Wayne Carini 1953 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Blackthorn One said:
To Mike, how many applications of Meguiar's #7 were done?
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2 coats.

One on Tuesday night, this was a heavy and wet application applied using the cotton wash cloths from my hotel.

Removed it Wednesday morning and the re-applied again, wet and heavy.

The guys I was training though I was crazy Wednesday night but Wednesday morning after wiping the first application off and seeing the green turn a deep, dark, richer green color they were impressed and all done without abrasives.

After we applied the second coat we let her soak and dove in on the Ferrari F430 followed by the 1957 Corvette and after both of these were finished we removed the second application of #7 and started in with machine AND hand polishing with Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover and Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish.

I rubbed the entire hood and tops of fenders out by hand while I let Darius and Brandon machine polish the rest of the car. The hood and the tops of the front fenders had incredibly thin paint, 2.0 mils and less...


Just to note, with thin paint like this Hudson had, the oils in the #7 will migrate "throughout" it fairly easily as there's not much paint to migrate into...


:)
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Very cool car and amazing turn around.
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

+ 1 on this mate .
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Any more on the full write up of the Hudson?
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
2 coats.

One on Tuesday night, this was a heavy and wet application applied using the cotton wash cloths from my hotel.

Removed it Wednesday morning and the re-applied again, wet and heavy.

The guys I was training though I was crazy Wednesday night but Wednesday morning after wiping the first application off and seeing the green turn a deep, dark, richer green color they were impressed and all done without abrasives.

After we applied the second coat we let her soak and dove in on the Ferrari F430 followed by the 1957 Corvette and after both of these were finished we removed the second application of #7 and started in with machine AND hand polishing with Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover and Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish.

I rubbed the entire hood and tops of fenders out by hand while I let Darius and Brandon machine polish the rest of the car. The hood and the tops of the front fenders had incredibly thin paint, 2.0 mils and less...


Just to note, with thin paint like this Hudson had, the oils in the #7 will migrate "throughout" it fairly easily as there's not much paint to migrate into...


:)
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Thanks Mike.
I'm going to start again on my black 57 and do two coats, followed by polishing the roof with a black pad and System One (because I have it and I'm used to it) on the roof, and then jewel with the gold pad and PO85RD the whole car, followed by Poorboys Black Hols and Chemical Guys E-zyme. If I don't get satisfactory scratch removal on the roof after the test spot, I will use the white pad. I already hand polished the whole car once with System One and a cotton polishing pad. I then finessed the whole car with the black and gold pads after I got my Flex, to make the gloss more uniform. The paint is original lacquer, and some parts, like the doors and fenders, are thin.
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
No time lately, lots of new projects behind the scenes. Fear not, I have all the pictures to for a full write-up.


It's all timing...



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Thanks Mike. No push or shove intended on my end. With so many posts on this site it's easy to loose track of something....thought maybe I just plain missed it.
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Nice car! It looks great!
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Awesome job, Mike!
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Smashing job Mr. Phillips.

My father-in-law had a Hudson Hornet and still is a big fan of them. He's even got me interested in them.

I have to wonder though with that paint being so thin, how long will that shine last? Obviously, there's lots of variables to consider. What I mean is, how long will that shine last without eventually rubbing through the paint making the car a candidate for a repaint? Or, is it possible that with continued use of good ol' #7, when needed, that paint can be maintained? I'm leaning in the camp, and this is just a hunch from using #7 over the years, that M07 with it's flooding oils can keep this paint in pristine shape for years to come...in the right hands...or is a good high quality show car wax like the pinnacle sovereign capable of keeping the paint that nice?
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Hoytman said:
Smashing job Mr. Phillips.

My father-in-law had a Hudson Hornet and still is a big fan of them. He's even got me interested in them.

I have to wonder though with that paint being so thin, how long will that shine last? Obviously, there's lots of variables to consider. What I mean is, how long will that shine last without eventually rubbing through the paint making the car a candidate for a repaint? Or, is it possible that with continued use of good ol' #7, when needed, that paint can be maintained? I'm leaning in the camp, and this is just a hunch from using #7 over the years, that M07 with it's flooding oils can keep this paint in pristine shape for years to come...in the right hands...or is a good high quality show car wax like the pinnacle sovereign capable of keeping the paint that nice?
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I would imagine the shine would last at least another 50 years if it is kept in the garage, and waxed with a non abrasive wax periodically to prevent it from drying out. It took 50 years for the paint to dry out enough to use #7 the first time.
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

A beauty !
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Mike, any more how-to info on the 53 Hornet? There is a 52 Hudson Commodore 8 that I would love to try this process on! All original paint on it as well.
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Kdancy said:
Mike, any more how-to info on the 53 Hornet? There is a 52 Hudson Commodore 8 that I would love to try this process on! All original paint on it as well.
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Work has been very busy last month with a lot of behind the scenes projects. The good news is sometime this week I'll have a complete write-up with the

  • Before pictures
  • Process pictures <--This will include all the steps to restore single stage paint
  • After pictures
for the 1955 DeSoto Firedome.


I also have a 1959 Cadillac coming up as well as possibly another very cool car with the original single stage paint.



Hang tight...



:)
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

Awesome work Mike. If you come back CT love to meet you in person.
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

A few more pictues I dug up and posted to an upcoming antique paint restoration in this thread.

1956 Chevrolet Bel Air - Original Paint



It's hard to see in this picture here but where the yellow outline box is there's a thin spot showing black primer.

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Here's the same spot from a picture I took with my iphone...

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Close up cropped out of the original...

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And this shot cropped out of the above shows the oxidation and cloudiness over the entire Hudson before restoring the original paint.

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:)
 
Re: Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips

***Update***

So far today, I have received 3 Private Messages on

How to restore single stage paint. I love it.


Most important...


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

:Picture: :Picture: :Picture: :Picture: :Picture: :Picture: :Picture:


Why?


Because you cannot go back in time and get the before shots. Then it's just your WORD when you tell people how bad the paint was.


So take a few moments to stop whatever it is you're doing, read the above article for tips and then take some pictures.



Trust me on this.... been there... done that....


:)
 
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