Paint thickness gauge needed in FL.

Kody

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Hey guys!

I borrowed my uncles 57 Chevy to take a beautiful young women out to breakfast, and to repay my uncle I've decided to correct the paint (I just really want an excuse to go all out on a black car). Well the paint is in really rough shape! I don't have much history on it other than it's SS and has been repainted. I have several spots that need to be wet sanded and want to get a reading of the paint thickness before going real crazy, but don't have a gauge.

Is there anyone in the Tampa/Brandon area that has a paint thickness gauge I could use to check this car out?

I don't have $700 to drop on one just to do one car.


Thanks
Kody
 
Bump! I'm really wanting to check this paint before I dive in!


Thanks
Kody
 
Are you planning on using #7 show car glaze to feed the paint before sanding/compounding/polishing? If this isn't part of your plan already, I'd suggest you incorporate it into your plan before doing anything abrasive to the SS paint on the 57'.
 
tuscarora dave said:
Are you planning on using #7 show car glaze to feed the paint before sanding/compounding/polishing? If this isn't part of your plan already, I'd suggest you incorporate it into your plan before doing anything abrasive to the SS paint on the 57'.
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If you don't mind me asking, what would would the purpose of adding the #7 glaze before hand be?

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Kody
 
Is it something that just #7 does or could I use another glaze?
 
It's the nourishing oils that are in #7 specifically, that will bring older single stage paints back to health before any machine polishing should be done.

I have seen several times where people have not followed this advice (or didn't know about it) on older dried up single stage paint, just to end up destroying and removing the paint all together because of the delicate, fragile, unhealthy state that the paint was in. The oils in the #7 will restore the paint's integrity to some extent, leaving it in a more polish-able state.

I highly recommend reading this article by Mike Phillips before proceeding with any work on your uncle's 57 Chevy. The info in this article will apply to any older single stage paint regardless of whether it's factory applied or a repaint in single stage.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...w-car-finish-antique-single-stage-paints.html
 
Arrgh! I was hoping to help but I'm all the way up in Orlando/Deltona.
 
CEE DOG said:
Arrgh! I was hoping to help but I'm all the way up in Orlando/Deltona.
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Yeah that's a bit of a drive, if the scenery was nice and I could make a cruise out of it I'd be down to drive up there lol!
 
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