MadAsCheese Bongo was over last Sunday and I showed him how to use the Pela to do an oil change. He has a lovely quiet running converted S Reg Bongo, but the white paintwork has lost some of its gloss. I've seen this on at least one other white Bongo that had had good money spent on an excellent conversion. In both cases, you can see a few pinpricks of rust getting through and I find myself wondering if a great car may be compromised by exhausted paintwork.
In contrast, metallic paint cars that have clear lacquer on them seem (in general) to fare much better.
I wonder whether it would be quite easy and inexpensive to get the tired paintwork cleaned up, and any pinprick damage touched up, then mask off and clear lacquer the paintwork to restore a good quality shine and protect the paint from further deterioration. Should be a lot less complicated than a full respray and thus much cheaper. MadAsCheese believed some dealers do this with cars though I'd not heard of it before.
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
i went back to my studies as a mature student, and , as students do, i worked when i had time, to supplement my grant....so I worked valeting cars after a friend, and car trader , showed me how....I don't mean the wash and polish merchants who clean cars in a couple of hours, but to valet a car properly takes one day, and often more....starting with cleaning the engine, all the under-bonnet paint, hoses, battery, etc. and touching up the rust.....then onto tyres, wheels, interior...often stripping the inside, and always touching up minor paint marks.
Quite a large bottle( the bottle is larger than it looks on the video ) and you only need a bit.
