Colour Restoring

[jpskiller]

Fitted new wings on car, came from similar age car and same colour (Almidine red: Metallic) but top edge off wings is faded more than rest, which products / procedures would you recommend to try and restore colour

cheers

 

[television]

Fitted new wings on car, came from similar age car and same colour (Almidine red: Metallic) but top edge off wings is faded more than rest, which products / procedures would you recommend to try and restore colour

cheers

Red is the weakest colour in the paint range, you could try a light T cut, then wax, though it may look better at first it could go back to how it was.

 

[gurpz]

Could try some rubbing compound too if its heavy fading followed by polish, although dont rub away too far though.

 

[bolide]

Polishing won't help as the lacquer coat doesn't affect what's underneath

There are two (minimum) shades of Almandine Red. You'll only be able to get a match by respraying the wings or by dodging in the wing tops with the bonnet colour to the swage line. Either way means paint

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[Apial]

There are two (minimum) shades of Almandine Red.
Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

I have been wondering this for some time. My '91 cars paint code is 512M. Photos posted on the web often seem to be a much lighter shade of red. I put this down to underexposure. But now you have me wondering.

On dull days the red can more brown than on bright sunny days where it looks a much brighter red. How do you know which shade you have, and is there a lot of difference?

Peter