I have an Red 88GT with the original paint. For how old it is its in great shape but, I was wondering if there was a good revitalizing wax that I can buff it with. Thanks Oh Yeah, I got lazy about a month aga and I took it through a brush less car wash and it made my paint look super faded. So I immediately went home and waxed it but now I have to wax every 2 weeks to keep it looking good. What happened?

 

Here is what you must do:

1. Buy a porter cable polisher/buffer
2. Buy Mothers 3 step product:
a) Mothers Pre wax cleaner
b) MOther's Sealer and Glaze
c) Mother's wax or NXT Techwax by Meguirs

YOu need to use your buffer on your car with those 3 products in that order. Do some more research on the details. If you do it right, you should bring back a lot of the color and shine of your old car. Good Luck

 

Thanks, I noticed you can get the wax in the paste form or in the liquid form, which would be better.

 

This is what I would do:

Buy this claybar & polish kit
Meguiars

and this wax wax

Get some microfiber towels

Wash the car with dawn dish soap
while the car is wet and soapy claybar the car (if you need help with this pm me and I'll explain how to do it)
wash the car one more time
dry the car
use the polish that came in the kit (read instructions on the bottle)
wax the car

car should look 100x better

Good luck

 

x2, but dish soap will take off the old wax, so don't use it every time you wash your car.

 

If you've gotta wax every couple of weeks, your paint is doing the obvious -- it's possibly on it's last leg.

If you do the Porter-Cable bit as duke1234 mentioned, you'll scrub away some of the oxidation and hopefully get down to paint that will still hold a shine.

There are lots of ways to go...

I'd wash the car with regular car wash. You don't need dish soap, though I understand that some people like it -- my preference is to not strip every bit of protectant from the trim, too, while I'm at it (and besides, the clay bar and pre-wax cleaner will remove any excess wax).

Next I'd detail the trim to prevent any stains from product that may slinging.

Then I'd clay to remove any surface contaminants... I do like the Mothers, but even Meguiar's makes a decent clay now from what I hear. Use the included detailer as a lubricant, since that's what they recommend you use.

And you don't need to wash a second time after the clay because with the instant detailer as lubricant and clean towels, your car's already doubly clean. Washing again's just extra work.

And actually, while the Mothers 3-step is an excellent recommendation -- and you can do it by hand or by machine -- the PowerPolish instead of the Pre-Wax Cleaner would be ideal if you're using the machine. You could still do the Sealer & Glaze to help give it depth and hide any remaining spiderwebbing, be sure to follow it with Power Polish or a pure carnauba.

If you don't have a machine, use the 3-step as suggested -- Pre-Wax Cleaner, Sealer & Glaze, and then Pure Carnauba.

If necessary, just use the pure carnauba every other week or so... and if it starts losing depth, use the Sealer & Glaze followed by the pure carnauba.

You should only need to clay and use the pre-wax cleaner or power polish twice a year at most. There's some helpful interval recommendations on the introduction page at www.detailguide.com.

You can use an instant detailer and/or a spray wax just about as often as you like, if it helps keep your car shiny.

If that doesn't put some life back into your paint, you're going to want to start saving for a new paint job.