1949 Chevy 5-Window Pickup Extreme Makeover - Pictures & Videos

[Mike Phillips]

1949 Chevy 5-Window Pickup Extreme Makeover - Pictures & Videos


Below is a short video I took using my iPhone 4 to show the swirls and scratches and that the entire exterior of this streetrod truck is covered with overspray paint plus some high resolution pictures to document the same.

We'll be using Scholl Concepts products to undo all the damage and restore a true show car finish on this very cool 1949 Chevy 5-Window Pickup Truck.

And be sure to click the video to check out the Crazy Cow Interior!








Before Video

AFTER Video

Crazy Cow Interior

High Resolution "Before" Pictures

Here it is in it's before condition as it arrived to Autogeek...

How to document the before condition of a vehicle before detailing it.

First frame-up the shot so people know what area of the car you're photographing.

Next Zoom In
Then zoom in on the section of paint you want your reader to focus on that was captured in the framed-up shot.

Frame-up the shot...

Zoom in...

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Zoom in...

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Lots of random scratches all over this truck...

Zoom in...

Frame-up the shot...
Lots of random scratches all over this truck...

Zoom in...

Inside Autogeek's Show Car Garage
Looks pretty good from 15 feet away but there's no brilliant clear shine because the paint is covered with overspray and filled with swirls and scratches.

Hand Sanding = Tracers

Below are what look like Tracers left in the paint after wetsanding and compounding. Tracers are straight line scratches from moving your hand and your sandpaper in straight lines. Often times the person doing the wetsanding, cutting and buffing will not remove 100% of the sanding marks with their compounding step s they show up in the paint.

Full size image cropped out of the above picture

 

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 1949 Chevy 5-Window Pickup Extreme Makeover

First thing we wiped the exterior and inside the bed clean using Detailer's Waterless Auto Wash.

The reason why you don't wash classics is shared here,


This Pickup was covered with yellow overspray paint. Here's what a patty of detailing clay looks like after claying just the driver's half of the hood.

Before

After

So before we could remove the swirls, scratches and orange peel the first thing we needed to do was decontaminate the paint. For this we used products from Nanoskin...

After removing all the overspray, the next step will be to use Scholl Concepts to remove the swirls and scratches.

 

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 1949 Chevy 5-Window Pickup Extreme Makeover

After we removed all over the overspray, next we the Scholls S3 with the Purple Foam Cutting pads to remove the swirls and scratches.

We followed this with the Schools S40 and the blue foam finishing pads to maximize gloss and clarity.

To seal the paint we applied the Schools Vintage Paste Wax by machine.


Jeff Bell working a Meguiar's G110v2

Den working a Flex 3401...

Roshan working a Flex 3401...

Steven working a Griot's DA Polisher...

Alex working a Griot's DA Polisher...

Craig working a Flex 3401...

Jeff Bell working a Griot's 3" Mini Polisher with a LC Microfiber Pad...

Switching over to the polishing step...

Look how nice she's looking...

I think Louie is polishing the muffler...

 

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 1949 Chevy 5-Window Pickup Extreme Makeover

And here's the beauty shots...

It's the smaller center back window that makes room for the two smaller back side windows that makes the 5-window pickups unique, rare and desirable...

Brand new steel bed and wood...

The Low Down Front Grill Shot...

Cow Hide Interior...

And here's the A-Team...

From left to right...

Craig, Louie, Alex, Roshan, Jeff, Tim, Forrest, John and down in front, Eddie..
(A few guys had to leave early, Steven, Nicki, John, Den)

 

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 1949 Chevy 5-Window Pickup Extreme Makeover

On Autogeek.net


Scholl Concepts S3 Gold Edition High Performance Compound - Aggressive Compound

Scholl Concepts S30+ Nano Compound - Medium-cut polish

Scholl Concepts S40 Anti-Hologram Polish - Ultra-fine finishing polish

Scholl Concepts Vintage Wax

Scholl Concepts Foam Pads

• Purple Compounding Foam Pad (Heavy Cut)
• Blue Polishing Foam Pad (Medium Cut)
• Orange Polishing Foam Pad (Fine Cut)

Cyclo Nanoskin Autoscrub Pads - Fine Grade

Cyclo Nanoskin Autoscrub Pads - Medium Grade

Pinnacle Black Onyx Tire Dressing

Blackfire Aluminum Show Polish

Meguiar's M100 Pro Speed Compound



Tools

Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher

Rupes Bigfoot Polishes

Griots Garage 3 Inch Orbital Polisher

Griot's Garage 6" ROP

Meguiar's G110v2

Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher

Cyclo Orbital Polisher Model 5-Pro



We started by wiping this truck clean using Detailer's Waterless Auto Wash and then we decontaminated it using the Cyclo Nanoskin Autoscrub Pads.

Next we used the Scholl's Concepts compounds and polishes with the Scholl Concept pads...

To remove the orange peel we used the Car Pro Orange Peel Removal Pads on a Porter Cable 7424XP and the Meguiar's M100 Pro Speed Compound.

For the Tires we used Pinnacle Black Onyx and for the chrome and stainless steel we used the Blackfire Aluminum Show Polish.

To get any of these products for your detailing projects or if you need information about any of them simply call our Customer Care Staff at,

1-800-869-3011


And our Customer Care Staff will be happy to answer your questions. You can duplicate these results by using the techniques I teach in my how-to book here,

The Complete Guide to a Show Car Finish

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[Superman0440]

Can the s40 be used for jeweling??

 

[Mike Phillips]

From the description of the product I'd say "yes".

This is my first time using these products. Nothing like taking on someone else's pride and joy for a training session.


Seriously... these are high quality products and we're using the best tools and always good technique...

