The Gloss Boss Presents: '57 Chevy Bel Air Paint Correction and Trim Polishing

[The Gloss Boss]

Recently finished up this cool resto-mod 1957 Bel Air. Did a two-step paint correction, sanded heavy texture out of the trunk lid, did some chip repairs, and buffed out the stainless trim. Didn't really do very much photo documenting because using a cell phone is a paint to do so.

Here are some shots of the metal work. Befores and afters

All washed and prepped. Looks great right?

Think again...

Heavy texture

Sanding Marks

Swirls and scratches

Sanding down the trunk. 1500 then 3000

Buffing out the sanding marks. Looks way better than the unpolished adjacent panels

50/50

Finished product

 

[Paul Mitchell]

Great work! I really like the reflective shots.

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Great work! I really like the reflective shots.

My thoughts exactly. The work is obviously killer based on the sharp and distinct reflection shots.

 

[Pats300zx]

Outstanding :bow:bow:bow

 

[GoFast908Z]

Very nice!

What did you do to restore the metal trim?

 

[RaysWay]

Black + Chrome FTW. Great job!

 

[mrclean81]

Man that turned out really good. Great job on it

 

[Ronkh]

Last shot is incredible

Great work on a HOT car

 

[The Gloss Boss]

Very nice!

What did you do to restore the metal trim?

HD Metal and PFW on a rotary. It definitely came out much better. It really needed to be off the car for a more serious restoration, but one product, pad, and tool did quite well IMO.

 

[RTexasF]

Simply gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Klock]

Absolutely Amazing job! Thanks for sharing!

 

[GearHead_1]

Oh yeah!

 

[RaskyR1]

Nice work! That's a lot of trim to polish too!!! :bigups

 

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Looks awesome!