Buffing oxidized white single stage with PC

[Alfisti]

I've been trying to revive the paint on a friends '89 Toyota Cressida (name in Australia). What a mongrel of a job!

It's a single stage (no clear coat) white paint that was oxidized to a chalky finish (1 on a 1-10 gloss scale). I read that white single stage paint has Titanium Oxide as its pigment and as such is as hard as it gets...it feels like buffing granite with a Kleenex!

The owner hand buffed it using Autoglym Renovating Polish (much more aggressive that DACP). That took it up to about 3 on the gloss scale.

I attacked it with various product/pad combinations on my PC.

I used #83 with both buffing and polishing pads, finishing with #9 on a polishing pad. That took it to about a 6 or 7 on the gloss scale.

The best results was a panel using the Autoglym Renovating Polish with a polishing pad and continually re-wetting it with QD (it would dry within seconds!...not meant for PC use) until it was just dust, which would burnish the surface to a gloss...probably an 8 on the gloss scale. But what a dusty mess!!

So much work and such a hard paint!!

Any advice?

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

Often, a severly oxidized paint is way beyond the PC's ability. The only way to deal with a paint like this is usually with a rotary buffer and an aggressive compound.

Unfortunately, with only the PC, there is no easy solution to the problem. You may want to try more of a chemical cleaner like Medallion Premium Paint Cleaner. But again, it does sound like it will need a rotary. Sorry.

Tim