Leadfootluke
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This car was purchased from California and brought to Michigan. It sees maybe 100 miles a year during the summer months. The wheels and tires are new to the vehicle, and the convertible top is new, and was still in great shape/beading water well. The car was also repainted about 5 years ago, and now has clearcoat :dance
I thought the low miles and new paint would be a good thing, but the paint turned out to be a mess. There was no sunlight over the course of the detail, so please excuse the lack of sun pictures.
When it arrived it had been left without wax for at least a year, and it was obvious from the condition of the paint.
There was a copious amount of chrome on the car, all of which had waterspots.
The day of arrival is when it was lightest, so I tried to capture some of the defects.
There were also generous amounts of wax left on from previous years.
Windows were dusty, or had waterspots on them.
With a little light you can see some of the defects starting to appear.
With more light, you can start to see the true condition of the paint. This was also were I tested different combinations
After tapping up the car, and covering the convertible top [not shown] it was ready for correction
After initial compounding with M105 and Tangerine via PCXP and M205 and Tangerine
I kept that combination for the remainder of the car. Cyan + M105 was getting almost the same results with more micromarring.
This is the passenger side. The lamps really illuminate the defects.
Same side, 50/50 with compounding only
You can see the light haze from the compound
After M205 in the same area, it really cleared up
The whole passenger side was a mess, a shot as I was working my way forward.
An after shot.
The drivers side had a ton of swirls and scratches.
Compounded.
The trunk was covered with defects.
A progress shot of the trunk.
Finally seeing some clarity.
After the red paint was finished I focused my attention to the lower rocker panels. They still had some embedded contaminants that I removed with tarminator and clay.
Polished up and sealed.
The interior was wiped down, and the sills were polished.
I really do apologize for the lack of sun pictures to show the paint, in full. I hope the before and afters can help show the level of correction that was done. The tires were dressed with Hyperdressing 1:1, the chrome had an assortments of metal polishes depending on the severity of the spotting, the glass received SIG, and the paint was cleaned with WG PPE, and waxed with Collinite #915. Door jambs, engine bay, trunk, and other painted pieces were cleaned with Poliseal and finished with a coat of OCW.
The customer asked that I deliver the car to him. It was a nerve racking 30 minute drive. I have never driven an older car, and being 23 I am naive to a car with no seatbelts, not many automatic features, lack of amenities/radio, etc. It was a blast though. The owner pulled the original 383 and put a 440 in
Maybe I will see it next summer, and get some good pictures of it. Thanks for reading!
I thought the low miles and new paint would be a good thing, but the paint turned out to be a mess. There was no sunlight over the course of the detail, so please excuse the lack of sun pictures.
When it arrived it had been left without wax for at least a year, and it was obvious from the condition of the paint.
There was a copious amount of chrome on the car, all of which had waterspots.
The day of arrival is when it was lightest, so I tried to capture some of the defects.
There were also generous amounts of wax left on from previous years.
Windows were dusty, or had waterspots on them.
With a little light you can see some of the defects starting to appear.
With more light, you can start to see the true condition of the paint. This was also were I tested different combinations
After tapping up the car, and covering the convertible top [not shown] it was ready for correction
After initial compounding with M105 and Tangerine via PCXP and M205 and Tangerine
I kept that combination for the remainder of the car. Cyan + M105 was getting almost the same results with more micromarring.
This is the passenger side. The lamps really illuminate the defects.
Same side, 50/50 with compounding only
You can see the light haze from the compound
After M205 in the same area, it really cleared up
The whole passenger side was a mess, a shot as I was working my way forward.
An after shot.
The drivers side had a ton of swirls and scratches.
Compounded.
The trunk was covered with defects.
A progress shot of the trunk.
Finally seeing some clarity.
After the red paint was finished I focused my attention to the lower rocker panels. They still had some embedded contaminants that I removed with tarminator and clay.
Polished up and sealed.
The interior was wiped down, and the sills were polished.
I really do apologize for the lack of sun pictures to show the paint, in full. I hope the before and afters can help show the level of correction that was done. The tires were dressed with Hyperdressing 1:1, the chrome had an assortments of metal polishes depending on the severity of the spotting, the glass received SIG, and the paint was cleaned with WG PPE, and waxed with Collinite #915. Door jambs, engine bay, trunk, and other painted pieces were cleaned with Poliseal and finished with a coat of OCW.
The customer asked that I deliver the car to him. It was a nerve racking 30 minute drive. I have never driven an older car, and being 23 I am naive to a car with no seatbelts, not many automatic features, lack of amenities/radio, etc. It was a blast though. The owner pulled the original 383 and put a 440 in
Maybe I will see it next summer, and get some good pictures of it. Thanks for reading!
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