Would this be covering up the faded paint?
Im trying to understand really, as my logic makes me think that to polish a faded pigment you would need to cut back that faded pigment. With a clear lacquer covering the faded layer my head says that I wont be able to get to the faded paint to be able to do anything with it?
If that makes sense?
My logic may be completely wrong though?
is it fiat by any chance, these are known to fade under the lacquer and as such its a respray job as you cant get to the paint for the lacquer. Not what you hoped to hear but afraid thats what happens sometimes.
is it fiat by any chance, these are known to fade under the lacquer and as such its a respray job as you cant get to the paint for the lacquer. Not what you hoped to hear but afraid thats what happens sometimes.
Yeh, know how you feel. I had a Ovni Yellow Leon Cupra that faded, nothing could sort it. Didn't want to go down the re-spray route so just had to live with it until it was time to get something different!
I did a quick Google of the problem and it would appear that it's not exactly rare for this yellow to fade but other than a re-spray I cant really see what you could do ?
Its not my car otherwise I would. I'm trying to decide if I could do anything with it for someone, I had doubts whether I would be able to improve it so before said I could and got them to drive it round, I thought Id ask opinions here to see what you guys recommended.
Its wasn't just pure laziness... honest
I did a quick Google of the problem and it would appear that it's not exactly rare for this yellow to fade but other than a re-spray I cant really see what you could do ?
SEAT Ovni Yellow, very prone to this and a polish or glaze won't sort it out unfortunately. Of course using a polish or glaze will still make it shiny and the effect of shiny may make it look a bit better, but that colour fade is in the colour coat itself which is locked away by the clear coat. It's the pigment in the colour coat that has been broken down by UV light, the yellow pigment being much more sensitive to UV then other colour pigments (some reds suffer too).
I've heard a couple of reasons from experienced painters about the cause, one being that the clear on Ovni never had the right clear coat with enough UV inhibiters and another being the pigment in the colour just being too damn sensitive to UV.
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