Single Stage 92 Foxbody

BillyJack said:
I'd get some ONR-Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine: clay lubricant, optimum rinseless wash, no rinse car wash, optimum detailing products
You can dilute it to use as a rinseless (not waterless) wash, clay lube or quick detailer, and it's excellent stuff in all 3 roles. IMO, waterless washes are only for garage queens that have accumulated dust, or maybe sat out overnight and got exposed to a combo of dust and dew. I have and use Optimum Opti-Clean as well as Griot's Waterless, but only in limited situations. Using a rinseless wash is almost as quick and far safer.
BTW, the El Camino in my avatar pic is a veteran of Mike's SS restoration process. It's SS lacquer from 1987 and had been buffed enough over the years that I was afraid of any more aggressive machine polishing. I performed Mike's process with 4-5 vigorous rubs of #7, allowing long soaks on the first two, followed by machine polishing with M80. It brought the paint back on the old girl enough to pick up a couple show trophies, so I'm a believer.

Bill
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thanks for the tips.. i purchased the ONR, the xmt speed clay, the #7, and the m80, hopefully get it by next week
 
Mine's vermillion too. You probably already did it but as stated, #7 does wonder.
 
Hi, just wanna share my take on oxidized single stage Suzuki I did couple of months ago.

Ammo used:
Meg's DA
MF cutting pad
Meg's UC
Mother's Pure Polish
Mother's Micro Polishing Glaze
BFWD

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the color transfer was overkill haha
 
Looks good!

Randy, what do you use for your moldings? I know youre's a vert, so you're sa from the famous rotting quarter windows trims (mines were perfect, but a little 1/4'' long burnt appeared last summer :( )
 
92LX302 said:
Looks good!

Randy, what do you use for your moldings? I know youre's a vert, so you're sa from the famous rotting quarter windows trims (mines were perfect, but a little 1/4'' long burnt appeared last summer :( )
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That looks very good I need DA polisher but I'm always buying more parts for my vert instead :)

For the moldings I just wipe them down with an all purpose cleaner. Lately I have been using the all clean+ from chemical guys.

Don't have any close up pic of the trim but this is the only pic I currently have. Im currently buying new trims and weatherstrips from latemodelrestoration and americanmuscle whenever I have extra cash.
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Let me see if I can clear up any confusion Randy...



Randy9 said:
Thanks.. I saw that post and bookmarked it but I saw the video of the mach 1 on youtube and sort of lost on the whole process..

in the post it shows to wash,clay, and than use #7
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In the above, you're talking about this article/video/project.


Video and Pictures - 1970 Mustang Mach 1 Detailing Clinic at AutogeekOnline.net




Video from the Live Broadcast - 1970 Mustang Mach 1​


[video=youtube_share;LbppD4opsGs"]1970 Mustang Mach 1 - How to polish single stage...[/video]​






Now follow me... the paint on the Mach 1 while it does have single stage paint it's NOT in bad shape.


My article on how to restore ANTIQUE and SEVERELY NEGLECTED single stage paint is for paint in BAD shape.


The Secret to Removing Oxidation and Restoring a Show Car Finish to Antique Single Stage Paints



Thus the two different approaches...


Make sense?


While the 1970 Mustang had LIGHT oxidation, the average person would look at this car and think it had a show car finish.

BEFORE PICTURES

Notice the dramatic difference for gloss and clarity in the finish in the after pictures as compared to these before pictures.


Here's Don's Mustang, looks pretty good to the average person...
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Oxidized Single Stage Paint
The below is a reflection shot of the overhead florescent tube lights, what I want you to see is the dull, opaque look the paint has at the bottom of the reflection of the lights. This is light oxidation and even though the car looks beautiful in the pictures above, in person the paint has a dull sheen to it caused by oxidation. This is a single stage paint by the way.
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So yes, it did have some LIGHT oxidation but that's not what my how to restore antique paint is about.

Here's the Mach 1 AFTER we polished...


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:)
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
The article on restoring antique "Barn Finds" and similar vehicles is for paint like this...

The Secret to Removing Oxidation and Restoring a Show Car Finish to Antique Single Stage Paints

Here's an example of mild oxidation on a yellow single stage enamel paint on a 1960 Ford Ranchero, on which I restored the paint a few years ago...

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Here's what the paint looks like after the oxidation was removed and the paint was polished to a high gloss.

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:)
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That's the write-up I used on my LX. Use a lot of stuff, but the results are phenomenal. Get ready to rub however! :xyxthumbs:
 
AutoHeed said:
Hi, just wanna share my take on oxidized single stage Suzuki I did couple of months ago.

Ammo used:
Meg's DA
MF cutting pad
Meg's UC
Mother's Pure Polish
Mother's Micro Polishing Glaze
BFWD







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the color transfer was overkill haha
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maybe i am wrong. but this looks more like colour tinted lacquer to meFeed back please
 
I am really like the chrome rims. Fits well with an American Nameplate car
 
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