Resurrection! Breathing New Life Into Dead Paint
This is my first official Show n Shine. I guess it's all downhill from here haha. Enjoy the picture show. Comments are always welcome.
Subject: Classic Guards Red 1965 Porsche 356 SC
This car is owned by a co-worker that he thoroughly loves to drive, but unfortunately has let the paint slowly die. I wanted to help him out by restoring it and he wanted to be a part of this adventure. Before I even approached him I contacted Mike Phillips and showed him a couple pics to see if this was even possible. He said absolutely, and that gave me the confidence needed to approach him and let him know that his car's paint wasn't beyond repair. He was on board and we set up a weekend to do this.
I picked up a few essentials for the project. One of the key ingredients had to be Megs #7. This stuff truly works miracles, as you will see...
Here are the before shots. Poor car was parched and needed some love.
Here's a few close ups...
Now onto the first step; the initial application of #7. We immediately saw the improvement. Here you see the owner, Brandon, hand applying #7 with some vigor...
This is what it looked like after just one application...
So we proceeded to buff the excess #7 off and apply a second heavy coat to let sit overnight...
This is what it looked like the next morning, after we buffed off the excess...
He was tempted to just put on the wax and call it a day - the improvement was that dramatic with just the #7 applications. But we pressed onto the compound/polishing stages, amping up the gloss.
As you can see Pinnacle's ASR is doing it's job. Here I am working the front fender...
I had Brandon try out the PCXP as well...
Here's some shots after we used the ASR & AFP from Pinnacle. I have to say both products were really nice to work with. No dusting, long work times.
Just before we applied the LSP, we hand applied one more coat of #7 to give an even gloss, then wiped it gently off. I then machined applied Pinnacle Souveran while Brandon hand applied it to the smaller, tighter areas. So here's the after shots.
In the end it came out better than either one of us had expected. He had taken the car to a couple body shops previously and not one of them mentioned that it could be brought back to life. Naturally they gave him enormous quotes for full restoration, but at least now he can enjoy it and save up for the day when a concourse renovation is in the budget.
When I had ordered during that Pinnacle sale, included in the shipment was the Pinnacle Liquid Gloss Rinseless Wash with Carnauba, no rinse car wash, eco friendly car wash products. So I gave him the bottle so that he can maintain the finish and extend the life of the wax.
Products used were:
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
Pinnacle ASR & Pinnacle AFP (The secret to the combo is to use the Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover (ASR) first, followed by the Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish (AFP).)
Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax
Porter Cable XP and LC CCS orange pad w/ ASR and LC CCS black pad w/ AFP and LC flat blue pad w/ Souveran.
This is my first official Show n Shine. I guess it's all downhill from here haha. Enjoy the picture show. Comments are always welcome.
Subject: Classic Guards Red 1965 Porsche 356 SC
This car is owned by a co-worker that he thoroughly loves to drive, but unfortunately has let the paint slowly die. I wanted to help him out by restoring it and he wanted to be a part of this adventure. Before I even approached him I contacted Mike Phillips and showed him a couple pics to see if this was even possible. He said absolutely, and that gave me the confidence needed to approach him and let him know that his car's paint wasn't beyond repair. He was on board and we set up a weekend to do this.
I picked up a few essentials for the project. One of the key ingredients had to be Megs #7. This stuff truly works miracles, as you will see...
Here are the before shots. Poor car was parched and needed some love.
Here's a few close ups...
Now onto the first step; the initial application of #7. We immediately saw the improvement. Here you see the owner, Brandon, hand applying #7 with some vigor...
This is what it looked like after just one application...
So we proceeded to buff the excess #7 off and apply a second heavy coat to let sit overnight...
This is what it looked like the next morning, after we buffed off the excess...
He was tempted to just put on the wax and call it a day - the improvement was that dramatic with just the #7 applications. But we pressed onto the compound/polishing stages, amping up the gloss.
As you can see Pinnacle's ASR is doing it's job. Here I am working the front fender...
I had Brandon try out the PCXP as well...
Here's some shots after we used the ASR & AFP from Pinnacle. I have to say both products were really nice to work with. No dusting, long work times.
Just before we applied the LSP, we hand applied one more coat of #7 to give an even gloss, then wiped it gently off. I then machined applied Pinnacle Souveran while Brandon hand applied it to the smaller, tighter areas. So here's the after shots.
In the end it came out better than either one of us had expected. He had taken the car to a couple body shops previously and not one of them mentioned that it could be brought back to life. Naturally they gave him enormous quotes for full restoration, but at least now he can enjoy it and save up for the day when a concourse renovation is in the budget.
When I had ordered during that Pinnacle sale, included in the shipment was the Pinnacle Liquid Gloss Rinseless Wash with Carnauba, no rinse car wash, eco friendly car wash products. So I gave him the bottle so that he can maintain the finish and extend the life of the wax.
Products used were:
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
Pinnacle ASR & Pinnacle AFP (The secret to the combo is to use the Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover (ASR) first, followed by the Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish (AFP).)
Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax
Porter Cable XP and LC CCS orange pad w/ ASR and LC CCS black pad w/ AFP and LC flat blue pad w/ Souveran.
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