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Originally Posted by sygfrid
As detailing hobbyist, mine has never seen such fading as my paint is always protected.
IMO, a better & safer (for the paint) way to do such restoration is to use a compound if there are deep scratches, then polish to recondition the paint to bring back the deep gloss & remove fine scratches, then seal/protect using either wax or sealant.
If you notice that paint transfer, it means that your clear coat is gone. It seems like you've started with a very strong abrasive at 1k grit then moved to 3k. Compounding could've removed the scratches in most cases without hurting the clearcoat
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While this makes sense, the clear coat had already been damaged. If I had known the door handles of all things were Fisher Price, I wouldn't have let them go unprotected
there certainly are better ways of going about this, I was just providing a cheapskate backyard mechanic way of doing it. The 1k grit probably is unnecessary, but I tried just using a buffing compound and got nowhere so I decided to go deep.
Thank you for the input! I'm by no means a detailing professional and am always open to advice.