Cloudy white paint

[dwall]

After a long search, I just bought a clean low mileage white T....almost everything outside is very good or better except the hood. Paint is good but cloudy. What is the best way to clear it up. What product would you use? Mechanically buff? or hand buff?

FYI - The car is stock except for a GN/Designer spoiler added to the trunk ...also white.

Last question is about paint chips...afew along leading edge of hood and some on lower body. recommend a fix?

 

[Gary Wells]

FWIW & IMHO:
You might want to try a good brand of cleaner polish/cleaner wax and see what results that brings. It is doubtful that straight carnuba/carnuba based but no abraisives added type wax/polish is going to do the trick here. Zymol has a pretty good cleaner wax/cleaner polish on the market.
You also might want to try a good glaze here, but the same thing applies. You will probably need to find a reputable brand that has a mild abrasive in it, and most glazes do not have any abrasive in them. I do not want to appear as a walking/talking billboard for products here, but I have used "One Grand Products" Omega Glaze as sold by "California Car Cover Co." with good results.
I am sure that 3M has something similiar in it's line of products.
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Last but not least, if none of the above works, I would find someone in your area that is familiar with color sanding and/or polishing processes, and I would want to see an example/examples of their work before letting them proceed on my car.

 

[Gary Wells]

FWIW & IMHO:
I had my '87 white Buick Turbo-T polished out with a buffer last year for $ 100, but I was less than thrilled with the results when i saw it in the sun, ( still had some old wax & cloudiness remaining), so I polished this car out by hand with some glaze that contained a light amount of abraisive.
I think that the results speak for themselves. Unfortunately, I do not have a "before" shot. I will not embarass myself and tell you how long that it took me to do it by hand, though. You might also want to conssider giving "Zam70", I believe is his board name either here, or on our non-mentionalbe sistership site ending in the letter"s" a post, e-mail, or pm. I believe that he owns a shop and does this for a living. My experience is pretty much self taught, and very limited on this subject matter. Experience is not always the best teacher, but it is damn sure the most pricey


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[dwall]

I'm going with the good quality cleaner/polish to start. Its a first things first approach ....if that does not work then maybe professional help at the right shop. I'll get some pictures up somewhere, I suppose Icould register at the registry you have used. I'll check it out. TThanks.

And WOW your T looks 'CLEAN & SHINY' I love it. Great red interior! Mine came with gray, 1st & 2nd for me would have been red & blue...but I like what I have, its in good shape.

My T is a white '87 with black out, posi, 31K, no PW, after market rims and..... so far a happy owner.

Looking forward to hearing from you and others down the road.....

dwall

 

[Gary Wells]

My first choice would have been white, blackout, gray, and optioned a little more than mine is. Mine lacks power windows & cruise control.

 

[dwall]

I'm going with Mothers Carnuba Cleaner Wax. So far so good, and I'm glad I started by hand with the lightest impact method for starters. Only about 25% done bu it looks good with most cloudiness going away.

Thanks Gary!

 

[Gary Wells]

dwall:
Glad to hear that is working for you
Hopefully you took some up close pics before and are going to take some after to show the dirfferences.
Any areas requiring more than 1 application to remove the cloudiness?
Checking the paint and it's reflection in very bright neon/nightime lights such as well lit mall parking lots and well lit stations under the roof in the fill up area will really show all of the defects and errors of the paint job. Checking the car under very bright artificial lighting such as neons at night time darkness will show
the errors more than in bright sunligt.
Using a high quality glaze prior to the final coat of wax will really bring out the highlights of the paint, not to mention that glaze is designed to fill in some of the swirls and scratches that otherwise were not removed.
If you decide (I did) to use the glaze as the final coat in leiu of wax or polish keep in mind that glaze has no protective qualities as wax and polish do, but looks better, IMHO.