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bucolic_frolic

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2. Paint anxiety? Faded?

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Sep 17, 2022, 01:20 PM

Sep 2022

If the color is intact why not use some rubbing compound followed by a good quality wax?

If the paint's intact, you don't need a primer, but you have to degrease before new paint. It's a job for enamel paint, not acrylic.

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Question about type of paint for car exterior. [View all] Tanuki Sep 2022 OP

Don't do it. Earl Shieb Paint and Body is still in business. brush Sep 2022 #1

Paint anxiety? Faded? bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #2

It's your car and owes you nothing. gibraltar72 Sep 2022 #3

Go for it! Mopar151 Sep 2022 #4