Old Single Stage Jeep paint

[cbenjes]

I have a 1991 red Jeep Wrangler YJ with very faded paint.    I used an orange pad with some swirl and haze remover and actually got the paint down to bare metal on one of the corners of the hood.  I guess over time the paint is very thin.  Any suggestions for restoring paint this old short of a paint job?  I'm afraid if I used anything even slightly abrasive, I'll take what's left of the paint off.  TIA!

[Chris@Adams]

What machine did you use? It's going to take that combo, orange pad & SHR or Adam's Paint Correcting Polish, just watch the edges.....

[cbenjes]

I have a Porter Cable.  I was surprised to see metal, but blame the thinness of the old paint.  Now I'm really paranoid that using the orange pad and anything abrasive, I'm going to end up with a paint-less Jeep.

[Rich]

So why not do it by hand? 

[cbenjes]

_{That may be the safest bet.  Not the easiest, but the safest...}

[THE Mook]

With paint that old you will still get transfer even by hand.  However, by hand is going to be your safest method, as I don't think it can hit 6,000 OPM.  If it can, YOU ROCK!

 

That said, getting SHR or PCP to work by hand isn't going to give you the desired result as a machine would, so temper your expectations with hand product. 

[cbenjes]

True.  Thanks for the responses.  TIme to save for a paint job...