Rejuvenating paintwork on van

[34127]

What advice can you give regarding the need to t-cut and polish van bodywork. Should I be thinking of power polisher and if so what type and how to use it. The van I am working on has had signage graphics removed and want to remove the shadows caused by them. In the past I have used t-cut and polish by hand which was successful but very time consuming.

 

[Two on Tour]

Crazylegs is a paint man, he might be able to give you some pointers.

 

[cornish boy]

is it painted or coloured gelcoat?

edited, just seen on your profile you have a van conversion, so guess its painted.

 

[34127]

is it painted or coloured gelcoat?

edited, just seen on your profile you have a van conversion, so guess its painted.

yes, just standard white van

 

[Crazylegs]

It’s called ghosting, we often have try and remove it from vehicles that have been sign written with vinyl graphics. The success or otherwise usually depends on how long the vinyl has been on the vehicle. Sometimes a powered compounding with a product like Farecla G3 will do the job, if it doesn’t then we use other measures. Probably the best advice is to find your local mobile smart repair guy and have them do it.

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[34127]

Thanks for your reply. The graphics have only been on for a couple of years and t-cut does sort it but it takes a fair bit of time just to do a small area. Don't know if t-cut can be used with buffer so prefer to do by hand.