Detailed this 1950 Mercury Coupe. The car was repainted black 16 years ago with a lacquer finish and will be getting a repaint again a few years from now. The car was heavily swirled and hazed. The paint itself if bubbling in many areas and there were a lot of burnt edges/areas from the previous years of detailers getting their hands on it. Basically this was a “get everything I could get done on the paint within 10 hours.�
Luckily for me the car was not dirty but dusty.
Process:
Wipe down with QD and Clay
Menz SIP with Orange Cut pad @1500rpms X 2
Menz FPII with Blue Finesse pad @ 1500rpms
QD Wipe Down again.
Pinnacle Souveran
Chrome around vehicle and front wheels polished with Flitz by hand
No tire shine since the outside of the garage was a bunch of sand and I didn’t want it getting stuck the tires.
Didn’t touch interior or engine bay.
I could only imagine how long I would have spent if I would had done the initial wash and my normal wash-after-polishing routine!
I was lucky and didn’t get much dusting.
PICS:
Top of Passenger Fender Before:
Top of Passenger Fender After:
Top of Passenger Fender and Hood Before:
Top of Passenger Fender and Hood After:
Top of Passenger Fender and Hood Before (Different Angle):
Top of Passenger Fender and Hood After (Different Angle):
Top of Passenger Door Before:
Top of Passenger Door After: (Still some polishing residue left over I didn’t wipe clean in the pic.)
Passenger Door Before:
Passenger Door After:
Trunk Before:
Trunk After:
Trunk Before (2):
Trunk During:
Trunk After (2):
Luckily for me the car was not dirty but dusty.
Process:
Wipe down with QD and Clay
Menz SIP with Orange Cut pad @1500rpms X 2
Menz FPII with Blue Finesse pad @ 1500rpms
QD Wipe Down again.
Pinnacle Souveran
Chrome around vehicle and front wheels polished with Flitz by hand
No tire shine since the outside of the garage was a bunch of sand and I didn’t want it getting stuck the tires.
Didn’t touch interior or engine bay.
I could only imagine how long I would have spent if I would had done the initial wash and my normal wash-after-polishing routine!
I was lucky and didn’t get much dusting. PICS:
Top of Passenger Fender Before:
Top of Passenger Fender After:
Top of Passenger Fender and Hood Before:
Top of Passenger Fender and Hood After:
Top of Passenger Fender and Hood Before (Different Angle):
Top of Passenger Fender and Hood After (Different Angle):
Top of Passenger Door Before:
Top of Passenger Door After: (Still some polishing residue left over I didn’t wipe clean in the pic.)
Passenger Door Before:
Passenger Door After:
Trunk Before:
Trunk After:
Trunk Before (2):
Trunk During:
Trunk After (2):
. They don't look fun to detail or work around.
