1987 Buick Grand National - M105/205/Fuzion

[Matt S.]

I'll keep this short and simple, the paint was 20+year old single stage, and had tons of deep swirls and RIDS. I used M105 twice w/ yellow pads with the Flex 3401, and followed with M205 and green polishing/finishing pads. This corrected about 90% of the swirls. I had offered to go heavier with Powergloss or 1Z Intensiv Paste. However, we decided that being so old and a repaint, it would be best not remove TOO much paint. I did a few small test areas before I got started to show Doug what the finish would look like with that process, and he approved so I got to work.

-Wash with Duragloss 501
-Clay with Wolfgang
-M105 / yellow
-M205 / green
-Rinse dust / remove residue from cracks etc
-Wolfgang Fuzion via gray finishing pad

-P21S wheel cleaner on wheels and wheelwells w/microfiber mitt and Daytona Speedmaster Wheel Brush
-Sprayway glass cleaner on windows and chrome wheels
-Poorboy's Bold 'N Bright on tires

I think that covers everything...onto the pics.


Here is me messing around on a few test areas after washing the car.

Taped up

Notice the deep RIDS and extreme saturation of swirl marks from years of being under a cruddy car cover and washing/drying with god knows what.

Not perfect, but still night and day.

Rear spoiler was very oxidized - M105 cleared it right up. A little side by side.

Me being surprised

And a few after shots.

 

[cnfowler]

Very nice job. The car looks beautiful.

Colin

 

[2011wahoo]

How long did you spend with the UC on the entire car?

 

[Matt S.]

UC?

 

[autodromo]

ultimate compound (105)

 

[ASPHALT ROCKET]

Nice job Matt, one of my favorite cars.

UC is not the same as 105.

 

[gumball]

Awesome job,one of my favorite cars also.

 

[dave_from_here]

Nice job, nice car.

 

[Impressions]

gotta love black cars...keep up the good work, looks great

 

[SRHTX]

Very nice job on that Grand National. YOU made that worth double the price of what it was worth. The Buick is in wonderful shape, although, I see the owner likes to drag race it since that is what Buick made it for.

 

[Pats300zx]

Looks beautiful Matt. Awesome job...

 

[2011wahoo]

UC?

Sorry about that Matt, i was reading a thread before by Mirror Detailing where he had to use UC on the entire car, I must have gotten the threads mixed up:doh:

 

[Matt S.]

No problem...I wasn't really keeping track of time but I think the whole thing took me around 7-8 hours.

 

[Matt S.]

Very nice job on that Grand National. YOU made that worth double the price of what it was worth. The Buick is in wonderful shape, although, I see the owner likes to drag race it since that is what Buick made it for.

Yup, the car runs low 11s. He told me not to bother cleaning the caked on rubber off the exhaust

 

[Mirror Detailing]

GNX....greatest car EVER!

 

[sparkie]

I agree with you on not taking to much paint off...Yeah 20 years old, you done the right thing...You have her looking sweet...I do love a Grand National, very fast car in it's time....rops:

 

[sullysdetailing]

Looks great Matt

 

[Laura]

GNX....greatest car EVER!

You have her looking sweet...I do love a Grand National, very fast car in it's time....rops:

:iagree:
Thanks for sharing these pics! I really loved this car; brought back a lot of memories I hadn't thought about for years. You did a great job getting it back in shape!:dblthumb2:

 

[Matt S.]

Thanks everyone!

 

[tenorplayer23]

Nice car & nice work.

What kind of car cover? Moderator(?) - maybe use some different adjectives when posting to your own employer's forum.


"Notice the deep RIDS and extreme saturation of swirl marks from years of being under a shitty car cover and washing/drying with god knows what."