old paint vs. new paint

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backwoods_lex

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It seems that whenever I see a new car (that is swirl/scratch free) on a dealers lot, it always looks better than an older car's paint. A fairly new car can look the same, but it seems that once a car hits a certain age that it never gets back it's "like new" look. I've seen many, many amazing polishing jobs in the click and brag section, but it (to me) doesn't appear to have the "like new" look. It's really something you have to have a sharp "autopian" eye for. Is it a lack of ultrafine polishes? Is it because new paint is thicker?



Do any of you guys agree with me on this? It has got me baffled.
 
Hmmm, some of the work I've seen here looks *better* than many cars looked on the showroom floor. Besides just polishing out marring that even a basic dealer wash usually causes, some folks even go to the extent of wetsanding out orange peel. That's a bit risky to say the least. My car has an aftermarket paint job that fortunately isn't afflicted by orange peel. Not only that, but the wetness, depth, reflection, etc offered by the variety of waxes available improve on the look of even new paint. More than one person here has been asked by passersby if they had a custom paint job when it was actually just a very well cared for factory job.
 
Yeah I completely agree with velobard, when I first go my new Toyota with the Cactus Mica Metallic Green, it was nice but once I really worked on it and some good wax products on it (Klasse, #26) the color deepened and looks wet all the time, much more than I can say for when I got it. But I get compliments all the time and wondering how I got my paint like that because it looks so good.
 
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