to where clear coat is part of paint. For what I've been told. Well, when truck was new i installed 3m film to protect front end and part of hood. That has since been removed and leaves bit of dull marks on where the film was. Also, the paint in areas seems dry and has lost shine and tends to stain. I have a porter cable DA tool. What tool, polish would help bring back the shine? Truck is typically outside all year long and florida sun takes toll. The stains do come out when I use meguiars polish.
Thanks for input!
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Re: Help restore paint/shine
For white vehicle's and especially single stage paint I am a massive fan of Carpro Essence.
Ripping through your mind like a hurricane full of novocaine
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Meguiar's #83 with a light cutting pad or a polishing pad then #205 with a Finishing pad would be hard to beat really.
Then top it off with a Paint Sealant like Wolfgang DGPS.
Or you could just use something like Black Fire One Step with a polishing pad.
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My car is a Toyota white camry....I been using Blackfire one step....which cleans...polishes...protects...top it with BK SIO2 paint sealant....both are easy on and off
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What is your intention? Full polish followed by your choice of protection? Or a one step product?
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Originally Posted by dwr80
Have an 09 tacoma, super white which is a single stage paint to where clear coat is part of paint. For what I've been told. Well, when truck was new i installed 3m film to protect front end and part of hood. That has since been removed and leaves bit of dull marks on where the film was. Also, the paint in areas seems dry and has lost shine and tends to stain. I have a porter cable DA tool. What tool, polish would help bring back the shine? Truck is typically outside all year long and florida sun takes toll. The stains do come out when I use meguiars polish.
Thanks for input!
An 09 Toyota with clear coat in the paint, really!!!
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It's my understanding that single stage paints were sprayed for commercial use. I would check your paint code and make sure you have single stage white. If still unsure you can test spot with a compound, rub and see if it turns white. Single stage paint will not have as much gloss as paint with clear coat. I would treat it like any other correction job, start with the least aggressive product and pad and go only as aggressive as needed.
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Originally Posted by dwr80
Also, the paint in areas seems dry and has lost shine and tends to stain.
As mentioned in my previous post - single stage paint, which is pigment added to resin - by it's very nature is more porous or more "open" and thus more prone to staining. In most cases you can abrade the surface and remove the stained portion of paint to reveal the factory original color.
Originally Posted by dwr80
I have a porter cable DA tool.
What tool, polish would help bring back the shine?
Truck is typically outside all year long and florida sun takes toll.
The stains do come out when I use meguiars polish.
Thanks for input!
Any quality compound, polish or one-step cleaner/wax will fix this truck. You'll likely want to use a foam cutting pad for your Porter Cable. Depending upon the size of the backing plate, the Griot's BOSS WHITE foam pads are very aggressive but should finish out nice on single stage white paint.
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