1950 MG TD detailed by ShowShine

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Hello, fellow auto geeks!!!

If you've followed or viewed my past details, you'll notice I specialize in classic car work and other niche areas.

For this detail, I present to you a 1950 MG TD with a host of problems. The car has three different types of paint "enamel, lacquer, and urethane," years of neglect, wire wheels "what a pain in the butt," louvers/slats in the hood, and a variety of compound curves and hard to reach areas. Let's get to the pictures and see what we accomplished on the first day.

Here's how the car was dropped off, doesn't look too bad, does it?





After closer inspection, this car has had a rough life. According to the owner it was raced in the 60's and had been repainted god knows how many times.























 
WOAH!!! Certainly a car that deserves a detail huh? Lets take a look at what it looks like currently...

Tires: Zep 505 "this stuff is amazing"
Wheels: Sonax Wheel Plus, wheel woolies, race glaze brushes, then IronX to finish them off
Wheel wells: Optimum power clean and brush
Paint: IronX before wash, Rinse, Uber rinseless with a splash of ONR and a blue detail sponge





Did I mention it's really cold here in NJ? The water started freezing after the IronX rinse

 
On to correction processes!

First thing I corrected was my dreaded enemy... hood louvers.

Correction with Rupes Nano, 1 inch yellow pad, Yellow Rupes polish...





Then I tackeled the hood. As mentioned before, this car had been repainted once or a hundered times and the owner didn't know which number in between. I started with Rupes yellow polish on my Rupes LHR75E with a yellow Rupes pad. It took the majority of the defects out but it couldn't take out the severe pig tails on the top of the hood. I then moved up to my Rupes 21 and a Megs microfiber cutting pad with Menzerna Fg400 to level all of the severe problems before re-polishing with the LHR75E and yellow.

















 
Guess I didnt take photos of the passnger side hood after correction. You'll see it in the finished photos, but the other corrected photo is just the same.

I then moved onto the paint between the hood and windshield. This is where I found a new golden bullet. Here I decided to try FG400 with my LHR75E and the Rupes yellow pad to increase cut while knowing how well FG400 can finish. Look for yourself, this combo absolutely killed the defects while leaving a LSP ready finish!!!!





Thats all for now, work on the car starts again tomorrow.

Stay tuned for the rest of the correction process, optiseal application, DoDo juice Supernatural application, and Leatherique treatment on the seats.
 
Subscribed for updates and final shots! This is going to look fantastic!
 
Update for today.

After speaking with the customer we decided to up the detail to a two step correction for the entire car. While the one step was enhancing the gloss considerably there were still a large number of areas with DA sanding pig tails, deep swirls, and assorted issues. Further adding to the problems, there are so many small areas that can only be corrected with the Rupes Nano and a one inch pad.

Bottom of the fender/door area













Behind passenger door





Rear fender area



 
That's the one-inch pad on the nano. Honestly, I don't exactly understand why you can't use a 2 inch with the rotary attachment. I'm guessing it has something to do with the tool itself and not the buffing process.
 
Great results! That British Racing Green machine is going to look like an emerald once completed!
 
GOOOOOOOOD EVENING AUTOGEEKS!!!

Heres part three of the photo dump. This car is taking much longer than expected but I enjoy the project.

Enjoy the progression

Engine after detailing. Steamed with the VX5000 and yellow towels







Rear fender before correction





Gas tank before correction







Drivers side rear body area After Rupes 21, 5 inch bp, Megs MF cutting pad







50/50 shots of the drivers door after the above combo "Still needs to be polished".













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I had logged in through facebook on my other computer which is attached to my facebook. That account is my old one before I named my business.
 
Car is 90% finished. Today I finished the paint correction, applied Essence to enhance gloss and finish, and topped it with Reload to seal it. After finishing the paint I polished the chrome, applied multiple coats of einzet "now called one zet???" gummi pfledg to the windshield cowel and engine bay rubber, dressed the tires with Ultima tire and trim guard plus, and coated the leather in Leatherique rejuvinating oil to sit over night before covering the car.

Enjoy the finished paint!

Made sure to correct all of the areas around the cover snaps

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Kick plate area before correction

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After correction with the Nano and 1 inch pads. Not perfect, but with the unknown history of the paint its as far as I was comfortable going.

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Moved onto the drivers side front fender, corrected with the Rupes 21, FG400, and Megs microfiber cutting. Refind with Rupes LHR75 and yellow combo

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After fender correction and the full car. These photos are before Essence or Reload

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After tire shine, Essence, and reload.

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Polished up steering wheel with the Nano, yellow pad, and mothers billit

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Thanks for looking!

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OH NO! last time im using imgur...

here are the photos, sorry for the delay everyone!!!

Tires: Ultima tire and trim plus
Rubber gaskets: 1Zet gummi pfledge
Paint protection: Car Pro essence and reload combo
Leather: Leatherique twins

Pre leaterique, post correction/bare paint



























Leatherique applied over night, reload and essence applied in these pictures















Leatherique on seats soaking in (coated twice)



















Steering wheel polished out























Outside pictures after all was said and done

Leather after leatherique was removed, I'm still amazed after using this multiple times how soft and supple it can make old leather feel.



Finished car after, enjoy!!!

















 
Edit, Double posted.

Most of those photos are from the Gf's Nikon D7000 and aftermarket lens. Don't tell her :P
 
I forgot my password to the "Sean M at ShowShine" account

Here is the photo that she and I worked on tonight.

Enjoy.

Before



After

 
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