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you cant fix that scotty like your channel put no way ....im a painter.you cant shine color but your can shine clear and you didnt shine the color and i can still see it ...total fail ...and for all of us painter thats hilarious....!
I live in Houston and have always seen your tips and tricks on TV. What are the odds I search for simple tips with sun spots and you pop up first. A report you did saved me from buying a flood car recently.of course the owner said it had never been flooded but I looked for the water/rust line under the hood. You saved me big!! Keep up the good work.
Scotty if you keep dipping that buffer when it's plugged in into that bucket of water,you may not be around much longer to make any more TH-cam videos.
A word of advice when doing this is to never overbuff because it will start to take the paint off. A way to avoid this is to NOT BUFF PAINT AT NIGHT because you can't really tell how much you've done.
Any ideas how to get dried compound that sat way too long off? I’ve done it my hand an d made some progress, but ugh. I recently read about using peanut butter.
there is a small bit on the edge that goes down to the primer coat, but it looks much better overall. Realize that car is 20 years old, and so is that paint.
For some odd reason, my 09 Corolla has a small area of paint fade. I wax it religiously. Doesn't look like clear coat failure, just paint fade. Gonna give this a try...
Probably. But you'll want a better dual action polisher (like Meguiar's G110) and a handful of smaller foam pads (5.5"). And you only need 4 pea sized drops of polish on the pad and no water. Get a strong degreaser too - Scotty has just "filled" the paint with water and oily residues from the polish, and even then it's clearly visible in the "finished" shot. Give it a week and a wash and it'll be just as faded. Do it properly instead :)
Just wanted to say thank you so much for this video! My car sat for 2 years after being hit by a semi and it got sun damage all over the hood and A pillar. This video helped me restore my car’s original shine!
Yeah but will that work on cars where the clear cost is coming off? The cars paint on the pic of the video is a different car from the one he’s actually working on..will this stop the rest of the clear coat coming off or is it just a temporary solution?
In 1975 I bought a 1966 VW Karman Ghia. It was bright orange until I compounded it with Ajax cleanser( the powered pumice in it was a great polishing agent). After that it was fire engine red. The original owner had never waxed it and cars weren't clear coated back then.
Thank you so much. I'll have to give this a try. My car's clear coat has started peeling and wearing off, so I'm tempted to give this a try - rather than paying for a spray paint job on my car. Many thanks x
Very nice tip. You're really a great guy Scotty. You even took the time to post where these items can be bought. I am so glad to have subscribed to your channel. Thank you !
The problem with faded paint on new cars is caused by clearcoat. There is really no way to protect clearcoat, and when it burns off from exposure to sunlight, nothing but a new paint job (without clearcoat) is the only answer. I have a 1993 Chevy pickup. I bought it new. It is kind of a light tan color. (non metallic) It was sun faded, but not spotted. I was able to polish it back to almost like new condition, just by removing the dried out top layer of paint with polishing compound. I then gave it a good coat of wax. I did this by hand, not with a polisher machine. I don't recommend those because if you are not experienced, it is real easy to polish right through the paint. Most new cars have metallic paint, and it has it's own problems. Unlike non metallic, it tends to fade in spots, and no amount of polishing can bring it back. If you are buying a new car, the best thing you can do to avoid sun caused paint damage is to buy a white car. Even with clearcoat, white paint lasts a lot longer than any other color, and to me it has a nice clean look.
Gerald Scott, a dual action polisher on a low speed is pretty safe to use. Now one of those high rpm polishers pro detailers use, yeah not for a beginner. They can quickly polish right through the clear coat. For the guy with a question... You can, but the color layer of paint is very thin. Odds are you'll burn through the color coat while sanding it. That's the main reason most won't even try it. If it was just one small area, maybe, but usually all the upper surfaces start flaking off at the same time as those surfaces receive the most sunlight. At that point only a new paint job is going to fix it.
No the problem is not the clear coat its the color coat. In fact the reason some color coats fade is because they never were clear coated to begin with. They typically dont clear coat pearl colors because it doesnt look as good as not clear coated.
I noticed the "Hell on Wheels" emblem you had on the car! I was part of that unit, 2nd Armored Division if I remember correctly, back in the early 1990s.
My uncle showed my a trick for stuff like this. He bought a truck once with the clear coat coming off on the hood. He used a compound washed it well, then sprayed some "clear wood finish" it didn't look like a brand new paint job. But it looked a lot better. The wood finish provided the shine that was missing due to the clear coat gone.
Not usually smart to dip anything plugged in into a bucket of water. He had a ground fault socket but the next guy might not. Would you dip your toaster in water, it has a insulated cord??
