Mottled paintwork
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:37 pm
The alpine white paintwork on my dear old mk2 is lovely (bar the stone chips, parking dents, cat claw scratches and the odd bit of rust starting to poke through 
Still pretty good considering it's had 18 years of abuse..) but it oxidises really quickly and goes a dull mottled colour instead of the original bright white that it should be. T-cut is great at cleaning it up, but it's oxidised again within a month, particularly on the bonnet and the roof. I always wax it after I've t-cut it, and I usually clean it with car shampoo in the hope that it'll stop it happening, but it always does. Can anyone recommend a way to prevent it? I'm beginning to worry about the amount of paint I'm taking off with all the t-cutting I've been doing!
Still pretty good considering it's had 18 years of abuse..) but it oxidises really quickly and goes a dull mottled colour instead of the original bright white that it should be. T-cut is great at cleaning it up, but it's oxidised again within a month, particularly on the bonnet and the roof. I always wax it after I've t-cut it, and I usually clean it with car shampoo in the hope that it'll stop it happening, but it always does. Can anyone recommend a way to prevent it? I'm beginning to worry about the amount of paint I'm taking off with all the t-cutting I've been doing!
) or have to spend an entire day cleaning and polishing every week.. just looking for something nice and simple that I can do to preserve the paintwork a bit better 