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I get to work this morning at the Audi dealership. As I am talking with one of the service porters in pulls a 52 Buick. He came in for a detail. It had the original single stage paint and it was horrible. As most dealerships do this one has ok products. Nothing of real good quality. Also only provides is with Makita rotary buffer. I was lucky service manager was scared and we did not have to do the vehicle. Honestly do not think what we have would of worked. My needed help is I would like your recommendation for tools and products to use on older paint like that?
 
Hi Stephen,

Questions?


1: Is the paint oxidized? Kind of dull and chalky looking?

2: Is the paint shiny?

3: Do you a picture?


Cool project. Count yourself lucky. Old cars with original single stage piant are very rare.



:)
 
If the paint is dull and chalky then follow the directions here for the initial #7 application.



The #7 Rub Down Technique by Mike Phillips


IF the paint has a smooth, surface and is already shiny then treat the normal way you would treat a clearcoated car just follow the sage advice of,

"Use the least aggressive product to get the job done"


For example, test a polish before testing a compound.


Single stage paint dries out and becomes brittle over time. If you use a compound you could take a lot of paint off real fast. So simply be careful. Also, you don't know who worked on this car before you or what they used. You don't know how many times it's been buffed out over the decades?

I use the term,

Whisper thin


Like this, the paint on raised body lines, corners and edges could be whisper thin so be super careful around these areas as it's real easy to burn through if someone else has already buffed out the car and they weren't careful.



:)
 
Paint was very chalky. I was waiting to get pictures of it when they gave it to me. But they turned in down and it left before I knew it. But now I know how to deal with that situation if it arises again. Thank you both for your reply
 
StephenK said:
Paint was very chalky. I was waiting to get pictures of it when they gave it to me. But they turned in down and it left before I knew it.
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That's too bad... it doesn't get any better than doing an extreme makeover on an oxidized single stage finish on a classic car.

And again... it's such a rare opportunity now days.


StephenK said:
But now I know how to deal with that situation if it arises again.

Thank you both for your reply
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Remember to get the before pictures. There's no going back in time to capture the before condition once you bring the buffer down on the paint.


Check out this article for the future...


The power in the after shots is created in the before shots



:)
 
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