WARNING: GFCI's only work if they are properly grounded. The test feature on the outlet does not detect proper grounding. So If you have ungrounded GFCI outlets they won't adequately protect you in the event a ground fault. Overall don't get careless just because you belive a safety device will save you. Remember sefety begins with the operator!
Cool tip for the normal car guy! but just a quick question, wouldnt a more permanent fix be clearcoated and water sanded, then polished+wax? just wondering but nice vid!
Good video. Thanks for sharing. Would this work for removing those corrosive stains from salt moisture? The stains occured when I started driving to the beach.
Hi Scotty. I need to find out how to fix a problem I have on my 2003 ford explorer tracker. After replacing the engine on this vehicle I just purchased, I noticed that the headlights and side lights will not turn off. Power windows windshield wipers do not work. What's going on???? I'm sick with tension!!! And grief!
this isn't faded paint, the clear coat has started to peel revealing the base colour beneath which on a metallic finish will be a matte finish, so this method really doesn't look good, it needs touching up with some clear and some paint-matched colour if the base is blotchy from the elements
the idea is to make it look a little bit better when you have no money to clear or paint the whole car, this is seen everywhere in the world where people have no money too
My e36 has some sun stain/clear coat pealing on the hood and roof in spots. If I wanted to touch them up would i need to reclear the whole hood and roof or could i just wetsand the parts and reclear those parts, or would I have to do the whole panel?
for a proper job reclearing the whole thing, if it's just a few spots you can get away with spot clearing be careful of sanding the color as it's probably metallic base coat and will be thinly coated
By all means people, plug in your electrical devices and hop into the bathtub with them. I mean these bozos think it's totally safe to do. Yeah yeah, the cord is on the other side and machines are built this way yadda yadda. Still, I think I'll pass.
yes, you have to be careful, hence I use so much water. The purists whined at me using so much water, but it prevents eating off too much paint all at once.
I've worked at detail shops This is a very temporary fix. Faded area return within a week or so. And you would need to do this pretty much every time you wash the vehicle. Once the clear coat wears off original paint you need a new paint job. This is just putting makeup over it and is temporary.
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Scotty Kilmer you're the smartest person I've ever met your tips and advice are legendary hugs thank you for sharing this with us
Idiot
Where is the link for common sense?
you cant fix that scotty like your channel put no way ....im a painter.you cant shine color but your can shine clear and you didnt shine the color and i can still see it ...total fail ...and for all of us painter thats hilarious....!
I see you're being smart and earning monies on sales. ;-) Way to go Kilmer!
I live in Houston and have always seen your tips and tricks on TV. What are the odds I search for simple tips with sun spots and you pop up first. A report you did saved me from buying a flood car recently.of course the owner said it had never been flooded but I looked for the water/rust line under the hood. You saved me big!! Keep up the good work.
Am I the only one that loves the way he talks? that accent is so sweet and comforting.
All of his videos are also asmr
Yeah...you're the only one.
would be fun to have him as a neighbor, you would hear him yelling out loud when he records haha.
He literally sounds like a news anchor here in Detroit! That's crazy!!!!
Just without the accent.
Scotty if you keep dipping that buffer when it's plugged in into that bucket of water,you may not be around much longer to make any more TH-cam videos.
Lol totally true
Lol 😁 😁 😁
He should say "Don't do this at home"
John Hughes 🤣🤣🤣🤣
SCOTTY need to be hire to clown my circus
I like the faded look. I worked hard to get it. It goes well with my clothes and my shoes.
Lol, hobaneng ocho jwalo
Based
A word of advice when doing this is to never overbuff because it will start to take the paint off. A way to avoid this is to NOT BUFF PAINT AT NIGHT because you can't really tell how much you've done.
Wesley Bennington assume you learned this the HARD WAY LOL.
😅😅
you’re probably the only mechanic in Texas that actually is the honest mechanic i seen
"First thing you wanna do is make the buffing pad A LITTLE BIT wet"
*drops the whole damn thing into the water anyway* lmao
Connected to power too 😆
Haahahahaha
I can hear ammonyc crying lol
Hahaha love it
@Josh Champlin so his polisher was not the move? What do you recommend
Dude is a legend i never had interest in car stuff till i found scotty.
As a painter I can tell you any car repair can easily be done with the proper tools and the will to do it.
Skill helps
Any ideas how to get dried compound that sat way too long off? I’ve done it my hand an d made some progress, but ugh. I recently read about using peanut butter.
