Cake is good, but a little frosting makes cake even better...
Put the frosting on the cake earlier today and then went to see the Cadillac collection, came back and took a after shots... here's a few more pictures...
Dodo Juice Banana Armour Hard Car Wax states it's for "Warm Colors" and this paint looks like it glows with warmth so I chose the Dodo Juice Banana Armour Hard Wax.
I prefer to apply waxes and paint sealants by machine when I can so here's how to apply a paste wax by machine.
Porter Cable 7424XP with a 5.5" Flat Gray Finishing Pad, Dodo Juice Banana Armour Hard Wax and some Microfiber Gloves.
To get the wax out of the plastic jar you just have to carefully knock it out using inertia by holding the jar upside down and then knocking it against your other hand with a Microfiber Glove on it.
Then hold the polisher in one hand and the wax in your other hand with the glove on it and blip the on/off button of the polisher while holding the wax against the face of the pad and you can quickly transfer wax to the pad. I was by myself when I took this picture so instead of holding the polisher in my other hand I'm holding the camera but you get the idea...
The Microfiber Gloves keep the wax clean until you place it back into the jar and enable you to grip the wax so it doesn't slip out of your hand and onto the floor...
Ready to start laying down some Banana Armour...
It takes a little muscle to do this because in one hand you're holding the wax and the other hand is holding the polisher for the duration of time it takes to run the polisher over every square inch of the car. If you had a helper they could hold the wax with microfiber gloves on and you could use both hands to hold the polisher, then as you needed more wax your helper could apply the wax while you hold the polisher, otherwise hit the gym.
If you look carefully you can see I spelled out Dodo on the hood in my wax pattern...
In the forum world you'll often read people talking about getting the "Sun Shot", that's where they pull their project car out into the sun to show there are no swirls in the paint.
The below shot is kind of like the "Sun Shot", but I call it the "Fun Shot" becasue I was just having some fun with the Dodo name in wax.
I used a microfiber bonnet over a 3" Griot's Garage Buffing Pad on a DA Polisher and took the wax off only where the word DODO was spelled out and then pulled the car into the sun for a "Fun Shot".
The Sun Shot Fun Shot
Yep, this is how you get the high overhead shot, you have to get up in the air a little ways...
Here's a postcard from 1973...
Here's another one...
Back to the Studio for the "Beauty Shot"
And the parting shot...
). Sure wish I still had it. It would have been an awesome restoration project!
