AGOatemywallet
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This 1966 Ford Mustang has its original gold metallic paint and has been stored outside for the last two decades in Los Angeles, CA
It was recently purchased for a quick mini-restoration & resale
Paint was very dull, without the slightest hint of shine or reflection
The budget was low, so the goal was getting back a decent amount of shine so that the vehicle would photograph better for sale on the Internet
The process was limited to two stages:
Friday evening a heavy application of Meguiars Mirror Glaze #7 Show Car Glaze to get some moisture back into the paint and prepare it for polishing
Meguiars #7 Show Car Glaze is a final step auto glaze to enhanced the gloss prior to wax application. Get a show car shine with Meguiars #7 Show Car
Saturday evening, I began the compounding step to remove the heavy layer of oxidation, with Lake Country Hybrid Wool, Meguiar's M100 and my FLEX 3401.
This combination gummed up very quickly and spurring, brushing and blowing out the pad was not working well.
I changed up to a Lake Country Orange Cutting Pad, M100 and my FLEX 3401. I used this combination "wet"...lots of M100 and misting the surface with water.
Yes, this pad WAS orange
I think this combo allowed the massive amount of oxidized paint to become suspended in the large amount of M100.
Working a small, 12" x 12", area also seemed to help. I used all eight of the Orange pads I had available.
I found that wiping off with a dry microfiber towel was difficult and switched to a wet MF towel.
Not damp...soaking wet, dunked in a bucket of water between sections
The process was moving along pretty quickly
I chose a wax, instead of sealant; with hopes that it would contribute additional moisture to the paint
The project was finished up after midnight
After pictures were taken by the Customer the following day
nice work. Let us know how much the guy nets on that resale. I would have never guessed single stage paint could improve that much.