@@prism8289use cherry wipes
Do you recommend this method? I am trying to figure out how to fix the fading in my 2006 vehicle
@@yennyjen5742 so how did it go?
"LET ME SHOW U SOMETHING!"-Fire Marshall Bill voice (Scotty Kilmer dipping his buffer in water while plugged up) 🔥⚡🤓💀🤦🏾♂️🤣
if it's too high on the rpm speed, the transmission is causing that, which is typical. If it's normal rpms, check the motor and transmission mounts.
You know I really like this video. Short and to the point and he still tells us how to actually do it!
How you doing
well, I was in the same boat as you until a few years ago when someone showed me the water trick. So I pass it on.
This video is exactly what I was looking for. Provides the technique plus the appropriate tools to do the job. Thank you!
there is a small bit on the edge that goes down to the primer coat, but it looks much better overall. Realize that car is 20 years old, and so is that paint.
Hey Scottie, thanks for your advices and car tips, they help a lot of car owners like me. More power to you and your shows!
I’ve seen a few videos on how to buff out paint, love your video because you get straight to the point.
Wrong my boy.....he gets straight to the “paint”!
This guy is the Goat been helping me fix my cars since I was a young mustache
Your energy gives me life. Sweet, short and straight to the point.. Amazing videos
You are the best Scotty!!! I’m learning a lot with you but I really love your sense of humor, always make me laugh.
it's grounded twice, that's what ground wires are for. I have many devices that work completely under water that plug into the house wiring.
For some odd reason, my 09 Corolla has a small area of paint fade. I wax it religiously. Doesn't look like clear coat failure, just paint fade. Gonna give this a try...
I love how do you apply water to the power cord too!
will waxing my civic add horsepower because i added 5 stickers on the rear window and its like i added turbo
No, those stickers add a lot of weight. To counter that, you should remove the airbags.
Stickers add horsepower. Wax and emblems add torque.
Haha on point !!
No you gotta remove your balls before you sit in the car to reduce weight and drag.
nah the stickers already put out the max body to horse power mods
This was one of the most professional videos made by a real knowledgeable professional. Excellence!
Just don't follow the part that ends with you being electrocuted......
I hope you are being sacastic? says he's being using that ultimate compound for "decades" but it only came out in 2008/9, guy is an absolute joke.
THANK YOU !! 😊 YOU SAVED ME A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS ON A PAINT JOB !!
Hundreds? A paint job is in the Thousands if you want it properly done....
Probably. But you'll want a better dual action polisher (like Meguiar's G110) and a handful of smaller foam pads (5.5"). And you only need 4 pea sized drops of polish on the pad and no water. Get a strong degreaser too - Scotty has just "filled" the paint with water and oily residues from the polish, and even then it's clearly visible in the "finished" shot. Give it a week and a wash and it'll be just as faded. Do it properly instead :)
Rpm setting on polisher ?
Just wanted to say thank you so much for this video! My car sat for 2 years after being hit by a semi and it got sun damage all over the hood and A pillar. This video helped me restore my car’s original shine!
Yeah but will that work on cars where the clear cost is coming off? The cars paint on the pic of the video is a different car from the one he’s actually working on..will this stop the rest of the clear coat coming off or is it just a temporary solution?
You just gave my car a new life and appreciate you more than anything ✌️
mothers synthetic wax, pretty good stuff.
In 1975 I bought a 1966 VW Karman Ghia. It was bright orange until I compounded it with Ajax cleanser( the powered pumice in it was a great polishing agent). After that it was fire engine red. The original owner had never waxed it and cars weren't clear coated back then.
don't know what you mean by "heavy" but if it's smooth on the highway but not in town, often worn out struts do that.
Thank you so much. I'll have to give this a try. My car's clear coat has started peeling and wearing off, so I'm tempted to give this a try - rather than paying for a spray paint job on my car. Many thanks x
Actually I cheated, I'm 60 tommorow.
now your 66 wow old as fuk
@@Pinkielover A baby, a mere baby!
never seen a buffer dunked in a bucket of water. only a genius like scotty kilmer could think of this
Very nice tip. You're really a great guy Scotty. You even took the time to post where these items can be bought. I am so glad to have subscribed to your channel. Thank you !
Hands down, easiest and best method!!! Thank You Scotty!!!
You’ve came a long way Scotty! Keep up the videos i love them 🍻
my neighbors at my old house painted their car with house paint and brushes, no joke.
When I was a kid I painted an entire VW station wagon with about 15 cans of spray paint, it looked awesome.
How’d it look
I loath cars like that 😖
😂
Gene Friedman Well, they had to keep re-painting it.
