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Author Message   tomorover Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 09:20 am:    For all you poseurs out there... I have a '95 disco that has had it's paint neglected for a number of years. Fading paint and light (and some not-so-light) trail scratches. What would work best for bringing this back to showroom or better condition? I'm not afraid of applying the elbow grease, I just want to start with the best products and do it right the first time.   tomorover Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 02:24 pm:    OK, I'm sorry I asked for the poseurs to respond... Anybody?   gp (Garrett) Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 03:50 pm:    no one seems to wax their trucks i guess. i have used mother's products for some time. they have always been good. depending on how bad the paint is you can start with a rubbing compound and go from there. just make sure the product you are using is happy with the paint surface. try a small area first and make sure it is not causing bad swirls and so on.   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 03:55 pm:    about a two years ago I used some very light rubbing compound (i.e. don't rub all the paint off with a heavy compound) to buff out the scratches and the globs of heavy grease that peppered my white Disco from an air percussion drilling rig. Then I waxed it with whatever wax was laying around. Then I went off-roading and all the scratches came back. I don't park next to the drill rig anymore...   JRoc Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 11:53 pm:    When I bought my '95 Disco about 7 months ago I took it to the local detail shop to get the entire truck compounded and waxed. Even though the owner took exellent care of the vehicle, the finish was kinda shot from the lack of wax. They did an amazing job and I never expected it to come out quite so nice. I am going to take it out an trash it, but once a year I'm going to get this done. Check out the product Der shiny stuff. I think they sell it over at Trek Outfitters.