imported_Picus
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Hey folks, it's been awhile since I posted a c&b, I have something like 60 cars backed up and wanted to start with this one since I promised the owner I'd post it asap! This car is from the same owner as the 427 big block corvette I did last year. I'll also be sanding/compounding restored 1969 camaro soon too!
This particular Chevelle has a 572 chevy big block and sounds amazing. I wish I had a clip of it. It was painted in the U.S some time ago before the owner purchased it. It was then resto-modded locally, so the paint needed some work. It had been sanded previously, so I was just there to compound out some of the RIDs and swirls it had accumulated.
Process was:
M105 via PWF @ 1800
M105 via LC White @ 1600
SIP via LC white @ 1200-1600
FPII via LC blue @ ~1000-1400
I probably could have gone from 105 on a white to 106ff/black or something, but the paint was finicky and I wanted it as glossy as possible. Even SIP left some very light hologramming when broken down to 1200 rpm or even less so I just went over it slowly with FPII/blue until it was halo free, which took some time.
The damage in the before pics doesn't look bad; in fact it wasn't that bad but the rids required some sanding/chasing.
A pretty typical shot of the marring below. You can see more on the page that documents the restoration here.
RID on the rear quarter required filling & sanding.
the hood was tricky, a few rids wouldn't come out but overall 99% better.
Here's an outdoor before/after on the trunk; which was probably the worst area aside from the area near the door handles.
Glamour shots!
:wavey
This particular Chevelle has a 572 chevy big block and sounds amazing. I wish I had a clip of it. It was painted in the U.S some time ago before the owner purchased it. It was then resto-modded locally, so the paint needed some work. It had been sanded previously, so I was just there to compound out some of the RIDs and swirls it had accumulated.
Process was:
M105 via PWF @ 1800
M105 via LC White @ 1600
SIP via LC white @ 1200-1600
FPII via LC blue @ ~1000-1400
I probably could have gone from 105 on a white to 106ff/black or something, but the paint was finicky and I wanted it as glossy as possible. Even SIP left some very light hologramming when broken down to 1200 rpm or even less so I just went over it slowly with FPII/blue until it was halo free, which took some time.
The damage in the before pics doesn't look bad; in fact it wasn't that bad but the rids required some sanding/chasing.
A pretty typical shot of the marring below. You can see more on the page that documents the restoration here.
RID on the rear quarter required filling & sanding.
the hood was tricky, a few rids wouldn't come out but overall 99% better.
Here's an outdoor before/after on the trunk; which was probably the worst area aside from the area near the door handles.
Glamour shots!
:wavey