The problem with faded paint on new cars is caused by clearcoat. There is really no way to protect clearcoat, and when it burns off from exposure to sunlight, nothing but a new paint job (without clearcoat) is the only answer. I have a 1993 Chevy pickup. I bought it new. It is kind of a light tan color. (non metallic) It was sun faded, but not spotted. I was able to polish it back to almost like new condition, just by removing the dried out top layer of paint with polishing compound. I then gave it a good coat of wax. I did this by hand, not with a polisher machine. I don't recommend those because if you are not experienced, it is real easy to polish right through the paint.
Most new cars have metallic paint, and it has it's own problems. Unlike non metallic, it tends to fade in spots, and no amount of polishing can bring it back. If you are buying a new car, the best thing you can do to avoid sun caused paint damage is to buy a white car. Even with clearcoat, white paint lasts a lot longer than any other color, and to me it has a nice clean look.
Gerald Scott, a dual action polisher on a low speed is pretty safe to use. Now one of those high rpm polishers pro detailers use, yeah not for a beginner. They can quickly polish right through the clear coat.
For the guy with a question... You can, but the color layer of paint is very thin. Odds are you'll burn through the color coat while sanding it. That's the main reason most won't even try it. If it was just one small area, maybe, but usually all the upper surfaces start flaking off at the same time as those surfaces receive the most sunlight. At that point only a new paint job is going to fix it.
No the problem is not the clear coat its the color coat. In fact the reason some color coats fade is because they never were clear coated to begin with. They typically dont clear coat pearl colors because it doesnt look as good as not clear coated.
I guess I'll do a video on this soon guy's ! Love this Scotty kilmore .
Scotty is a Genius! Thank you for the video
I noticed the "Hell on Wheels" emblem you had on the car! I was part of that unit, 2nd Armored Division if I remember correctly, back in the early 1990s.
Would you suggest unplugging the buffer before dipping the pad in water?
no.
Scotty is the ultimate smartass! Lol you gotta love this dude.
My uncle showed my a trick for stuff like this. He bought a truck once with the clear coat coming off on the hood. He used a compound washed it well, then sprayed some "clear wood finish" it didn't look like a brand new paint job. But it looked a lot better. The wood finish provided the shine that was missing due to the clear coat gone.
First video ive seen of this guy and I'm hooked
Does this technique work on peeling clear coat or do I need respray clear coat to fix it?
Might as well buff the car on a rainy day 😂
I was waiting for him to get electrocuted lol
Warm Soft Kitty n
my grandfa never fail to amuse me. thank you so much i dodge the 2k repaint job on my car. I love you granfa.
Scotty you had me nevous with that water getting on the extention cord...
I have a ground fault interrupter circuit, so it doesn't matter
hahahaha true true
chyp silva me to if it had hit that water his life would had been gone
Not usually smart to dip anything plugged in into a bucket of water. He had a ground fault socket but the next guy might not. Would you dip your toaster in water, it has a insulated cord??
WARNING: GFCI's only work if they are properly grounded. The test feature on the outlet does not detect proper grounding. So If you have ungrounded GFCI outlets they won't adequately protect you in the event a ground fault. Overall don't get careless just because you belive a safety device will save you. Remember sefety begins with the operator!
I follow you because I just love your spirit man. You make your videos easy to understand. Thank you
Cool tip for the normal car guy!
but just a quick question, wouldnt a more permanent fix be clearcoated and water sanded, then polished+wax?
just wondering but nice vid!
luv his off the wall endings
in this case it was coconut on a boulder [:
Damn, this is one of the craziest man on youtube) For sure, videos about his life in 70s, will be very interesting)
I enjoy watching Scotty Kilmer . I like to hear what he says . Thumbs up Scotty . 👍
Thank you, I will try that.
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@@iron1975 wow
Did you?
U cute 🥰
I really am thankful that you have a channel here because if I got a question that you have a solution. Plus your Good
often a worn transmission cable does that. Try lubricating it first at both ends, the shifter end and the transmission end.
So happy I found your channel. I've learned so much! My daughter just subscribed too! Thank you again!!!!!
good stuff, I use it at times.
You're rocking back then and you're rocking still 😁 !!!
Keep on keeping on bro 👍
Thanks for the quick reminder I'm helping my tired paint job!
Best video Ice seen for restore. Thank you. Simple but effective
He said a little wet and proceeds to submerge the whole pad in a bucket of water... XD Best TH-camr ever
I fixed my peeling clear coat . I sanded it down to the primer and had maaco paint it . It looks great .
bantayan island life I heard they have cheap paint jobs under 500
@@bobbyhill4460really?
