Caveat to using rubbing compound:

Watch out for corners and edges - the paint will wear through to the primer
very easily, ESPECIALLY if using a power buffer.

Remember - rubbing compound does its magic by removing a layer of paint -
you can only do it so many times before the primer starts showing through in
patches.

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Jason Yasment
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 2:25 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Rubbing Compound
>
>
>     After mulling over on what to do with my dull looking
> paint job, I took
> an afternoon and went over the whole van with some Turtle Wax
> Heavy Duty
> Rubbing Compound.  All I can is WOW!!  There was so much
> oxidation on there
> that now it look almost new, except for minor seem rust.  The
> next step is
> to apply some Meguiar's(sp?) Wax/Cleaner and give her a good shine.
>     Just when I was mulling a strip down and a paint job, I
> feel like a got
> a few more years out of this coat.
>
> The moral of the story.....before you go to lay out a bunch
> of cash to make
> yourself feel better, try taking an afternoon and just rub it
> for awile and
> see how it comes out.
>
> Jason M. Yasment
> '98 Jetta TDI
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia
>
>
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