polished my car (sad)

[ann_capri]

well i cleaned and polished my capri yesterday .

 

only to find its differnt shades of white , i hoped t-cut would blend it in but no go , but still polished it after .

 

driver's side door is really patchy

 

do you all think it looks bad , would like to know

 

[radar tech]

Nothing wrong with that ... just looks like it has HISTORY (which is always a good thing)

[GT_Jim]

it still looks good though

[crapichris]

the pleasures of owning a diamond white ford.

I had the same problem with my old laser. I went to the paint shop to buy some paint and was told there are 24 shades of diamond white - that's not allowing for the weathering!

Looks ok from the pics though.

[CapperTom]

It looks cool, its a capri

Seriously though it looks good, u have too remember that apart from people that respray there cars etc or are well looked after low milers etc the latest of our classic fords are what 18-20 years old so the paint is going too look a bit faded and iffy, mine does and thats a white laser but i still love it and polish it.

[crapichris]

know the problem too well.

Got rid of the laser some years back, now have a 2.0S. That is in Nimbus Grey (a sort of dark silver colour). Every panel is a different shade but I don't care.

It is having a major restoration - didn't plan it that way just wanted to repair a leaking footwell. It just mushroomed out to both door pillars, new wings,... etc.... etc.... Been off the road for nearly 2 years now but should be back on the road this year.

[ann_capri]

maybe it's just me then ,after polishing lee's black capri all last year with a perfect look everytime ,and now mine with miss match white just wasn't the same ,but hay i'll still polish it , just got to wait for lee to respray over the primer on his and i'll have 2 to do

 

thanks all for the reply's , i feel much better now , and am looking forward to putting it on the stands

[Mk2Jo]

Don't worry about it .. it looks lovely

[Rick]

you sure its not just patches of white primer where youve polished the paint off

 

i did the same on my van after repairing some scabs. some of the canned paint is piss water thin

[ann_capri]

don't know as i bought it like it , but at some point it is going black , so me and lee will have matching capri's on the outside

[Pipster007]

I'd call it Patina white

[sab6024]

Following an accident a few years ago and some numpties at my local garage doing the repair work I now have mismatch Gold I notice it, my brother notices it but no one else does It'll stay like that til I can afford to have it sprayed er White

[ann_capri]

I'd call it Patina white

 

is that cause of all the odd white bits