Nice to see Getty Lee give some solid car detailing tips
Very clever to sink the polishing machine in water while plugged 👍👍👍
When you know how much time it takes to make these videos i'd just say.... Thanks a LOT for sharing with us !!!
Inflation crazy the buffer cost me $35 at autozone and the maguires compound cost me $15 😭 still cheap though thats scotty i just found that crazy
Scotty my man. The people's man.
I love your Chanel. It's most informative one I've found
@ 1:22
water pours directly on the plug ends... omfg, i love this guy, even electricity can't kill him! :-)
awesome video! the trans flo sea foam power steering video really helped me out too.
Thank you for your Service !!!! My dad was 101 Airborne.
You're always reliable, Scotty.
Can you make a video about restoring clear coat on a car???
Good video. Thanks for sharing. Would this work for removing those corrosive stains from salt moisture? The stains occured when I started driving to the beach.
Man, the way you say "start buffing away" 😂😂😂 nice
Hi Scotty. I need to find out how to fix a problem I have on my 2003 ford explorer tracker. After replacing the engine on this vehicle I just purchased, I noticed that the headlights and side lights will not turn off. Power windows windshield wipers do not work. What's going on???? I'm sick with tension!!! And grief!
this isn't faded paint, the clear coat has started to peel revealing the base colour beneath which on a metallic finish will be a matte finish, so this method really doesn't look good, it needs touching up with some clear and some paint-matched colour if the base is blotchy from the elements
yup, just what i was thinking, is better to wetsand the panel and re-clear or even better, re-clear the hole car
the idea is to make it look a little bit better when you have no money to clear or paint the whole car, this is seen everywhere in the world where people have no money too
dannys delgado you can re-clear that pannel with less than $100
My e36 has some sun stain/clear coat pealing on the hood and roof in spots. If I wanted to touch them up would i need to reclear the whole hood and roof or could i just wetsand the parts and reclear those parts, or would I have to do the whole panel?
for a proper job reclearing the whole thing, if it's just a few spots you can get away with spot clearing be careful of sanding the color as it's probably metallic base coat and will be thinly coated
Hey Scotty I’ve got a black Cherokee and my paint is Oxidizing bad , what would you recommend ? Thanks great channel .
YES, you should absolutely dip your power tools in a bucket of water while plugged in, WHY wouldn't you?
OMG, recently used stick blender into liquid!
By all means people, plug in your electrical devices and hop into the bathtub with them. I mean these bozos think it's totally safe to do. Yeah yeah, the cord is on the other side and machines are built this way yadda yadda. Still, I think I'll pass.
Ron leo gfci
Just make sure to use one hand to dip your power buffer...much safer. LOL
Asus Kybd a Nissan Xterra how would you put a water pump on and take it out
I've been also using that compound for years it works awesome
Thanks Scotty! Really needed this for some spots on my 1994 red 4runner. Really helped!
Scotty does this work even if the clear coat has failed !!
Love your practical in site on all things automotive related. Thanks Scotty !!
MR.KILMER YOU SIR ARE A BADASS IN MY EYES!!
I love your freaking awesome enthusiasm and passion....Thank you sir!!!!
When you buff the wax off, how does the new wax stay on? Wouldn't it get dull again, let's say, after a rain storm
it bonds chemically, you're just buffing off the extra stuff on the top that's dried
Cool, Two thumbs mr Scott
You noticed. that was my first option for the really bad parts. Hey, I only paid 350 bucks for the whole running car.
200 for mine and I'm pushing 110 +mph every other day for the past 2 year it's a 96 Toyota Corolla 5 speed same engine as celica mines 7afe
You got me there, I was thinking you meant the Corvette for a minute. 😆
Scotty never pushes more than 50 mph.
After doing this, is it safe to drive it in the sun? Or should you want for a day?
Lmao. It felt like I just watched an infomercial!
You did
Keep making awesome videos Scotty!
Love your coconut opening skills!
yes, you have to be careful, hence I use so much water. The purists whined at me using so much water, but it prevents eating off too much paint all at once.
Scotty, is that buffer really still plugged in, when you dunk it into the water o.0
No bullshit. just info. love it!!!
I've worked at detail shops This is a very temporary fix. Faded area return within a week or so. And you would need to do this pretty much every time you wash the vehicle. Once the clear coat wears off original paint you need a new paint job. This is just putting makeup over it and is temporary.
2:05 - I can still see where the fade is though =\
DrE38 well it’s not like it’s replAcing the clear coat
Me to. I don't see the shine on that spot. It's almost the same as before.