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Hi guys- the chalkboard paint on my Capri is looking extremely tired. It's hibernating for a while so it doesn't really matter, but I went in the garage to get some tools to repair the daily and I spotted that my 3-in-1 oil has spilt down the bonnet. Where it's gone is looking fresh again! I'm aware people 'oil' their flat paint to keep it looking good, but I don't know much about it. I feel like you could never paint it again if it was covered in oil! What are your thoughts? Anyone done this?  |
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Bolf
Part of things
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had a satin black (pro job not rattle can) e38
and I had to wash with fairy liquid to keep it mint.. any greasy fingers showed up instantly.
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used a diesel soaked rag on my old series 1 landy shines up lovely and waterproofs too as for re painting left in the weather a coupe of mths wiped down with a thinners rag then rollerd it green job done !
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if it were me i would be swaying towards a respray. if you were to oil it then it may look a bit tidyer for a few months, but you would be making life harder if you were to go for a respray down the line...
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slater
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Oil and matt paintslater
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Won't really effect a proper respray. Panal wipe will see to it.
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Today ive been giving my Cube a spring clean, and the matt black bonnet (pro job before I got it) was looking really really tired, very patchy and streaky. After giving it a wash it looked worse, so I looked in the garage to see what I could find. First I used some Autoglym vinyl and rubber shine, thinking that if it leaves a coating on the paint, it'll do. It didn't. Then I found an old bottle of Magurires 3 stage wax, so I tried that. Perfect. I don't have any before pics as I didn't expect it to work, or any after pics as its started getting dark. Its not quite as matt as it was, but its not really satin. Tomorrow I'm going to have a go at the wheels, they look fine but it might make them match the bonnet a bit better. Might be worth remembering for anyone who has some knackered looking matt paint, I'm not sure if all waxes will give the same finnish, but this Maguires stuff works a treat.
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