Old jeep hasn't even been washed in years, need product advice

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It's a red 97, and it's not even had a bath in several years. Parked outside, top off 24/7/365. The paint needs work. Some oxidation, marring, etching from droppings and water. clear coat isn't failing though.

What I've done: I did get some shine/definition out of a test portion of the hood. wash/clayed then used progressively stronger meguiars products, including swirl remover and up to meguiars ultimate compound on a yellow lake country pad using a porter cable. The results were ok, good but not great. there's still some imperfections. Results were obtained using 3 rounds with the UC, moving slowly, good pressure each time. As there was still work to do, felt like I might want to step up the cutting.

Question now is where to go from here. Purple pad? Or a product with more cut? Open to recommendations on either.

Or should I just hit it with UC a couple times and be happy with the moderate amount of shine from a nearly 20 year old off road vehicle?

Thanks in advance. :xyxthumbs:
 
custmsprty said:
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Dark and raining at this point, would if I could. But the jeep is low man on the totem pole and doesn't live in the garage.

Setec Astronomy said:
I'm not sure what you mean by purple pad--purple foamed wool? Make sure you get the thin ones for your PC. How about a microfiber pad with some M105 or D300?
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Yes, that's what I meant.

I've never used 105, still fairly new to this, but willing to give it a shot if that's the way to go.
 
pick up some m105 and the microfiber cutting discs, then try the cutting discs and your uc. if that doesn't work, try the m105 that you just bought!
 
M101 or Menzerna FG400 on a Meguiars Microfiber Cutting Disc will do wonders. Follow it up with some M205, Menzerna SF4000, or even HD Polish on a white or green pad. There are so many product choices out there! You're better off sticking to one or two products that you enjoy working with and perfecting your technique.
 
Vapor said:
It's a red 97, and it's not even had a bath in several years. Parked outside, top off 24/7/365. The paint needs work. Some oxidation, marring, etching from droppings and water. clear coat isn't failing though.
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Can you share a picture of before and after?


Sounds like a job for a wool pad on a rotary buffer and just get in there and get chopping.

When this old car came in I tried working with just foam cutting pads and Uber Compound with the Flex 3401 and after just a few minutes I whipped out the Flex PE14 with a wool cutting pad and simply got the pain over with....

Somewhere I have the before pictures, (it was filled with swirls and scratches), but the after pictures kind of tell the story too....

Mark's Fast Ferrari with Wolfgang Fuzion

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There's not a ton of paint or at least real estate on a Jeep. The key to buffing out Jeeps is taping off anything you don't want to creme over with compound or polish residue.

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As requested, some pictures. 3 passes of UC on a yellow pad, firm pressure, overlapping passes.

Before shots:

other side of hood, overhead fluorescent. Washed and clayed, nothing else done.

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after wash/clay, direct overhead

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Some after shots:

Test spot taken at an angle, overhead fluorescent

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Test spot, directly overhead

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Hard to tell if that is leftover defects, or hazing from your combo.

Have you tried to follow that with a less aggressive pad/polish combo to see if it clears up?
 
Work on one panel at a time and if you want the finish to look it's best don't rush things. Develop a plan or procedure and fine tune it as you go.

Wash
Clay
Compound & Polish
Seal
Wax

Meguiar's Ultimate line offers a series of quality products to the consumer and can be purchased locally.

Considering the past life of the finish I'd say it looks pretty good in the after photo. :props:
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Hard to tell if that is leftover defects, or hazing from your combo.

Have you tried to follow that with a less aggressive pad/polish combo to see if it clears up?
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I have. Very little change. The UC did finish out really nicely. The haze look is likely the fact that I was taking it in light that wasn't bright enough for my phone. Hasn't been sunlight here since I posted this.

There's still leftover pitting and mild etching from the water spots.
 
BobbyG said:
Considering the past life of the finish I'd say it looks pretty good in the after photo. :props:
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Thanks. It's a VAST improvement, there's not doubt about that. And to be perfectly honest, I'd be more than happy if that were the end result I was going to end up with. It's going to go offroading, it's covered in chips and kisses from terrain.

Just want to make sure I polish the turd as best I can before I go get it dirty again. It deserves some love. :buffing: And if I can use something more aggressive and get it there in 1 pass instead of 3-4, I'll take it.
 
don't have access to a rotary, and I've never used one before. Trying to stick with the DA sitting in the garage.
 
Get m105 and 205 for your compound and polish should be at your local autozone or auto store should be there and it should cut perfectly fine. But if your gonna order online I would get menzerna fg400 and hd polish and sonax polymer net shield as your sealant/wax should be perfect


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