Yea yesterday at a local cruise in and at the local 4th of July parade. Lots of nice cars that looked like crap paint wise. Makes me cringe
Ryan
Here's your picture with some of the fluff cropped out and a black Chevelle certainly would look better without the swirls and scratches in the paint.
I cringe too every time I go to any car show. So many cool cars and the majority of them might be cool but they look horrible and it comes down to two things.
1. The owner doesn't know how to polish paint. Most of these guys only know how to use a spray detailer or a California Duster.
2. The owner doesn't trust anyone else to detail their car.
So while the car may have looked pretty good at one time or another, the more time that goes by the worse the paint looks because the only thing that ever happens to it is it gets wiped or dusted.
The first time I worked with Dennis Gage was when we shot a segment for his show on how to remove swirls using a 1965 GTO Convertible. This one...
[video=youtube_share;L0MsZL72VAk&hd=1"]How to remove swirls[/video]
Later during a break while talking to Dennis even he remarked how he sees the same thing, that is so many of the cars he sees at all the cars shows he goes to the paint is always swirled-out. And he goes to a lot of car shows.
Removing swirls is actually pretty easy, all you need is,
1. A product that uses good abrasive technology.
2. The right pads, the right tools and the right technique.
3. A little head knowledge.
The head knowledge part is easy enough to gain now days especially on a forum like AGO.
The hardest hurdle to jump over when it comes to working on the type of hotrods, customs, classics and antiques you find at most cars shows is,
A. Earning the owner's trust.
B. Getting paid fairly for your expertise.
The car show crowd is a tough nut to crack.
