How to make yellow look more yellow

[Sarah]

You The new beast!!!!

Absolute amazing car but previous owners had shitty flower stickers and the body work has had no love

It's extremely faded in areas

Best way to get the colour back....I'm too scared to machine polish

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

View attachment 163937 You The new beast!!!!

Absolute amazing car but previous owners had shitty flower stickers and the body work has had no love

It's extremely faded in areas

Best way to get the colour back....I'm too scared to machine polish

If you get yourself a DA machine polisher there's absolutely no need to be scared of using it.

I promise you won't do any damage. Just watch a couple of videos on YouTube and you'll be good to go.

Get yourself a kit like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171177663608 and you'll sort that Beetle out in no time.

 

[Knuckles]

As above. Read the machine polishing stickies on here too.

I think the das6 pro works out around £105 with the Cs discount on clean your car

 

[DannyR]

Yellow is a very hard colour to get back!

 

[Sarah]

As above. Read the machine polishing stickies on here too.

I think the das6 pro works out around £105 with the Cs discount on clean your car

Cheers guys!

I'm going to nip to a car detailer later on today (weather permitting its pissing it down here) and discuss with him

Depending on what he quotes if its majorly cheaper than buying the kit, ill just let him do it.

But if its around similar price i would rather do it myself, as i have always fancied a go but never had a car in bad enough condition and old enough to risk doing it myself!

 

[Knuckles]

I may be worth finding a local member who does a bit of detailing and throwing them some beer money

 

[scratcher]

These usually fade beneath the clear coat (Leons, Lupos, Golfs too).
Try a test spot with some polish by hand. If the pad turns yellow - you can save it.
If not - no amount of polishing will make it bright yellow again.

 

[JamesBryan]

If it's faded there's a good chance it's a single stage paint, so it won't have a clear coat they use a hardener instead.

Much like the faded red Vauxhalls you see.

Ps. Is the side skirt meant to be that shape or is it damaged?

 

[Chris_Beer]

99.9% that you won't be able to improve it without a respray

Fades beneath the lacquer

 

[davo172]

If the d

Cheers guys!

I'm going to nip to a car detailer later on today (weather permitting its pissing it down here) and discuss with him

Depending on what he quotes if its majorly cheaper than buying the kit, ill just let him do it.

But if its around similar price i would rather do it myself, as i have always fancied a go but never had a car in bad enough condition and old enough to risk doing it myself!

If the detailer charges less than buying the stuff yourself can't see him being any good at all TBH !

 

[Mr R.]

I'd be more concerned about the battered side sill tbh.

 

[Sarah]

I may be worth finding a local member who does a bit of detailing and throwing them some beer money

Unfortunately there are little or no members in the isle of man 😧

These usually fade beneath the clear coat (Leons, Lupos, Golfs too).
Try a test spot with some polish by hand. If the pad turns yellow - you can save it.
If not - no amount of polishing will make it bright yellow again.

What type of polish do you recommend?

If it's faded there's a good chance it's a single stage paint, so it won't have a clear coat they use a hardener instead.

Much like the faded red Vauxhalls you see.

Ps. Is the side skirt meant to be that shape or is it damaged?

definitely a single stage paint and yup the skirt is damaged

I'd be more concerned about the battered side sill tbh.

its the only mark on the car and will be getting fixed - had it all priced up and ready to be fixed. But want to do some work on the paint before i get it done so colour can be matched and it doesnt look odd!

looks like some perfect lady driver has caught it on a high curb 😧

 

[scratcher]

Do you have any polish knocking around?
It doesn'tneed to be anything fancy. Just a little abrasive to see if it can be saved.
Some easy ones to pick up are Meguiar's Ultimate Compound or Polish, Auto Glym Super Resin Polish.
Something like that worked properly into a few test spots will tell you if it will come up again or not.