Nick T.- Thanks for clarifying. We'll see what happens when I get the XJS out of hibernation and start glazing.
asjk07- On 99% of the cars I've owned, I wouldn't care about this so much. BUT..the '85 XJS is my baby. I'll have it until the day I die. It has had TERRIBLE paint since new- deep scratches (almost to primer), every kind of imperfection possible, etc. I felt like I was "saving" it when I bought it, it looked SO abused sitting in that showroom. Eighteen years later, it really does look better than it did when new, but that's still not saying much. I'm trying to keep it as original/time-capsule as possible, but over the years my (straightforward technique) attempts at fixing its paint problems have left me with VERY thin paint that still looks awful by my standards. I want to make any improvement possible as GENTLY as possible. I can't just work it with SMR until it doesn't need a glaze, I'd run out of paint. It's an old-single-stage-paint thing, perhaps sorta unique to my situation.
I really don't mean to sound contentious, especially as I feel quite strongly about keeping Autopia a pleasant place to be, but "sequencing analysis" is, to me, a valid and interesting topic. If it doesn't turn your crank, ignore the thread. And not to turn this into a philosophical/epistemological argument, but IMO, if a theory doesn't work in practice, then it's NOT a very good theory. I'm gonna climb back down from my soapbox/bully pulpit now
, hope I didn't come across like an argumentative jerk. (Visions of moderators preparing to lock the thread...)
asjk07- MY turn for a deep breath! We're
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