1954 Hudson Hornet polished with Rupes UHS

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1954 Hudson Hornet polished with Rupes UHS


Before Pictures

I practice documenting the true and accurate condition of all the cars that go through any of our garage projects and this last Saturday, during Autogeek's Cars & Coffee with Dennis Gage I took some great pictures using full overhead bright sunlight to capture the current condition of the paint on this classic and rare 1954 Hudson Hornet Convertible.

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Since Dennis was here I asked him to give me a hand... literally....

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Thanks Dennis!



Here's a few more shots....


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And a few more....


The swirls have built up over the last decade or so since the custom paint job was sprayed on this car. This is normal as show cars tend to get wiped a lot but rarely re-polished the correct way.

Here's the rear driver's side fender...

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Same area on the car only I've zoomed in....

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Driver's door....

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The other side and in fact the entire car pretty much is in the same condition.


So as you can see this car needs some polishing to restore it to a show car finish worthy of the Hudson marque....


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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

Last night Todd Helme, the Technical Sales Manager for Rupes North America joined us for a Live Broadcast and after the broadcast we used the new Rupes UHS System to buff out this Hudson.

Both Todd and I did Test Spots and from experience we both agreed the custom paint job on this Hudson was on the hard side. That made this a perfect demo car for the new UHS polishing compound and UHS foam buffing pad.

Below are the pictures off my camera in the order they were taken....


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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

Here are the beauty shots...

No more swirls or holograms, just a totally clear clearcoat finish that allows the beautiful metallic flake to pop as it shines through....

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A huge thank you to Bill for trusting Autogeek with your classic Hudson Hornet.

Thank you to Todd Helme for joining us for this project and sharing tons of information about the Rupes Paint Polishing System.

Thank you to all the guys that attended for their passion for perfection.

Thank you to Bob, Yancy, Meghan and all the staff here at Autogeek that work behind the scenes to make projects like these a success.


Products Used

Tonight we used the new Rupes UHS Polishing Compound and Foam pads plus the Rupes Bigfoot Orbital Polishers.

All Rupes Products

To seal the paint and create the incredible glassy looking finish we used Pinnacle Black Label products.

Pinnacle Black Label Diamond Paint Coating

Pinnacle Black Label Surface Cleansing Polish


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Thank you everyone! Comments, questions and feedback welcome and encouraged!


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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

We used this car for our "Cars & Coffee Tech Session", which makes Autogeek's Cars & Coffee unique among all the cars and coffee shows that take place early on Saturday mornings across the country.


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For our Tech Session we demonstrated,

1. How to inspect the paint with your sense of touch and using the Baggie Test.

2. How to inspect the paint using overhead sunlight, overhead florescent lights and swirl finder lights.

3. How to use a Porter Cable 7424XP dual action polisher with Pinnacle Advanced Compound to remove the swirls.

4. How to use a Porter Cable 7424XP dual action polisher with Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish to maximize the gloss and clarity of the clearcoat finish after compounding.

5. How to use the Porter Cable to machine apply Pinnacle Liquid Souveran Carnauba Wax by machine.


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Here's the before shot of the swirls on the hood.....

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Here's the AFTER shot for the section used for the demonstration.

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This Thursday.... we finish the job.


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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

Be some of the first people in the U.S. to test out and and use the new Rupes HHS Easy Gloss Compound and matching foam buffing pads.


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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

And of course, the complete range of Rupes Polishers including,

Rupes Bigfoot 21
Rupes Bigfoot 15
Rupes Duetto 12
Rupes Mini 12
Rupes TA50



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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

LIVE, unbelievable!, I'll be there (here, I mean) watching every moment.

Counting hours for this meeting,

Good luck to all,

Kind Regards.
 
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

Tato said:
LIVE, unbelievable!, I'll be there (here, I mean) watching every moment.

Counting hours for this meeting,

Good luck to all,

Kind Regards.
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Yancy will share the link to watch the live broadcast as soon as he's updated some graphics and files.

It's been a while since we did a live broadcast so share the link to this thread with all your friends and mark your calendars for this Thursday starting at 5:30pm Eastern Time.


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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

Looking forward to try out this new system from Rupes :xyxthumbs:
 
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

That thing is beautiful.
 
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

really looking forward to this one
 
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

See you guys on Thursday, love trying out new products.
 
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

Should be worth a watch! You gotta love the Todd Helme, Mike Phillips collaboration. Lots to learn from these guys!
 
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

Looks like a good system Mike, I'll be watching to see how it performs:hungry:
 
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

I'm here, will be working however will do my best to watch everything.

Exciting picture of the 12 UHSs, don't forget interacting with us, crowd!

Good luck all,

Best Wishes.
 
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

Great, I'm already seeing the LIVE video bar with a Play Button on top of this thread, very good to be following both video and thread simultaneously.

I'm pretty sure it'll start working as soon as going live, It's perfectly showing, go Yancy!

Kind Regards.
 
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast

He's right behind Mike on the bench between the pads!
 
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He's right behind Mike on the bench between the pads!
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Nope cause he hasn't been placed yet. lol I will let you all know when the contest starts.
 
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