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[bradmumaw]

Hi my Name is Brad . I am going to detail a 1958 Pontiac . What kind of wax should I use on the paint and chrome . This is all orginal paint and chrome . Should I buff the paint ?

[Superior Shine]

Your first step is to EVALUATE the vehicle. Does it shine? Is the finish rough to the touch? Are there paint defects you want to correct?

[Mike Phillips]

Hi my Name is Brad . I am going to detail a 1958 Pontiac . What kind of wax should I use on the paint and chrome . This is all original paint and chrome . Should I buff the paint ?

Please start a new thread in this forum,

Detailing 101

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This thread is not for asking questions it was started as way to ask people to not send me questions via e-mail.

For some reason, people keep posting questions to it, for that reason we're going to close it.

Thanks.

[Mike Phillips]

Hi my Name is Brad . I am going to detail a 1958 Pontiac . What kind of wax should I use on the paint and chrome . This is all orginal paint and chrome . Should I buff the paint ?

Like Joe said, what condition is the paint?

I'll take a guess that it's dull and oxidized to some extent as that's what happens to single stage paints as they get older without regular care.

We do a lot of extreme makeovers on single stage paint here at Meguair's and what we tend to use is M80 Speed Glaze. This product works great for removing oxidation and restoring the color to the paint. You can use it by hand or machine.

After you rubb all the paint out using this product you can then apply a product like NXT Tech Wax to maximize the gloss and shine.


Like this,



1974 Mercedes-Benz 450 SL

Before - Yes the paint is actually turning from red to white in some places


After

[Mike Phillips]

We're closing this thread as it's gotten out of control.

It's a thread asking people to post questions to the forum, but not specifically this thread.

If you don't know where to post your question then the Detailing 101 forum is a great "Catch-All" forum for any kind of question.

Here's the link to the Detailing 101 Forum

Detailing 101


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[Mike Phillips]

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[Mike Phillips]

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For all our Lurkers out there, if you have questions, please register with the forum and post them to the forum. Please don't send them to me in an e-mail.

Each day I get people that cite the forum and then ask questions via e-mail. While this is convenient for them, it makes me have to reply by sending them the link to this thread and doing my best to help them to understand I can only type so much in each day, (look at some of my replies and count how many words are in them).

I type fast but I have more work to do each day than I can get done, so priority ALWAYS goes to questions posted to the forum, not sent to me in an e-mail.

With an e-mail, only 2 eyeballs benefit from the questions and answers. With the forum potentially hundreds and thousands of people benefit from the questions and answers.

Does that explain why priority goes to the forum and not an e-mail?


Thank you for understanding, if you read what I wrote in the first paragraph of the message that started this thread on page one here,

PAGE 1 of this thread


You'll note that I started it out by saying

I feel bad for posting this, but each day I have people who have discovered our forum, read through it, and then decide to personally e-mail me their questions.

And I do feel bad, but there's only so much typing time in each day and I have to give priority to the forum as directed by my Manager.

Thank you for understanding.