Old School Rub Out/ Coming Soon!

[Superior Shine]

I have a hood off a 1954 (I think 54) Ford. The car was custom painted in a metallic lacquer in the early 60s.







I want to do a rub out and polish like they might have done in the old days.

Believe it or not but corn starch and kerosene were commonly used to shine paint back then.




I bought an old buffer off EBay. I guess it is at least 50 years old. If anybody knows anything about it please let me know. I will use it for this project.




My plan is to polish the paint with corn starch and water mixture, adding kerosene as I need it. I will follow that with classic Meguiars #7 out of an orig. glass bottle.




That will be topped with the predecessor to #16, MIRRIOR GLAZE PASTE WAX part number MGM-16.



Stay tuned ...........

[Shiny Lil Detlr]

this sounds like a cool undertaking.... good luck, and be careful!! (as if I even needed to say that)

[89sv21]

what an awesome idea joe! if i had half the skills you do i'd consider doing something similar to my buddy's 1948 dodge.

[rusty bumper]

This is a must see.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Old School Rub Out/ Coming Soon!

Originally posted by Superior Shine
I bought an old buffer off EBay. I guess it is at least 50 years old. If anybody knows anything about it please let me know. I will use it for this project.

Very cool Joe...

I've been searching for an old rotary buffer myself... if you see any more on eBay and you don't want it, let me know about it.

[Ranger72]

OOO OOO OOO, can't wait! Damn why must you tease! lol

[Superior Shine]

The buffer isn't here yet. I just won it for $20. As soon as I get it I willdo the rub out.

Mike, Your welcome to use this old buffer whenever. I will keep a look out for others.

[macdude]

This should be interesting!

[Xtreme99_s-Dime]

That buffer looks more like an old handheld mixer than a rotary buffer. But if it works, it works.

Looking foreward to the project.

[Accumulator]

Cool, reminds me of my childhood! Well, except that my relatives did it all by hand. What a great project.

You could also put a little of the cornstarch in the #7 for the first pass, we did that back in the day and it worked OK, especially on lacquer (as opposed to enamel). Only knew one guy who did the kerosene thing though...

Heh heh, this should also put to rest worries about how long products like #16 stay usable

You gonna eschew the use of MF and stick with terry? Heh heh, I wouldn't try to be *too* "period correct" and use cheesecloth

[Kevin Brown]

Joe-
To be period-correct...

Make sure you've got a cigarette dangling from your lips while mixing the kerosene & corn starch...

Some coveralls would complete the visual experience.

[rusty bumper]

Originally posted by iamwaxman
Joe-
To be period-correct...

Make sure you've got a cigarette dangling from your lips while your mixing the kerosene & corn starch...

Some coveralls would complete the visual experience.

Lucky Strikes with no filter tips.

[MandarinaRacing]

Joe, just a suggestion, why not do one half the old way and the other with new products!??!!

Alex

[Ranger72]

Mr. M phillips.... I was jut bored and searching ebay when I came across this...>
Its on ebay, I have the link if you are interested. Buy it Now for $69.00
I remembered this post right away and figured I would show you.

[benhui86]

looks like that buffer needs to be buffed out......