Well, I don't have pics as of yet, but I may soon. I need to borrow a friends digi cam as mine doesn't have macro and I don't feel like buying the lens to do it with.
lowdown:
both of these cars are BLACK
90 RX-7 that was poorly repainted(yes I know it should be repainted, but I don't have the odd 1.5 grand to do that right now) this is fairly new paint. The paint is covered with fine/medium scratches, few deep ones, and a couple dents and chips. the paint is cracked on the spoiler and on the front bumper where the previous owner bumped into something. This car also has marks where you can tell the car was sanded down (beneath the paint, I forget what this is called) and it also has orange peel. I DO NOT want to repaint just yet, but I am willing to bondo/sand/touchup with practice(have a car to practice on) as long as it doesn't look WORSE afterwords. This car also has a couple spots where the paint shop didn't do so hot of a job fixing the dents. (you can see where its been bondo filled.
car 2, 88 260E
This is my dad's car and it has ORIGINAL PAINT!(can you believe it?! lol) this car has some swirling and maybe one or two dings. He isn't concerned about the dings(or rather he doesn't want me having fun with sanding and painting on his car). This car has some fade/oxidation and some water spots as well. My dad has not had the greatest experiences with shelf waxes such as gold class (but then again he was washing his car with dawn as well..)
well, that's it for the paint. I'll worry about some of the other things later. here's the game plan so far.
1. Get a porter cable. and accessories.
2. heavy polish for the 7.
3. medium polish for the benz.
4. polishing glaze/light polish for both cars.
5. synthetic wax for both cars.
6. carnauba wax for both cars.
7. get some REAL car wash and not dawn.
8. oh yea, guess I need to throw some microfiber towels in too. One BIG one to dry with and some smaller ones to wipe residue off with.
9. My dad wants his windshield polished as well.
am I missing something here? anything I could add to help things a LOT? I also need suggestions on which products to buy... I'd like to use products without fillers in the first stages as I'd like to get that wysiwyg effect to begin with. (that way I know I've really fixed things and have not just covered them up...)
Gah well I hope that's understandable enough for you guys to help me out. I may have some pics soon, might be a week or so though.
EDIT: I'd also like some information on how well canned spraypaints work for repainting small sections of the car. I may just repaint the spoiler and front bumper, but I am worried about the paint matching. I have heard that black is not as hard to match as other colors though. Is there somewhere I can send a small painted part of the car (like a mirror) and have them match it for me?
lowdown:
both of these cars are BLACK
90 RX-7 that was poorly repainted(yes I know it should be repainted, but I don't have the odd 1.5 grand to do that right now) this is fairly new paint. The paint is covered with fine/medium scratches, few deep ones, and a couple dents and chips. the paint is cracked on the spoiler and on the front bumper where the previous owner bumped into something. This car also has marks where you can tell the car was sanded down (beneath the paint, I forget what this is called) and it also has orange peel. I DO NOT want to repaint just yet, but I am willing to bondo/sand/touchup with practice(have a car to practice on) as long as it doesn't look WORSE afterwords. This car also has a couple spots where the paint shop didn't do so hot of a job fixing the dents. (you can see where its been bondo filled.
car 2, 88 260E
This is my dad's car and it has ORIGINAL PAINT!(can you believe it?! lol) this car has some swirling and maybe one or two dings. He isn't concerned about the dings(or rather he doesn't want me having fun with sanding and painting on his car). This car has some fade/oxidation and some water spots as well. My dad has not had the greatest experiences with shelf waxes such as gold class (but then again he was washing his car with dawn as well..)
well, that's it for the paint. I'll worry about some of the other things later. here's the game plan so far.
1. Get a porter cable. and accessories.
2. heavy polish for the 7.
3. medium polish for the benz.
4. polishing glaze/light polish for both cars.
5. synthetic wax for both cars.
6. carnauba wax for both cars.
7. get some REAL car wash and not dawn.
8. oh yea, guess I need to throw some microfiber towels in too. One BIG one to dry with and some smaller ones to wipe residue off with.
9. My dad wants his windshield polished as well.
am I missing something here? anything I could add to help things a LOT? I also need suggestions on which products to buy... I'd like to use products without fillers in the first stages as I'd like to get that wysiwyg effect to begin with. (that way I know I've really fixed things and have not just covered them up...)
Gah well I hope that's understandable enough for you guys to help me out. I may have some pics soon, might be a week or so though.
EDIT: I'd also like some information on how well canned spraypaints work for repainting small sections of the car. I may just repaint the spoiler and front bumper, but I am worried about the paint matching. I have heard that black is not as hard to match as other colors though. Is there somewhere I can send a small painted part of the car (like a mirror) and have them match it for me?
