Removing Oxidation

[Falcon]

What do you guys use?

[eduardo i.]

I usually use a grinder to remove oxidation, its the best way to get rid of it. I you are talking about surface rust, you can get rid of it with some 40 grit sandpaper.I use sometimes rustremover, it works well but has to be sanded too before you apply paint on top of it.

[Falcon]

Nah mine is just super oxidated if that is even a word lol. It has become that way from sitting under the desert sun for 3 years. Ill post a pic of it when i have the chance.

[rgsh22accord]

will u post a pic? is it rusting or just real oxidated that the color just looks faded

[Falcon]

This pic is from my phone i have to go get my Canon Rebel from my dads house but this is what it looks like.

[NinJa_FLiP]

for reg. oxidation, ive heard some people have luck with just a claybar.. that didnt work for me, so i used some extra fine 2000grit wet sandpaper and polished it back up.. if its really bad tho, there may be no coming back.. lol

[DAMIEN]

take it to a detail shop. seen some awesome turn outs. just needs a good buffing, nothin too serious....

[turbo90accord]

the problem with your hood is not oxidation. Its called laquer shift or sometimes also called laquer check. Its a paint defect that is very common in our cars especially those that spend their whole life in the sun.

What happens is the clear coat did not have enough UV resistance in it and ends up oxidizing the color coat under the clear. the clear then end up loosing its grip and flaking off of the color coat

[Falcon]

Is there any way i could do it by hand for the hood? Or will i have to get like a brush to get the flakes out or off lol. This reminds me of Head and Shoulders lmao

[rgsh22accord]

just get some 1500 or 200 grit and wet sand it but not too much and hit with a buffer and some compound should clean it up some wat if its not that bad hard to tell with that pic thou

[turbo90accord]

Is there any way i could do it by hand for the hood? Or will i have to get like a brush to get the flakes out or off lol. This reminds me of Head and Shoulders lmao

You cannot shine it back up. With no clear left especially if you take any sandpaper to it or even rubbing compound for that matter all you will be doing is sanding the color layer of your paint not your clearcoat like you would be doing on a car that has good paint.

I am very familiar with the problem with your car having tried to fix it on my own car at one point in time. I was a detailer for 7 years so i have a good idea of what can and cannot be sanded and polished. yours can not. you need new paint.

[Falcon]

You cannot shine it back up. With no clear left especially if you take any sandpaper to it or even rubbing compound for that matter all you will be doing is sanding the color layer of your paint not your clearcoat like you would be doing on a car that has good paint.

I am very familiar with the problem with your car having tried to fix it on my own car at one point in time. I was a detailer for 7 years so i have a good idea of what can and cannot be sanded and polished. yours can not. you need new paint.

Its not that bad i think i can bring it back, I need to get my camera and take pics so you can see just give me 6 hours because I need to sleep. lol

[Lokheed]

Dudes, sandpaper? That's just whack!

Use Turtle Wax polishing compound (green label, white cream). You need to read the instructions and put some elbow grease into it. Works wonders and totally safe for clearcoat. You can also try Turtle Wax rubbing compound (red label, red cream) if you want a heavier remover.

Claybars are much softer and won't work as hard, but will be less damaging on your clearcoat. But if you have 17 year-old paint, try the Turtle Wax stuff. My car had HEAVY oxidation on it. I used polishing compound and it shines (take a look below; sorry I don't have a before shot, but let me tell you, there was no shine and it had dirt bars running down vertically all over)

[Falcon]

Dudes, sandpaper? That's just whack!

Use Turtle Wax polishing compound (green label, white cream). You need to read the instructions and put some elbow grease into it. Works wonders and totally safe for clearcoat. You can also try Turtle Wax rubbing compound (red label, red cream) if you want a heavier remover.

Claybars are much softer and won't work as hard, but will be less damaging on your clearcoat. But if you have 17 year-old paint, try the Turtle Wax stuff. My car had HEAVY oxidation on it. I used polishing compound and it shines (take a look below; sorry I don't have a before shot, but let me tell you, there was no shine and it had dirt bars running down vertically all over)

Dude you and I think alike i have some in the garage and I put some on the bumpers and now they look amazing, but i didn't put any on the body because I didn't know if it was going to harm the paint (like it needs to be harmed lol). But i did spill abit on the it and right now it is still shining lol

[turbo90accord]

yea stuff works great till you get it in the sun at the right angle and see all the nasty swirl marks. he has a white car so luckily he can see them