White car, just refuses to look great!

[Detaillab]

I have a 2000 Hyundai Accent GL (the four door) with white paint that I am 99.9% positive is a single stage. I bought it last year. The paint has always had a yellow-brown haze to it, and I can't seem to get it completly gone, and in areas where it did look great, it only lasts a few weeks. I tried clay, and DC1, with Gold Class wax, Nxt, and DC3 at different times, I have also tried colorX. It always looks a lot better after I clean and wax it, but never perfect, and it never lasts. Why is that?

[TrufflePig]

Re: White car, just refuses to look great!

what are you using?

by hand or machine polish? how's your technique?

have you tried 80 and or 83?

can you post any pics to give us a better look at what you're talking about?

[Ryan L.]

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I think it would help every one to see some pictures of the car so we can better evaluate the situation...

[kellyinkc]

Re: White car, just refuses to look great!

Dang beat me to it!
Pix would be nice. Could it be the sun is cooking the wax off????

[Mike Phillips]

Re: White car, just refuses to look great!

Test Spot

Try using some ScratchX to a small section, a test spot about one foot squared. See if you can fix this one small section using a dedicated and white in color paint cleaner. If you can, then you can fix the entire car, if you cannot fix one small area, then aren't you glad you didn't do the entire car?

[DaGonz]

Re: White car, just refuses to look great!

There are so many variables that it would be hard to pin down why your white Hyundai won't keep it's shine, such as...

Is the car on the street 24/7?

Parked in a drevaway oiutside or garaged?

Do you drive on paved roads, or dirt/gravel roads?

Are you parking in an industrial area? Fallout from smoke stacks, aircraft exhaust (if you are near a major airport) can affect the longevity of any LSP.

Are you in an area where they use a lot of road deicing chemicals? That can affect wax/sealant performance, too.

[Detaillab]

Re: White car, just refuses to look great!

I think it would help every one to see some pictures of the car so we can better evaluate the situation...

I agree, but it is difficult to capture the problem on camera. The car is white, and it does shine, just not enough.

Test Spot

Try using some ScratchX to a small section, a test spot about one foot squared. See if you can fix this one small section using a dedicated and white in color paint cleaner. If you can, then you can fix the entire car, if you cannot fix one small area, then aren't you glad you didn't do the entire car?

I have tried a couple of test spots. Earlier was colorX, and yesturday with DC3. I used some passion, it is better, just not what I want.

There are so many variables that it would be hard to pin down why your white Hyundai won't keep it's shine, such as...

Is the car on the street 24/7?

Parked in a drevaway oiutside or garaged?

Do you drive on paved roads, or dirt/gravel roads?

Are you parking in an industrial area? Fallout from smoke stacks, aircraft exhaust (if you are near a major airport) can affect the longevity of any LSP.

Are you in an area where they use a lot of road deicing chemicals? That can affect wax/sealant performance, too.

Tucson AZ, so no deicing. It is outside 24/7. It is driven on paved roads. It is not driven in an industrieal area.

I will be trying, probably tomorrow, a test spot of 80, 83 with the G100.

[TrufflePig]

Re: White car, just refuses to look great!

hopefully you'll get better results with the G100. you should for sure.

but still try and post pics and let us see.

[Mike Phillips]

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I will be trying, probably tomorrow, a test spot of 80, 83 with the G100.

If after you use the G100 and some M83 to a section about a foot squared or so, and you cannot get the white color you're expecting, then it's probably not going to happen.

Perhaps the color your seeing is the actual color of the car?

Is is a repaint? Maybe a bad paint job or tinted?

[Coupe]

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Hate to say this but its a white car, no matter how hard you try, it will never be truly stunning as a dark colored car after a full paint correction. What your seeing is just a white car.

[bernard78]

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Hi Detaillab, sometimes its the color that is the problem. As there are different white too. If u want, u can get it repainted in Pearlescent White color. My silver is also the same. I tried everything but it just can't "pop"....? Altho it still has gloss and reflection under the shade.

Until last year the car manufacturer came out with a newer facelift model. I only saw why my silver can't shine....? The newer model car's silver color is different. It has kinda light blueish silver (but still is silver, something like the new Merc S-Class silver) & it glows....! My silver was just dull; parking beside the newer model. I going to repaint my silver car soon....