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Another very cool car for a TNOG project - a custom 1964 Lincoln Continental four door convertible. This ride is just enormous, with acres of black paint that was in serious need of some TLC. It wasn't horrible, really, but this car deserved better and so we treated her to an evening at the spa!
After wiping the car down and claying the paint to remove bonded contaminants we did a few test spots to see what would perform best on this aftermarket paint. M205 on yellow foam removed most of the swirls and made a big improvement, but the deeper RIDS (and there were so many of them that the word "random" is almost no longer accurate!) remained. So we gave the DAMF System a go. That pretty much blew all the defects out of the water, but it hazed the paint quite a bit - more than we really cared for. So we switched back to foam, this time opting for the DFC5 thin foam cutting disc, and D300 Correction Compound from the microfiber system. Why D300? Long buffing cycle, easy wipe off, and zero dust. This combo proved itself so capable at SEMA last year on the new MT300, and it was no exception on this big, bad Lincoln. There was some very light hazing associated with this process, but that was easily removed with a light pass of M205 on yellow foam. We topped it all off with Black Wax.
With a full crew wiping down the lightly dusty Lincoln, we had it ready for claying in no time.
Yep, that's 4 guys claying just the back portion of this huge car - there are more working up front!
It's not every day we get a total of 7 people claying the same car at the same time. But with this much real estate, it's all hands on deck (yes, that's a "land yacht" reference!!).
After the test spots we put the guys to work. We had a mix of complete novices, season pros and everything inbetween working on this car all evening long. But when you're using a tool as capable and easy to run as the MT300, and pad/liquid combo like the DFC5/D300 to remove defects, it's easy to level the playing field and get great results from everyone.
Teamwork!
Even Mitzi arrived in style and ready to....well, not so much work as beg for pizza when we took a break from the fun!
Meanwhile, out in the parking lot. This BMW owner wanted some information on different types of waxes, how to use them, and which might be best for his new BMW. These two are sort of polar opposites when it comes to paint protection - a really nice carnauba wax vs the lastest polymer technology of Paint Protect.
It's interesting to hear the comments from a newbie as he samples two very different products designed to do the same thing, basically - protect the paint. His observations regarding feel of the product while applying and removing were spot on. He enjoyed using both, and was amazed at just easy it is to wax a car when the process is done right.
Back to the big Lincoln and a few checks on the progress. This is way better, but there are still a few marks here and there. On these huge flat panels, even though total perfection was not in the cards due to time constraints, we still wanted a bit better than this. Hit it again!
Much better! There is a bit of haze here, which is fine and what we expected, so we still need to give this a go with M205.
This is what happens when you take a swirled up hot rod Lincoln, and let a novice with the DA buffer loose on it. With just a bit of hands on instruction, this is the end result. Not too shabby for a first timer, huh?
One of the biggest challenges on this car was this deep channel that runs the length of the car on both sides; from the fender tips to the stubbing wings on the quarter panels, the channel was at it's max on the tops of the doors. With no good way to get even a 4" pad in there, we opted to tackle these areas by hand with M101. Everyone should have some M101 on hand for those times you just can't get a buffer into an area that needs correction - it is awesome by hand with a foam applicator pad!
Getting her dialed in!
Yep, that's how it's done!!
All shined up and slammed on its bags. This is one hot Lincoln.
This is just part of the crew - the ones who hung around until 11:00PM!!!! Plenty of others helped with the heavy lifting earlier on and we thank everyone who attended last night!
After wiping the car down and claying the paint to remove bonded contaminants we did a few test spots to see what would perform best on this aftermarket paint. M205 on yellow foam removed most of the swirls and made a big improvement, but the deeper RIDS (and there were so many of them that the word "random" is almost no longer accurate!) remained. So we gave the DAMF System a go. That pretty much blew all the defects out of the water, but it hazed the paint quite a bit - more than we really cared for. So we switched back to foam, this time opting for the DFC5 thin foam cutting disc, and D300 Correction Compound from the microfiber system. Why D300? Long buffing cycle, easy wipe off, and zero dust. This combo proved itself so capable at SEMA last year on the new MT300, and it was no exception on this big, bad Lincoln. There was some very light hazing associated with this process, but that was easily removed with a light pass of M205 on yellow foam. We topped it all off with Black Wax.
With a full crew wiping down the lightly dusty Lincoln, we had it ready for claying in no time.
Yep, that's 4 guys claying just the back portion of this huge car - there are more working up front!
It's not every day we get a total of 7 people claying the same car at the same time. But with this much real estate, it's all hands on deck (yes, that's a "land yacht" reference!!).
After the test spots we put the guys to work. We had a mix of complete novices, season pros and everything inbetween working on this car all evening long. But when you're using a tool as capable and easy to run as the MT300, and pad/liquid combo like the DFC5/D300 to remove defects, it's easy to level the playing field and get great results from everyone.
Teamwork!
Even Mitzi arrived in style and ready to....well, not so much work as beg for pizza when we took a break from the fun!
Meanwhile, out in the parking lot. This BMW owner wanted some information on different types of waxes, how to use them, and which might be best for his new BMW. These two are sort of polar opposites when it comes to paint protection - a really nice carnauba wax vs the lastest polymer technology of Paint Protect.
It's interesting to hear the comments from a newbie as he samples two very different products designed to do the same thing, basically - protect the paint. His observations regarding feel of the product while applying and removing were spot on. He enjoyed using both, and was amazed at just easy it is to wax a car when the process is done right.
Back to the big Lincoln and a few checks on the progress. This is way better, but there are still a few marks here and there. On these huge flat panels, even though total perfection was not in the cards due to time constraints, we still wanted a bit better than this. Hit it again!
Much better! There is a bit of haze here, which is fine and what we expected, so we still need to give this a go with M205.
This is what happens when you take a swirled up hot rod Lincoln, and let a novice with the DA buffer loose on it. With just a bit of hands on instruction, this is the end result. Not too shabby for a first timer, huh?
One of the biggest challenges on this car was this deep channel that runs the length of the car on both sides; from the fender tips to the stubbing wings on the quarter panels, the channel was at it's max on the tops of the doors. With no good way to get even a 4" pad in there, we opted to tackle these areas by hand with M101. Everyone should have some M101 on hand for those times you just can't get a buffer into an area that needs correction - it is awesome by hand with a foam applicator pad!
Getting her dialed in!
Yep, that's how it's done!!
All shined up and slammed on its bags. This is one hot Lincoln.
This is just part of the crew - the ones who hung around until 11:00PM!!!! Plenty of others helped with the heavy lifting earlier on and we thank everyone who attended last night!
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