Hi Howdy All
Your truck has today's Federally mandated environmentally acceptable
motor vehicle paint, water base primers, color coats and clear coats.
Allowing today's paint jobs to deteriorate, whether your truck has a light or
a deep color, clear or metallic color coats is risky. Since the multiple
clear coats go on last it's the clear coats that take the beating from owner
neglect and the punishment from such owner's efforts to "restore" original
lustre.
Today's paint has remarkable durability however it is far from the same
situation regarding restoration treatment those of us knew from vehicles back
in the days of lacquer or enamel paint jobs.
Power buffers and rubbing compounds carry potentially undesirable
results, namely ugly swirl marks and scratches especially detectable on deep
colors and most metallic finishes.
In your case it's obviously too late to tell you not to neglect your
truck's finish. I would use hand applied products to see if you can get rid
of the red spots first and still not leave your clear coat scratched,
swirl-marked and dull. The gritty compounds in heavy duty and especially
buffer-designated restoration products works much like fine sand in taking
off the layer(s) of discolored clear coat often leaving you free of spots but
with a clear coat that no longer has any lustre. If you are not satisfied
with the result using a hand application product then you might visit a body
shop and talk to the management for their recommendation. You can of course
have the whole truck recoated with new multiple clear coats only (leaving the
original color and primer coats in place), but you will not like the price.
This procedure will yield a brand new look again assuming, of course, your
neglect has not damaged your entire paint job.
Paul Sahlin
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