78 Cadillac Door...

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Joshs2013MSAltimaSL

Wax-a-holic
Hey guys, so I've been wanting some practice with the rotary and M105. I was fortunate enough to come across an old door from a 78 Cadillac limo. I want to say the car has been resprayed, but it is single stage paint. It was in horrible condition when I got it, but I'll stop rambling and let the pictures show.



These first 6 pictures show the condition of the paint:

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This is after a few passes with wool and M105 on the rotary:

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Sorry I didn't post any pictures of the middle step. I hit it with M205 and a white pad. These last pictures are after I finished with 3M UF and a blue pad.

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I think the results came out pretty good. I would have loved to wetsand a little bit, but I apparently didn't have any. Feel free to leave any comments or tips.
 
looks great man! I would like to find something like that but smaller so i can take a customer and show them this is what your paint could or should look like vs what will happen in the future due to the elements.
 
[quote name='vtec92civic']looks great man! I would like to find something like that but smaller so i can take a customer and show them this is what your paint could or should look like vs what will happen in the future due to the elements.[/QUOT



I agree. My neighbor owns a whole bunch of old cars as he's a collector and I gave him a call. That's what he had lol. He said he has two more for me when I'm ready lol.
 
joshs07redss- That turned out nice :xyxthumbs



A few good lessons from having used that particular door (I had a '78 Caddy and it had ss paint):



High quality single stage is *good* paint. GM sprayed those nice and thick and the paint can sure look nice again even after a lot of neglect (as you proved).



SS doesn't show holograms the same way basecoat/clearcoat does. Consider how things looked after your M105/wool step.
 
Accumulator said:
joshs07redss- That turned out nice :xyxthumbs



A few good lessons from having used that particular door (I had a '78 Caddy and it had ss paint):



High quality single stage is *good* paint. GM sprayed those nice and thick and the paint can sure look nice again even after a lot of neglect (as you proved).



SS doesn't show holograms the same way basecoat/clearcoat does. Consider how things looked after your M105/wool step.
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good point! Any holograms were definitely cleaned up though after the last two steps.
 
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