Daughter owns a Toyota Camry... 05. It has about 150K miles on it. The paint, which is white, is fairly dull. As far as I can tell, it has no clear coat on it. Will getting it waxed help get some shine back to it?

Absolutely impossible to venture a guess without actually seeing it in person.


One however can not polish a turd. It really does depend completely on how oxidized the paint is now. Its possible it can be buffed out, its also possible its too far gone.

But it WILL take a lot more than a simple coat of wax in any case.

What's the right place to take it? Body shop? Can a car detailer do this?

Auto detailer would probably be cheaper than a body shop. But I would recommend getting an estimate from both before proceeding. Both should have had a lot of experience doing this... but the edge might be on the body shop on the experience side.

Lot of things can go wrong by an inexperienced do-it-yourselfer trying to save a few bucks that will ruin a paint job that could otherwise be saved.

Paint is really pretty thin, and incredibly easy to go too far.

OK. Thanks for the advice. I'll let you know how it ends up.