Mike Phillips
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1936 Ford Roadster - Show Car Makeover
To start with, here's the walk-around "After Video" I took using my iPhone followed with an interview with Mike Stowe, the owner of this 1936 Ford Streetrod.
From the beginning...
Here's how Mike's 1936 Ford Roadster looked when it arrived. To the untrained eye the car looks pretty nice!
Let's get a little closer however and do a little closer inspection...
You can see were the paint is turning white from oxidation around body panel edges.
Same thing on this side, water spots, swirls, scratches and oxidation throughout the finish...
Surface Contamination = Use Detailing Clay
Besides the swirls, scratches, water spots and oxidation we did the Baggie Test and the paint was also contaminated so after wiping the car clean we used Pinnacle Ultra Poly Detailing Clay to clay the paint before we started machine polishing.
Next we did a Test Spot
How To Do a Test Spot
(and why it's so important)
I taped-off a section on the hood..
Before
Single Stage = You can see pigment
Here you can see the red pigment coming off of the car... it looks orange because it's oxidized and loosing its richness of color...
Here's the before and after sides...
Taped-off and Covered-up
With the chrome wire wheels and gangster white walls covered up, we're ready to get to work...
Here's Paul starting out with the Griot's DA Polisher, I had him switch over to the Flex 3401 for more correction power...
Here's Forrest using a Griot's DA Polisher...
Here's Tim using a Meguiar's DA Polisher...
Teamwork...
Here's the owner Mike Stowe, former owner of Classic Instruments, using a Meguiar's G110v2 for the first time...
Here's Oliver using the new Griot's DA Polisher
We used the convertible top as a base to hold our "clean" microfiber towels...
A little painter's tape can save a lot of time and frustration
Anytime you work on a convertible, either put the top down or take and cover it to prevent getting compound and polish splatter into the weave of the material, ESPECIALLY if you're working on a red single stage paint job and the convertible top is white in color.
Uneven panel fitment
Unlike modern cars, classics, antiques and streetrods can have panels that do not align evenly and if you don't pay attention to these areas you can buff through the raised body lines and sharp corners. So pay attention....
Work by handPeople ask me all the time how to polish areas of paint that you cannot reach by machine... it's called "the hand".
To start with, here's the walk-around "After Video" I took using my iPhone followed with an interview with Mike Stowe, the owner of this 1936 Ford Streetrod.
Mike Stowe's 1936 Ford - Show Car Finish by Autogeek.net
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxbrOc9cfls&hd=1[/video]From the beginning...
Here's how Mike's 1936 Ford Roadster looked when it arrived. To the untrained eye the car looks pretty nice!
Let's get a little closer however and do a little closer inspection...
You can see were the paint is turning white from oxidation around body panel edges.
Same thing on this side, water spots, swirls, scratches and oxidation throughout the finish...
Surface Contamination = Use Detailing Clay
Besides the swirls, scratches, water spots and oxidation we did the Baggie Test and the paint was also contaminated so after wiping the car clean we used Pinnacle Ultra Poly Detailing Clay to clay the paint before we started machine polishing.
Next we did a Test Spot
How To Do a Test Spot
(and why it's so important)
I taped-off a section on the hood..
Before
Single Stage = You can see pigment
Here you can see the red pigment coming off of the car... it looks orange because it's oxidized and loosing its richness of color...
Here's the before and after sides...
Taped-off and Covered-up
With the chrome wire wheels and gangster white walls covered up, we're ready to get to work...
Here's Paul starting out with the Griot's DA Polisher, I had him switch over to the Flex 3401 for more correction power...
Here's Forrest using a Griot's DA Polisher...
Here's Tim using a Meguiar's DA Polisher...
Teamwork...
Here's the owner Mike Stowe, former owner of Classic Instruments, using a Meguiar's G110v2 for the first time...
Here's Oliver using the new Griot's DA Polisher
We used the convertible top as a base to hold our "clean" microfiber towels...
A little painter's tape can save a lot of time and frustration
Anytime you work on a convertible, either put the top down or take and cover it to prevent getting compound and polish splatter into the weave of the material, ESPECIALLY if you're working on a red single stage paint job and the convertible top is white in color.
Uneven panel fitment
Unlike modern cars, classics, antiques and streetrods can have panels that do not align evenly and if you don't pay attention to these areas you can buff through the raised body lines and sharp corners. So pay attention....
Work by handPeople ask me all the time how to polish areas of paint that you cannot reach by machine... it's called "the hand".
