Old Dog

[Tom MacDonald]

WOW... Thank is increadible what you have been able to do to the paint on that car. It is also a tribute to the hardy old paints of yester year!!!! I hope the person that owned the car was as amazed as well.........

[Bill Prentice]

Old Dog

Joe

In life you meet people who excell at what they do... There a couple of common demoninators in these individuals... Integirty, correct priorities, they love what they do and take pride in what they do..

Joe you meet all of these standards... You're a great American and may God continue to bless you richly.

Bill P.

[Superior Shine]

I forgot I posted that. I was born in the north though , New Jersey. We moved to Ga. when I was a few months old. My brothers were both born in Ga.

[rusty bumper]

Originally posted by Superior Shine
Southerner???? Please explain.

You're not from Georgia?......

Originally posted by Superior Shine
"How long have you been detailing?" A-earliest detailing memory is cleaning cars with my father in his bodyshop in Atlanta Ga. 1977. I started Superior Shine in 1989.

[Superior Shine]

Joe, I didn't know you was a southerner.

Southerner???? Please explain.

[Superior Shine]

Once again, thank you all for the compliments.

Mike, Thanks for making it clear that using #49 on modern base coat/clear coat isn't recommended.

I did spent awhile with the vehicle testing the paint and working my way up from other paint cleaners that are less abrasive than #49. I measured and re-measured the film build with my paint thickness gauge and I had access to a 48 Plymouth with orig. paint to kind of gauge what I had to work with on the 41.

The finish on this vehicle certainly wasn’t common and a common approach wouldn’t have fixed it.

[Bill D]

SIMPLY MARVELOUS!


I have a 1:18 scale model of a '41 Plymouth and now I want to repaint it grey and call it the "Superior Shine Mobile" .


Thanks so much for sharing!

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by Superior Shine
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 Meguiar's 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 Meguiar's 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, Meguiar's marine line #49 Heavy Duty Oxidation Remover.

I would just like chime in here lest anyone get the wrong idea...

Officially, Meguiar's doesn't recommend using our Marine Line products for automotive finishes as many of them are too aggressive and could cause more problems than they will fix, especially on modern clear coats as they are extremely scratch-sensitive.

Please keep in mind that Joe is an extremely experienced detailer who has a good working knowledge of what he can and cannot do when it comes to selecting the appropriate products for the job. Note he conducted several test spots to test his product of choice and inspected his results before attempting to buff out the entire car.

Also note that this was an older, extremely oxidized finish that after testing a few areas, Joe felt there was plenty of film-build to work with as M49 is a powerful and aggressive oxidation remover formulated for extreme oxidation on gel coat surfaces. It appears from his results that whoever painted this car last applied plenty of paint and not just 2-3 coats which is normal for a lot of painters.

In other words... Don't try this at home"

[bimmer330i]

AMAZING!

[delta]

amazing

[rusty bumper]

Simply amazing Joe!

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Joe, I didn't know you was a southerner.

[MandarinaRacing]

AMAZING!
by Superior Shine



We're not worthy !!!

[cafemoc]

That's fantastic!
I can't believe the result...
Superior Shine did it again

BTW how would you clean wide white wall tires?

[Wingsof66]

Meguician, that is....

[JeffM]

Wow, you can now put Magician on your business card