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hard top fading

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okay I have an 01 wrangler and my hard top is faded fairly well and I was looking to either shine/wax it to where it looks newer or possibly paint it black again. Has anybody tried to do this? and what did you use?
 
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Do a search for Flood Penetrol and check out the pictures. People are reporting it stays on for months if not years. If it doesn't work for you you only wasted $10 and you can still sand and paint with Krylon, bedliner, or whatever.
 
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I just did the Penetrol on my top, mirrors, bumper caps, license plate bracket, etc. It looks great. This stuff is what Arnour All wants to be. I washed some of the areas after it was barely dry and the shine didn 't decrease. Best Cetacia mucus excrement I ever used.
 
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Just do a search for penetrol on this site or check my postings. All the guys say it doesn't work but 3 high pressure car washes and enough afternoon rains to keep the grass green here in the Valley and the ole Heep looks better than it has in almost forever. No streaks as some claimed would happen and no fading.
 

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Solar, Judge for yourself. Penetrol is about as easy to apply as Armour All, it's non greasy, inexpensive to buy and a quart is gonna last a long long time.
But if you are into the tuff look of bedliner or painting your hardtop go for it.
 

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Yeah, I can see where a good paint job would be best. And if you are Krisbman, who does this professionally, it would be a no-brainer to go that route. He would make it look fantastic with a couple of rattle cans. But, if the OP is like me, he could be thinking that would be a lot more work, and might not end up looking that great depending on his level of skill. I just did some rust repair low on a fender, pretty much all under the flare, but a bit of the area was above the corner where the flare and flare extension meet. It was my first attempt at anything like this and while I believe the rust is dealt with, it won't win any prizes. So I understand why professionals get paid for their work. Krisbman would probably look at it and just shake his head sadly. But it didn't cost me much--a fraction of replacing the fender or having a body shop do it. It buys me hopefully at least a few years until I may have to seek the services of a professional. I did some research, used Eastwood Spray Max primer, prepped the metal. Hopefully made things better.
It just showed me that it's kind of an overwhelming job sometimes to take on a painting project if you don't have the best equipment and expertise. I'm just trying to give the OP another alternative that he might be more comfortable with. I realize Krisbman knows way more about this than I do---because I pretty much know nothing about painting vehicles. Sorry if I sounded like an _______. :tomatoes:
 
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It is when you go to paint it and water blows out of all the seals around the glass. Its a waste of time for pre paint prepping like i said. When im ready to paint i dont want to have to wait for water to dry or have to blow water out of seals that hasnt dried even if you left it over night. And like i said, you still need to sand the panel. You dont just spray that crap on let dry then paint.
 
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