Remember Andy...you can't remove oxidized paint from a car that has clear coat. You can remove oxidation from the clearcoat though.
My black car has clear coat...but i wonder if the red does...Ian may know as he had 2 red cars. I would hope that the red doesn't have clear....so you could in fact deal with the paint fading. But maybe the red is clearcoated...and that's enough to deal with the UV from the sun.
If it doesn't have clearcoat...it would be a breeze removing stone chips and even deep scratches by wetsanding and using a PC.
I use Menzerna at present...and i can assure you that the clearcoat is tuff on the Mini's!
3M stuff is on par with Menzerna I've been told by a pro.
This pro told me it wasn't worth going over to 3M until the Menzerna was finished. (just trying to save you pennies Ian)
I just removed all the stone chips from my bonnet. I used wetsanding in this process using 2000 grade wet and dry paper....then PC'd the sanding marks out. Plenty of clearcoat left.
You may think that wetsanding is a fierce attack on the paintwork but it can be less invasive than a cutting pad and cutting compound..and as always...choose the least invasive method FIRST...if that doesn't work...try that method again BEFORE stepping up a level.
After polishing...I applied glaze before sealing the paint with a Meguairs polymer sealant. I think the glaze makes a great difference. I'm going to stick another coat of sealant on today. I'm not sure about using pure carnuba anymore....I may stick to a polymer.
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