[Cosmo1111]

hey
wanted to find out how the mini paint is on fading.

i want to buy a mini but dont have any undercover for about a year. i know bmw's are awesome on handling outside weather and anti rust

hows your mini? do you park it outside? have you noticed any difference from when you bought ut on the paint? does it come with paint protection?

thanks your help is needed

[kertjycoth]

Red paints in particular can bloom (go pale and whiten)

My chilli red shows no sign of that. In fact when I ordered a touch up paint for the odd stone chip I was surprised to get two cans. (I always get cans because spraying into the lid and using a fine brush is more effective than a stick which can be too thick to apply)

One can was the red paint and the other a clear lacquer to protect the paint layer, excellent.

[Lawrothegreat]

I had an Astro black MINI for three years / 60,000 miles. It was always parked outside overnight, and for seven months was parked less than 100ft from the sea with lovely salty spray. When I traded the car in, it was given a good wash and polish (I did this every three months or so) and personally I thought the car was in showroom condition - the paintwork was as sparkly and smooth as ever, and didn't appear to suffer from fade.

[Cosmo1111]

greatm awesome thanks. the touch up paint, does it look good when on? where do you order that through and forhow much

Quote: Originally Posted by kertjycoth (original)

Red paints in particular can bloom (go pale and whiten)

My chilli red shows no sign of that. In fact when I ordered a touch up paint for the odd stone chip I was surprised to get two cans. (I always get cans because spraying into the lid and using a fine brush is more effective than a stick which can be too thick to apply)

One can was the red paint and the other a clear lacquer to protect the paint layer, excellent.

[Cosmo1111]

thats exactly the same as my situation. i'm 1 street back from a beach. do you find that waxing it left swirles in the paint?

Quote: Originally Posted by Lawrothegreat (original)

I had an Astro black MINI for three years / 60,000 miles. It was always parked outside overnight, and for seven months was parked less than 100ft from the sea with lovely salty spray. When I traded the car in, it was given a good wash and polish (I did this every three months or so) and personally I thought the car was in showroom condition - the paintwork was as sparkly and smooth as ever, and didn't appear to suffer from fade.

[kertjycoth]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cosmo1111 (original)

greatm awesome thanks. the touch up paint, does it look good when on? where do you order that through and forhow much

I got it from the BMW/Mini service dept at my garage. I canot recall the cost but I think it was quite expensive. The key is to be patient and build up thin layers and allow them to dry before the next layer, ( hours not minutes)