Wetsanding SS paint on 1961 Lincoln Continental

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JohnKleven

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A good customer of ours has a beautiful 1961 Lincoln Continental. He had a small rust spot appear on his trunk, so he sent it to the body shop, repaired the small rust bubble, and resprayed the trunk. We were called in to sand it flat. I started by nibbing the dirts and dust in the paint with 1000 grit and a D.A. I then blocked it with 1500 grit followed by 2000 grit. Polished out with white wool and Power Gloss, followed by an orange CCS pad with SIP then finished with a white CCS pad and Super Finish. Topped it with Auto Glym HD Wax, and the reflection is clear. Thanks for looking.





John
 

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Here are some of the pics. of the work in progress, and finished pics.





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Great work, I love the "during" pics!



Any full car shots? Love me a 61 Continental :D



Also, what did you think of HD wax? Might have to pick up a jar now that it's at Wal Mart.
 
I like the HD wax very much, it's the standard wax that we use in our shop. It's very easy to use, and leaves a great deep shine. Now that you can get it at Wal Mart, you really can't get a better wax for the money. Here is the only after shot that I took, sitting pretty next to a Diablo in our shop.



John
 

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Very nice work...



Your strokes in your hand sanding shot look very uniform, that's hard to do without practice and experience.



"Generally Speaking" single stage black paint is the softest paint there is to work on which is a real joy when compounding out sanding marks.



How many days old was this paint?



Pretty rare to get to work on single stage paint now days... lucky you!





:2thumbs:
 
Scottwax said:
Nice job, nothing like a no orange peel reflection!
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Thank you Scott.

Mike Phillips said:
Very nice work...



Your strokes in your hand sanding shot look very uniform, that's hard to do without practice and experience.



"Generally Speaking" single stage black paint is the softest paint there is to work on which is a real joy when compounding out sanding marks.



How many days old was this paint?



Pretty rare to get to work on single stage paint now days... lucky you!





:2thumbs:
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Thank you, the paint was fresh, only about 5 days old.
 
JohnKleven said:
Thank you, the paint was fresh, only about 5 days old.
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Will you have a chance to ever see this car again? The reason I ask is the topic of sealing fresh paint with a wax comes up once in a while and while paint manufactures recommend waiting for at least 30 days before applying a wax or paint sealant, (or anything that seals the surface), there's some people that will say it doesn't matter or won't have any effect.



Since this is fresh paint and you've sealed it with coating of wax protection, it's a great candidate to watch over time to see if there are any ill effects.



I've personally never seen or heard of a clear coat finish having problems when it was sealed before 30 days but single stage paints, at least old school solvent-evaporation lacquers and enamels are a lot more porous than modern paints.



It could be they used a single stage urethane?



Anyway, if you ever get a chance to see this car down the road take a look at it and update this thread, as mentioned above, this topic comes up once in a while...



Again, excellent work. While I wouldn't want to own a Continental like this I can really appreciate their styling...



(I'm more of a Cadillac guy)





:)
 
Yup, we see this car regularly. I doubt any dye back will happen, but if it does, a quick polish and problem solved. We get this car ready before it goes to shows in the summer time, so we'll be seeing it a lot.
 
Barry Theal said:
John very nice work. I love sanding flat. You don't get many times to do it, but so worth it. Lincoln looks bad asss!
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Thanks Barry, wetsanding is also one of my favorite parts about detailing. It makes such a dramatic difference.



John
 
JohnKleven said:
Yup, we see this car regularly. I doubt any dye back will happen, but if it does, a quick polish and problem solved. We get this car ready before it goes to shows in the summer time, so we'll be seeing it a lot.
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Cool.



I'm sure others will probably love to see a follow-up down the road. I tend to always stick with what a painter recommends or a paint manufacture recommends but in all the years I've been detailing I've never see a paint job that's failed because it was sealed before 30 days...



FWIW my favorite detailing related procedure is also wet-sanding WHEN I know how much paint has been sprayed and hopefully if I get to sand the paint before it case-hardens.



In fact, my passion for this segment of the craft led me to purchase



WetSanding.com For Sale

www.colorsanding.com

www.mikescustomwetsanding.com







I haven't done anything with the domains yet but hope to in the future...





:)
 
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