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Rubbing compound?

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Kledgie

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Hey guys. I've got a 2001 Buick Park Avenue - the last of the full bodies. It runs great but has severe sun damage. I was told I could get it looking brand new with a specific rubbing compound. Does anybody have experience with this? I better make sure I buy the right one. Any links would be super helpful.
 
Kledgie said:
Hey guys. I've got a 2001 Buick Park Avenue - the last of the full bodies. It runs great but has severe sun damage. I was told I could get it looking brand new with a specific rubbing compound. Does anybody have experience with this? I better make sure I buy the right one. Any links would be super helpful.
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No rubbing compound is gonna fix this! If you want it fixed then you need a new paint job. Take it to your local auto body shop, so you can see for yourself.
 
I think it will. I made the damage out to be more severe than it is. Good idea tho, better leave the job in the hands of someone experienced.

Rubbing compound and hand wax, no wheel marks... Let's see what happens. I'll post the before and after ; )
 
cant go wrong with meguiars stuff.

you will probably be able to clean it up a lot, if you ceramic coat it after it will really look good as long as the clear coat is not pealing.

get a RA polisher and be careful on edges as to not burn the paint.
 
A few good pictures might help a lot.

At that age, it's probably not going to look right unless you wet sand down the entire clear coat, and if it takes away too much color coat to get below the oxidized layer and you hit primer instead, then it'll need a new color coat too.

After doing that, hit it with multiple light coats of a 2K clearcoat over the entire panel. It will not look brand new, but will look a lot better than just using rubbing compound on the areas that the clear coat has failed on, then waxing it.

The problem with rubbing compound is that it was meant for the era where vehicles just had a color coat, not a clear coat in uneven, degraded condition on top of it. You will probably have to completely remove some areas of the clear coat if it's like a similar era GM I used to have parked outside that had this problem.

Anyway, I'd start by doing only a small patch in an inconspicuous area, see how that looks and then decide whether to do the rest.
 
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