I just picked up a Happy Gilmore Look A Like Plymouth Duster . This thing is a Time capsule with 90% original paint as Chrysler applied it in 1976.
It has a few very thin spots where it looks like it was polished through to the primer. The rest looks pretty good and was shiny from 3 feet.
My typical process is I start with Clay Bar then ultimate compound with a portercable da, then to 205, then 9 or 7 depending on color. Finishing up with 26 or Black Wax depending on color.
I have had very good results. I recently did an original finish 72 corvette that was oxidized and no one could believe the results so I was eager to try this out on my latest subject.
With the thin paint in mind I started gingerly with 205 after I clayed. The finish turned to chalk. I wet it with ultimate detailer and tried another section with the same result. Panicked I tried some Ultimate by hand, then some medium cut cleaner, and still pale.
As a last resort I tried some # 7 show car glaze. It drank it up like mothers milk. I barely had any on my wipe cloth. The trunk drank up almost 1/2 a bottle and the chalky look disappeared. I clayed the hood which removed the shine, but didnt make it chalky. I used the #7 again, this time it drank it in but after 2 applications its was done. looks good, but there are still imperfections that I would like to try to take out.
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. here is a flicker album of day one before I messed with it. I did no harm .......Yet
It has a few very thin spots where it looks like it was polished through to the primer. The rest looks pretty good and was shiny from 3 feet.
My typical process is I start with Clay Bar then ultimate compound with a portercable da, then to 205, then 9 or 7 depending on color. Finishing up with 26 or Black Wax depending on color.
I have had very good results. I recently did an original finish 72 corvette that was oxidized and no one could believe the results so I was eager to try this out on my latest subject.
With the thin paint in mind I started gingerly with 205 after I clayed. The finish turned to chalk. I wet it with ultimate detailer and tried another section with the same result. Panicked I tried some Ultimate by hand, then some medium cut cleaner, and still pale.
As a last resort I tried some # 7 show car glaze. It drank it up like mothers milk. I barely had any on my wipe cloth. The trunk drank up almost 1/2 a bottle and the chalky look disappeared. I clayed the hood which removed the shine, but didnt make it chalky. I used the #7 again, this time it drank it in but after 2 applications its was done. looks good, but there are still imperfections that I would like to try to take out.
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. here is a flicker album of day one before I messed with it. I did no harm .......Yet
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