Best way to bring 12 year old Canadian paint back to life?

[00shortbox]

Gonna try and tackle doing a detail job on the truck this weekend. It has been sitting for 3 years and the paint is fading a bit with surface scratches. I've waxed it before and it brought it back to life. I really want to do the best job I can to get it to look the best it can get. I've heard of clay bar, wet sanding etc but never tried it. Any suggestions on what to try? Suggestions on the technique to go about it would be great too!

[Frenchy]

www.adamspolishes.ca

Step One
http://www.adamspolishes.ca/p-384-ad...wash-trio.aspx

Steps 2,3,4,5,6
http://www.adamspolishes.ca/p-735-ad...isher-kit.aspx

Step 7
http://www.adamspolishes.ca/p-566-ad...shine-kit.aspx

Step 8.

[chvy=power]

^^^sexy

[TRPLXL2]

My boyfriend is a retired body man after 30 years, all he uses and swears by is WIZARD products. This cannot be applied by hand, It must be buffed with a buffer. I can tell you this, that stuff is like magic. He buffed out my 90 Lumina last summer, and it's all original paint and clear coat (torch red). It is a two step process, first step is Wizard rough cut, and second step is Wizard finish cut.

Adam's Polish does work good, but you'll be an old man by the time you get it done.....Too much manual labor for me, learn to use a buffer

[Frenchy]

You use a machine with Adam's. I can do a FULL complete paint correction in an afternoon. So, No, he won't be an old man.

[George C]

You use a machine with Adam's. I can do a FULL complete paint correction in an afternoon. So, No, he won't be an old man.

i find that hard to believe unless youre talking about small amount of sheet metal. Just claybaring a vehicle properly takes along time. Crew cabs deffently arent an afternoon job

[Frenchy]

To be fair I consider it afternoon until the sun goes down, but yeah. Crew cabs, no definitely not an afternoon. But a little regular cab? You can move pretty damn fast. Sure there's a lot of acreage to cover, but it's all flat easy going. And it depends on the condition of the vehicle I'm starting with. I should've said I can do MY truck in an afternoon, as it's been cared for since it was new.

[ChevyLee]

What kind of budget do you have for supplies?

[bartjo06]

+1 for Adam's supplies.

[Slowcrewcab]

I just done mine but it ain't old paint. I wet sanded with. 3000 grit paper then used 3m three stage compounds with highspeed buffer. Oh and it's a crew cab.....very time consuming 