That's pretty much the right idea. I used Meguir's products, two rounds of
polish, then two rounds of wax, on my faded MGA, with good results. There
is more swirl that I'd like, which is a bummer, but I did it by hand.
Some (not very good) before and after pictures are here:
http://1956mga.com/2011/01/elbow-grease-polishing-the-paint/
Geoff
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Douglas McKinnie <d.mckinnie@usa.net>wrote:
> I never did find a fuel-filter in my fuel system, so I've just been using
> gumout with every fill and hoping that fuel-starvation problem goes away.
> I've
> also switched to a filling-station that advertises "ethanol free" gas.
>
> Now I am concerned about the flat and faded look of my red paint. I've got
> a
> random-orbital polisher,but I've never bothered with waxing and polishing
> before.
>
> My understanding is that the car polish is to cut through and remove the
> oxidised layer, and then I need to wax the car to make it shiny and protect
> the newly-exposed paint. Am I on the right track?
>
> Douglas
> 70 MGB-GT
> Murfreesboro, TN
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