 

[Mike Phillips]

If you watch the first video I state that I'm going to find out how much paint the painter sprayed on the hood and if after hearing his answer I feel comfortable with the amount then we're going to machine sand the hood to remove the peel.

Just heard from Mike the truck owner who called his painter and here's his reply,

He said there's enough base coat and 2 coats of clear. He said you can use 1500 if you want to. He had to use extra clear to make sure the blend went well.

Have at it man!!!!! -Mike​

So this will be the first thing we knock out tomorrow on this project and that's sanding the hood.

 

[ihaveacamaro]

I had a ton of fun meeting everyone and coming out tonight! Hope to make the occasional makeover again!

We used the scholl stuff-- pads were great, but I'm not sold on the compound for DA application. The mid level polish and fine polish works great on any da though. The wax was a real soft buttery like wax that spread on easily enough, but dusted a little on removal.

 

[boomer1649]

1949 Chevy Five Window Pickup Results

Mike, those new pads used last night to remove orange peel were pretty remarkable. It was also good to see again how to always start with the least aggressive product (pad and/or compound) so you resolve the problem and still leave as much paint on the car as possible. Great night! See you guys next time. Den

 

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 1949 Chevy Five Window Pickup Results

I had a ton of fun meeting everyone and coming out tonight! Hope to make the occasional makeover again!

We used the scholl stuff-- pads were great, but I'm not sold on the compound for DA application. The mid level polish and fine polish works great on any da though. The wax was a real soft buttery like wax that spread on easily enough, but dusted a little on removal.

Thanks for attending last night Roshan, hope you had fun helping us with this project...

Mike, those new pads used last night to remove orange peel were pretty remarkable.

I agree. We've had them here at Autogeek for a few months now but I've been waiting for the right project to test them out and last night's project fit the bill.

I'm uploading a video to YouTube as I type and next I'm going through the pictures. I'll created a dedicated thread for the CarPro Denim Orange Peel Removal Pads too...

It was also good to see again how to always start with the least aggressive product (pad and/or compound) so you resolve the problem and still leave as much paint on the car as possible.

Great night! See you guys next time.

Den

Thanks for helping out Den, you're always a great addition to the team.

Can't wait to get your GTO here!


Been kind of busy today, working on the pictures right now...



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[corvettesonntag]

You know, that wax we used was nice, but for the price I thout that it could have gone a little farther on the application. It seemed like I was constantly having to re-apply wax to my pad after only a few runs. The upside to that is that it looks awesome. Really brought back the life into the sub-par(and scratched) paint job that was done to the truck. The pads were great and worked really well with minimal effort. :xyxthumbs:

 

[AROD]

Great environment to learn while participating hands-on!
Thanks again Mike and all that were there.

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[johnpingol]

Enjoyed working on the five window Chevy pick-up. Used the Scholl products and what I noticed was a loner working time, product stayed wet and was easy to work with. The results were awesome and should add value to the truck at resale. Thanks Mike.rops:

 

[Mike Phillips]

***Update***



Just added the "process" pictures to the first page of this thread...

 

[Skoob]

I sure am glad you post these. I always enjoy watching these makeovers. I only wish they were closer to my home I would join you guys in a instant.
I will make my way down one of these days to do one. Keep up the good work keep the vids and what you use coming.

Thanks for what you do.

 

[Mike Phillips]

I sure am glad you post these. I always enjoy watching these makeovers. I only wish they were closer to my home I would join you guys in a instant.
I will make my way down one of these days to do one. Keep up the good work keep the vids and what you use coming.

Thanks for what you do.

Thanks Skoob...

It's a labor of love... getting these types of cars and in this case a hotrod truck in here to work on makes for good eye candy but there's always a certain amount of risk with any project so I appreciate all the guys that show up and the level of professionalism they bring to the table.

I have the "after" pictures to post next. I just stepped out to the garage to test out the Auto Finesse Rejuvenate Pre-Wax Cleaner and the Passion Luxury Car wax on my own truck and I'll try to get these pictures up today too...

 

[Mike Phillips]

***Update***


Just added all the "after" pictures to the first page of this thread including the cow interior, low down front grill shot, and a shot of the wood bed...


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[BillE]

STUNNING!

That puppy came out...well, I'm at a lose for words.

Great work guys!

I am a bit concerned about 'our' dentist (in training), looks like he might have left a patient waiting...LOL.

Bill

 

[Mike Phillips]

I had a ton of fun meeting everyone and coming out tonight! Hope to make the occasional makeover again!

Thanks for joining us Roshan... I do remember you smiling a lot!

We used the scholl stuff-- pads were great, but I'm not sold on the compound for DA application.

This was the first time I've used products from Scholls including the S3 Gold Edition High Performance Compound. When applied using a dual action polisher, a Flex 3401 specifically, it was removing defects just fine but leaving small half circle scratches at the same time. My thoughts were that it might have been for rotary buffer use only but I just checked the info on the product page on the AG Store and it states it can be used with both rotary buffers and dual action polishers.

Scholl Concepts S3 Gold Edition High Performance Compound

Use S3 Gold Edition with a dual action or rotary polisher.

I'm kind of busy this week but maybe next week I can do some testing on one of my black paint panels.

The mid level polish and fine polish works great on any da though.

Agreed. I found the paint on all the body panels of this truck to be on the HARD side. The owner says he was told it's Glasurit Paint not that that's a good thing or a bad thing as I think any paint system can be made to be hard or soft.

The paint on the hood was new and a lot softer or easier to buff on compared to the rest of the truck.

The wax was a real soft buttery like wax that spread on easily enough, but dusted a little on removal.

Sure left a nice clear, high gloss finish...


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