Restoring white paint on my 4,000 mile 'Barn Find' '62 Rambler

[62Rambler]

Love it cool story. If you show it.... please tell me you are saving all the historical stuff inside.

No doubt I'll keep the artifacts intact. They really tell a story!

 

[62Rambler]

This white paint is a bear!

I'm proceeding very slowly but yellow oxidation is still there.
Like I said earlier, in sunlight you can't see it but in shade you can see the subtle differences.

So far I've rubbed out the entire car with M7 and the results are amazing from where the car was.
On the front fender panel and door I've applied heavy overnight M7 3 times and rubbed it down the next morning.
After these applications you can see the yellow tint oxidation is reduced and you start to see the unevenness between the purer white and the yellow.
Now I have used Ultimate Compound in a test area is probably no more than square foot.
I've put a lot of effort into that small area with minimal results but I'm worried I'm cutting into the paint too much.

It's tough to see in pictures but hopefully you can see what I'm talking about :
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What should my next step be?
More M7 applications?
A compound that will cut more?

 

[Papa]

Depends on your expectations. You must ask yourself; Do I preserve it? Or Do I protect it? Are you hand rubbing? If so you have tried what Mike would say is "least aggressive method first".

 

[62Rambler]

Do I preserve it? Or Do I protect it? Are you hand rubbing? If so you have tried what Mike would say is "least aggressive method first".

I would say I'm trying to 'restore and protect'
All by hand so far and I have gone "least aggressive" but wondering if it's time to be more aggressive.

 

[Setec Astronomy]

What should my next step be?
More M7 applications?
A compound that will cut more?

So you're saying that the Ultimate Compound did not remove the yellowing? The #7 isn't going to do anything for the yellowing, and if you've already applied it 3 times I think you've probably gotten all the benefit you're going to from that.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

So you're saying that the Ultimate Compound did not remove the yellowing? T

he #7 isn't going to do anything for the yellowing, and if you've already applied it 3 times I think you've probably gotten all the benefit you're going to from that.

I agree with what Mike has stated above.


It could be either stained paint or the pigments have physically changed color, a kind of fading...

If you have compounded the affected area and there is no change then I'd suggest moving forward in your proess and take comfort in that you did all you could do. You're limited to what you can do by the thickness of the paint. Don't go so far as to end up saying,


Whoops!


I forget - Are you doing all the work by hand or are you also working by machine?

If this was my project I would be machine applying a compound to try to remove the yellowing or go with a great one-step cleaner/wax and afterwards stick a fork in it and call it good.

 

[62Rambler]

I agree with what Mike has stated above.
I forget - Are you doing all the work by hand or are you also working by machine?

All by hand so far.
Time to invest in a machine polisher.
Would you recommend Ultimate Compound using a machine?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

All by hand so far. Time to invest in a machine polisher.

After using a quality polisher you, like so many before you will post something like this,


"I should have purchased a polisher years ago"

Would you recommend Ultimate Compound using a machine?

Yes. The UC is a good product, see here,

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This is a great entry level polisher that is capable of doing incredible work once you get some experience with it.


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