Is there any way to recover paintwork when it goes milky?

[Pieman68]

Long story short, am still happy to run my current shed as mechanically it is sound, and who knows what issues you inherit when replacing with another shed. Am going to give it a good service and get the drop links done on the rear

Only thing really letting her down (apart from being an Avensis) is quite large areas of milky paintwork - on top of the bootlid, roofline just above the doors - seemingly areas where hands tend to rest

Is there any way to lessen the impact of these or bring the paintwork back?

Thanks in advance for any help

[Pieman68]

LordGrover said:

Is it under the lacquer or has the lacquer worn away?

No sign of the lacquer peeling so I can only presume that it's underneath - would guess that means i'll have to live with it

[Pieman68]

Thanks gents. It is indeed a metallic finish. Looks like it's a good detailing this weekend to see what I can do with the t cut then

Thanks for the advice

[Pieman68]

Adamski69 said:

Hi pieman68, you mention that it seems to be where hands come to rest, do you mean that it looks like marks left by hands?

If it what I think it is it is really common and is staining left by hands with suncream, babywipe residue etc on them. In my work I see dozens of these, many little hand prints on doors etc, they look exactly as you describe, milky and can feel a bit 'dull' to the touch and they always polish off. Get your self some Farecla G3 scratch remover raher than t-cut, its about £9 a bottle in halfords. It is a diminishing abrasive meaning it breaks down as you polish, you don't need to go hammer and tongs at it, just work to compound into the panel and wipe away regularly to check progress. It will make short work of removing these from your clear coat finish. If it is this sort of mark, no permanent damage is left (in my experience).

Thanks Adamski, would you use the paste or the liquid?

Regards

Steve