Dunvale
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- 01 ML 270cdi (w163), 94 E200 (w124)
Hi all. I have 1994 E200 (w124). Its a non metallic Navy colour.
When I polish the old girl she gleams beautifully and the dark navy body work comes up in a really deep shine! But after a couple of days and any bit of exposure to the sun it starts to fade gradually into hazy patches, a bit like those old faded red toyota carinas you might see around from time to time!
This is really annoying because its tough work to get that shine back up.
Last time I did it, it had been left idle for a long time and was badly faded. took two applications of T-cut to bring it back:Oops:
I always use good quality Polish (Maguires).
Is there a remedy to stop this fading occuring? When its good its real good, but when it starts to fade she just looks like a tired old Taxi which is more often than not!
Any advice?
On an aside note, A few years back it was in a garage getting some work done. I went round to collect it and someone had left a wet rag on the bonnet. I tought nothing of it and just removed the wet rag and put it on the bench. To this day you can still see the shape of where the rag was on the bonnet(five years later). And that spots shines brighter than the whole car no matter how hard I polish, even when the car is all dull, that spots stays gleaming! I'd love to know what liquid was on that rag because I'd coat the whole car in it! What ever it was it brought the paint up lovely and protected it beautifully! A mystery.
When I polish the old girl she gleams beautifully and the dark navy body work comes up in a really deep shine! But after a couple of days and any bit of exposure to the sun it starts to fade gradually into hazy patches, a bit like those old faded red toyota carinas you might see around from time to time!
This is really annoying because its tough work to get that shine back up.
Last time I did it, it had been left idle for a long time and was badly faded. took two applications of T-cut to bring it back:Oops:
I always use good quality Polish (Maguires).
Is there a remedy to stop this fading occuring? When its good its real good, but when it starts to fade she just looks like a tired old Taxi which is more often than not!
Any advice?
On an aside note, A few years back it was in a garage getting some work done. I went round to collect it and someone had left a wet rag on the bonnet. I tought nothing of it and just removed the wet rag and put it on the bench. To this day you can still see the shape of where the rag was on the bonnet(five years later). And that spots shines brighter than the whole car no matter how hard I polish, even when the car is all dull, that spots stays gleaming! I'd love to know what liquid was on that rag because I'd coat the whole car in it! What ever it was it brought the paint up lovely and protected it beautifully! A mystery.