And that's all I'm doing. It cleaned up well.
I used the red bottle, as I could get it locally. Used a DA with a medium cut/finishing. I may run over it quick again with a polishing pad but we'll see. The area on the back between the bumper and trunk lid is dull as crap but I don't think it was...
Some before shots of the paint.
It is a lot better than I remember like I said. You can see some swirls and haloing but otherwise not dull. I'll keep you all updated.
Update: gave it a quick wash yesterday just to drive it on grandpa's birthday. Literally everyone asked what I did to make it shine. It is a lot better than even I remembered and I think the AIO quick with the DA will be more than enough. I will snap some pictures later.
First let me say this. I already read this article so I feel I have a decent handle what I have to do.
The car, 1955 thunderbird with a lacquer paint job done in the early 80s if memory serves. Now I don't believe it has ever had anything more than a wash done to it over the years but it was...
Figured I would update quick... so I grew a pair and took some compound to the car.
I tried M105 in a hidden area and that was just too much... left it worse than it was so I scratched that.
I ended up going over the whole car with M205 on a lakes white polish pad with the DA running on a 5...
These halos/swirls are mostly what I'm looking to attack. I'm just worried that I'll hit them with a light polish on a DA and burn right through like I did by hand on the test spots. That's why I'm not sure. Luckily most of what is shown is not very deep but it still will need more than just a...
In person you can make out the actual lines on whomever palm it was. And you can see the prints on the finger tips further up. It's kind of wild. The photo doesn't portray it well.
It ain't stock anyway lol. It's my fun car. I honestly think the repaint was needed when it was done... it was definitely a daily the first half of its life. I did happen to pull the original build sheet off it though. It was the wrong VIN sequence... next on the line actually. One number...
I'll get some pictures up. They show it pretty well. The hand prints I know I can't fix... from 5 feet it looks good and just driving past looks fine. When you really look at it it's meh. Plus it's fiberglass... they do all sorts of crap with age anyway. Its starting to get the little blisters...
I suppose I could have been clearer. The prep itself was good. The paint is good... there are two small spots where it is exposed but they're up under the car... my hidden test spots.. basically it's like they rolled it into the booth without gloves then forgot to wipe off the hand prints. It is...
Good morning. I have an 84 vette that was resprayed in the 90s. The car has what I consider a really good paint job on it with what I consider terrible prep. Case in point when dad bought it back in 08 it looked pretty good. But since then all over the car you can see hand prints... and by that...
Good morning everyone. I am new but not new here. Lurked for a long time. Per the suggestion of a friend on colorado forum I made an account as I have a few questions. He said here is obviously the best place for answers.
That being said, a little about me. I am a perfectionist. I learned...