Candy Apple red '88 Thunderbird= Help!!

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rogie

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This car is extremely weathered, lots of scratches/swirls/embedded anything. I have got a few very small sections fairly clean and there's a totally xxxxxin candy apple red under there. I don't have a PC I have one of those vibrating buffer i guess you call it. I think it's alright for application of stuff. I think I have some good products (meguiars #7, the entire mothers 3-step, I have this auto-glym concoction that rocks) Is that enough? What else do I need. Get back to me if you think you can help. Thanks much.
rogie
 
Well, I guess by what you mean "there is Candy apple red under there" means that the paint is oxidized. You have the Meg's 3-step so you can probably get some -Scratch X- that should take care of the Oxidation, and then go with step 2 in the Deep crystal paint system(polish), both with the polisher, make sure it is not spinning like a rotary or you will have to be very careful to not burn the paint! Also do you know if the paint is a single stage (no clear coat) or a coated paint. Try those two and then follow with Caranuba. This is pretty vague in its application, so any other questions PM me, or post again.

Andrew
 
You might be better off using the scratch X by hand . Those vibrating buffers are really going to do much for oxidized paint. Do one panel at a time till you get it how you want it..

Or pay somebody to bring it up to speed. It sounds like as big job to tackle without a machine..
 
sounds like a rotary job for sure .. you could have someone buff the car then keep it up on your own from there
 
If there's as much oxidation as you say then you're going to have a multiple day job (minimum) on your hands just to fix that. You'll also probably go through a bunch of applicators and towels to hold all of the dead paint. My suggestion is to find a good detailer in your area (DC detailers, the pros anyway, are very good and will know exactly what to do) to cut down the oxidation and bring it back to where you want it. That much paint damage really calls for a rotary, a wool pad or three to hold dead paint, and a bunch of chemical polish. A walmart orbital won't even come close.
 
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