Revive thread just to show the latest paint restore or attempt at it. I’ve started to dabble in the clay bar stuff and it’s awesome stuff. Did my daughter’s civic before I sold it, her new car had overspray on it, came right off with the clay bar. Recently got my son a TJ, well he’ll get it Xmas morning that needed some TLC. This was my first use of a cutting compound and an orbital buffer. The first side was a little slow but once I got to the hood and other side it was a breeze. Got a lot of the surface scratches but not the deep stuff. You can see the scratches buffed out on the lower fender well. I went with a medium cut compound (used Meguiar’s medium and fine cut compounds) and finished it off with a wax (chemicalguys butter wax). It really revived the paint despite the deep scratches. It’s a stand back 5 ft and admire it lol. I’d say it took me about 15 or so hours to get it here. The before pic is the faded flare one.
