37 Oldsmobile

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imported_Jeremiah

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Process:

-Wash MGC car was

-Clay

-OC x2

-OP

-Tropicare XP



I’m not sure what was all over this car, but it wash nasty! I thought it looked decent, until I got real close. There was no gloss to the paint really at all. I thought that if I brought to clay bars with me I’d have a spare incase I dropped one…. WORNG. It took both bars to do this car, and it still wasn’t as smooth as I’d like. The clay was black when I was done. I also killed a new white LC pad. The pad got all chewed and black. Whatever it was a major pita to get off the car. Took me about a total of 9hrs to do just the exterior of the car. He didn’t want the inside or wheels done, which was fine by me.





Sorry for the bad pictures the combo of bad light and cruddy camera makes for poor pics.



Just after the wash:

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Headlight before polishing

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After (camera slef adjutsed that's why the color looks different)
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After Torpicare:

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Brand new white pad after I was done:

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The car looks great! its looks alot warmer. that pad will clean up easy just hose it off. Clean the pads as you go as well. most stuff will spray right off. Then put it back on the machine put it on high and spin dry it. I Like your truck.
 
WOW!! :2thumbs: Fantastic job! That must have been a real interesting (though hard!) car to detail!



That last pic from the left rear quarter is excellent!!
 
cj: That is how the pad looked after each 2'x2' panel. I washed it so many times it's falling apart :). The truck is the cars owner, but you can see my Mustang in one of the pics and my Jeep in another (2 day detail 2 different cars :) )



percynjpn: It was very interesting, I really never realized just how much more surface area those old cars have :soscared:. There are also tons of hard to reach places, a lot of stuff had to be done by hand.
 
Nice pics! I've got a '38 Olds and the body is quite similar. Lots of sheet metal to cover and lots of curves and angles to deal with. My paint is far from perfect, but I hope to shine what I have this summer. Right now, I just want to find time to install the seat belts I got six months ago! Once that's done, perhaps I can shine and show some.
 
Great looking car and the paint looks incredible! :)



Interesting the owner would chose to use the Olds rally wheels of the late 60s and well into the 70s on that car, obviously minus the trim ring.
 
Scottwax said:
Great looking car and the paint looks incredible! :)



Interesting the owner would chose to use the Olds rally wheels of the late 60s and well into the 70s on that car, obviously minus the trim ring.
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I though that was a bit odd as well.



On a side note; I looked around his garage(he's my mother in laws boy friend), and noticed he has a wood buring stove in there any idea if the grime could be from that?
 
That car would look great with a set of period correct wheels.



Your work really turned it around, looks absolutely wonderful.
 
Jeremiah said:
I though that was a bit odd as well.



On a side note; I looked around his garage(he's my mother in laws boy friend), and noticed he has a wood buring stove in there any idea if the grime could be from that?
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smoke and soot are some of the smallest, greasiest, stickiest worse things to remove. If you've ever done a fire restoration you'd recognize it.



Now that i see the pad I'd lay money on that being the problem.



was the paint almost tacky when warm?
 
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