'67 Mustang - "do what you can..."

[dnoraker]

I originally posted in the Detailing 101 page on some Type III water spots on this single stage paint. The car has several areas that have been repainted or touched up. It also has several areas that have been burned through by previous buffings, so it was treacherous to say the least. However, there were several areas of deep staining and water spots that needed to be remedied for it to have any shine. He intends on a full restoration in a couple years, but wanted it nice for car shows.

After a lot of trial and error, I discovered that there was little to no oxidation on this paint (except around the taillights) and most of it was staining (from car cover in the sun???) and type III water spots that are were very deep. I couldn't totally remove some of them, because it was obvious the paint was very thin in some areas.

The owner pretty much said "do what you can- I just want it to shine up a little better".

Process in a nutshell:
- wet sand hood and part of roof with 2500 grit
- M105/purple Kompressor pad on horizontal panels (rotary)
- M205/Megs polishing pad (rotary; Griots 3" DA polisher on tight spaces)
- Pinnacle Souveran liquid via DA and by hand in tight spaces
- guzzle water (almost 90 and tropical)


Now for some pics:

Before:

AFTER:

This one you can see the spot on the fender where it was painted and I had to sand the tape line:

 

[LuxuryMobile]

Looks awesome, it was in rough shape before you worked on the paint. Good job.

 

[oldmodman]

Your customer must be very happy with the result. Lots of great color came out after that sanding and polishing. Is it the original paint? If it is it really looks good.

 

[thewraith1971]

wow very nice...what process did you end up using on that beast?

 

[dnoraker]

I would guess it's maybe half original paint.

Process in a nutshell:
- wet sand hood and part of roof with 2500 grit
- M105/purple Kompressor pad on horizontal panels where I sanded and where there were severe defects (rotary)
- M205/Megs polishing pad (rotary; Griots 3" DA polisher on tight spaces)
- Pinnacle Souveran liquid via DA and by hand in tight spaces

the owner brought with him the organizer of a very large, weekly car show (I think he said 300+ classics every weekend) in a nearby suburb. He saw before and after and was shocked that the paint came out as nice as it did. He said that he never lets people hand out fliers and such at the show, but he wants me to hand out fliers and business cards tomorrow! He also wants to bring me his personal '67 Mustang (in much nicer shape) and his personal daily driver. The owner of this Mustang wants me to buff out his Camaro and black Lincoln Navigator.

What's funny is I've been wanting to phase out of doing detailing for regular work in the summer and build my drum shop and private lesson teaching, but they're all taking off. I have my brother help me on the DDs because he rocks at extracting, but I may need an extra buffer at some point. Rasky- why do you have to be so booked up all the time!

It's going to be a busy summer! :buffing:

 

[Scarelane]

Nice! Looks much better after you got done!

 

[MDetail]

great improvement.

 

[kingofsorrow]

great job bringing that beauty back to life.