Littleblazer
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- Feb 16, 2021
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Good morning. I have an 84 vette that was resprayed in the 90s. The car has what I consider a really good paint job on it with what I consider terrible prep. Case in point when dad bought it back in 08 it looked pretty good. But since then all over the car you can see hand prints... and by that I mean the base coat is shrinking under the clear and you can see like where they pushed it into the booth and so on... it sucks and I know there is no fixing short of respray that so I just wanted to get that out of the way...
Now my actual question. When dad looked at the vehicle it was under a layer (thick at that) of driveway gravel dust. You had to wipe the window to even see inside. Now as a gift the person selling the car had decided to wash it. She used a brush and didn't wet the vehicle at all. Long story short it looked like an ice skating rink. We got a lot out with a good wax then dad took it to a pro to get most of it corrected. At that time he was working 6 days a week and just didn't have the time to do it. He just wanted to enjoy it. Long and short of that it looked pretty damn good when it came back but they said that was as far as they would take it and not to get aggressive with it again. They showed us the few inconspicuous areas where it burned through the clear saying that they could get more out but they didn't trust pushing it that far. A lot of what was left is very deep.
So that brings me to now... 13 years later. Obviously there are more swirls and scuffs again and I tried a few small spots with just a cleaner polish and just doing it quick by hand results in a blotchy finish where there is no clear left in the duller spots... so at this point heavy correction is out of the question for me. I don't want to make it worse... so here is what I've been doing. Good cleaning and towel dry, followed by a coating of chemical guys black light and topping with mothers Carnauba. It does a fairly good job of hiding a lot of the damage and making the metallic flake pop... until I wash it the next time.
I was wondering, and it was suggested to me as well, if there is a top coat or sealer I could use that would actually level and fill those relatively easily and look good. A friend on colorado forum suggested a ceramic (or SiO2) coating and a good one to possibly take care of it. Realistically the car needs to be repainted. That is a down the line proposition though. If I can do something to make it presentable and not have to wash and wax it 4 times anytime I want to go for a drive an not have it look like total crap I'll gladly do it. Below I have attached a few images of the defects I discussed. (Won't let me do it from my phone... I'll try later) I'm not going for show, just good enough.
Thank you for any input.
Now my actual question. When dad looked at the vehicle it was under a layer (thick at that) of driveway gravel dust. You had to wipe the window to even see inside. Now as a gift the person selling the car had decided to wash it. She used a brush and didn't wet the vehicle at all. Long story short it looked like an ice skating rink. We got a lot out with a good wax then dad took it to a pro to get most of it corrected. At that time he was working 6 days a week and just didn't have the time to do it. He just wanted to enjoy it. Long and short of that it looked pretty damn good when it came back but they said that was as far as they would take it and not to get aggressive with it again. They showed us the few inconspicuous areas where it burned through the clear saying that they could get more out but they didn't trust pushing it that far. A lot of what was left is very deep.
So that brings me to now... 13 years later. Obviously there are more swirls and scuffs again and I tried a few small spots with just a cleaner polish and just doing it quick by hand results in a blotchy finish where there is no clear left in the duller spots... so at this point heavy correction is out of the question for me. I don't want to make it worse... so here is what I've been doing. Good cleaning and towel dry, followed by a coating of chemical guys black light and topping with mothers Carnauba. It does a fairly good job of hiding a lot of the damage and making the metallic flake pop... until I wash it the next time.
I was wondering, and it was suggested to me as well, if there is a top coat or sealer I could use that would actually level and fill those relatively easily and look good. A friend on colorado forum suggested a ceramic (or SiO2) coating and a good one to possibly take care of it. Realistically the car needs to be repainted. That is a down the line proposition though. If I can do something to make it presentable and not have to wash and wax it 4 times anytime I want to go for a drive an not have it look like total crap I'll gladly do it. Below I have attached a few images of the defects I discussed. (Won't let me do it from my phone... I'll try later) I'm not going for show, just good enough.
Thank you for any input.
