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I was emailed recently about polishing out this 1941 Plymouth.
Maybe too far gone. What do you think?
Maybe too far gone. What do you think?
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Last edited by Superior Shine; Dec 3, 2005, 06:50 PM. -
Here's what I think Joe...
If anyone can save it, you would be that person. Be careful around high points and edges with whatever approach you take and best of luck to you. -
If not, you should just give me that car.
Vanity
Automotive and Marine Detailing
"Because when you want everyone to look at your car or boat's shine, that's Vanity."Comment
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Hard to tell which color is the paint color.. But I hope it works out good.2017 Subaru WRX Premium - WR BlueComment
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Pretty neat old car. Check out these stickers I found on it. ------
And this one is a WW2 ration sticker------
The owner wanted to know if his car could be buffed out. When I first saw this car I didn't believe I could help it. The oxidation was super thick. There wasn't any shine at all.
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After I "bonded" with the car a bit I decided this was going to be an old school rub-out. The paint wasn't original. I guess it was repainted in the 60s.
My collection of "clear coat safe" 80-series Meguiars products probably wasn't going to cut it with this vehicle. I would need to get very aggressive to remove the thick coat of dead paint from the surface and hopefully I would find paint underneath that I could pamper and persuade to give me a brilliant shine.
Again my working conditions were less than ideal.
I decided that I needed to go at this like they used to back in the day when Meguiars put out their #1 and #4 paint cleaners.
I have a product in my arsenal that reminds me of old #4 and I used it on this old 41, Meguiars marine line #49 Heavy Duty Oxidation Remover.
Last edited by Superior Shine; Jun 15, 2005, 03:24 PM.Comment
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We had to take it inch by inch. If I skipped a spot it would stick out like a sore thumb.
Here you can see the difference between the rear fender that is already rubbed out with #49 and the adjacent panel .
Here is a side by side rub out of the hood --
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We had to go over each area two and three times at least. Our wool pads loaded up quickly with dead paint.
Once I was down to the "good" paint I polished it with #85 using a #7006 foam pad.
And here is the result --
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I topped it with #21.
I lost the sun behind a house by the time I was done but I am happy with the results.
We have over 11 man hours in this car. It was a tough job but the results are very rewarding.
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Going from this -----------
to this, is what I live for!
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Were the fire trucks and paramedics for you from passing out from all the work or the owner from surprise??
DeanDean and Rena
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Simply amazing!!'04 6s 5-door / '05 Acura MDXComment
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INCREDIBLE! Awesome job, thank you for sharing. It helps the rest of us know what we need to aspire to (and will never get to).
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INCREDIBLE! Awesome job, thank you for sharing. It helps the rest of us know what we need to aspire to (and will never get to).
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