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I usually do average cars. Cars used as daily drivers. This was the first time I had to work on an old and therefore special car. This isn't a daily driver, but not a show car either. It is driven some times in the summer to go to antique car shows. Allows for parking within the show field, less walk. Nice strategy. 
The poor thing was taken out of storage last weekend. It spent months under an improvised car cover. The top was full of cat's hair and the car itself was very dusty.
This isn't the original paint, but it's still old. Single stage of course. There are many paint defects beyond the capabilities of a detailers : really deep scratches, small rust spots, paint cracks, paint bubbles, surface rust on the chrome. I was asked to simply do my best.
I rinsed the car to get most of the dust off, I generously sprayed Amazing Rolloff on whatever material the top is made of. :P
After a good wash with Gold Class and claying (Riccardo clay & ONR lubricant), it was time to see the paint condition which was hidden by the dust.
Here's what I had to deal with :
There were traces of an old wax job in just about every joint and even a big dried drop. How can one miss it ?
I don't know if this paint is hard or soft, so I went the usual route : first tested with M80 with polishing pad, not enough. M83 with light cut pad, not enough. Luckily, I had just received my first bottle of M105. I had never tried it yet. Combined with a Lake Country orange light cut pad on the PC, it was the combo for the job.
By the way, thanks and congratulations to the Meguiar's engineering team for M105. I read many positive reviews which led me to try it, it's just amazing. After M105 which led to 2 pad completely filled with dead red paint even if I quickly cleaned them after each pass, it was time for M80 with a LC white polishing pad. I'd like to try M205, but I still get excellent results with M80 for half the price.
It was then sealed with 2 coats of M21 2.0.
The tires were cleaned with Duragloss 701 and dressed with Detailer's Pride Gloss Tire Gel. For the chrome bumpers, I used an old bottle of Mother's Chrome Polish. I bought it a few years ago and never really had to use it. Real chrome is rare nowadays. Not overall impressed by this product, but that's all I had.
I used ScratchX 2.0 by hand for hard to reach areas and PlastX on the rear lights. I was surprised to find out these were plastic, I expected glass.
Windows were cleaned with Stoner's IG. Interior cleaned with Meg's QID and the leather received a dose of Meguiar's Gold Class leather cleaner/conditioner. Carpet cleaned with a Turtle Wax carpet cleaner. The few plastic parts on the dash got a coat of Supreme Shine.
After all this hard work, it was time to call it all in : get it out under the beautiful sun. Some pics make it look like it's orange, but it IS bright red.
This car really needs whitewalls. The owner ordered some, but meanwhile, it had to roll on something safe.
Sky reflection on the hood, sun included
The poor thing was taken out of storage last weekend. It spent months under an improvised car cover. The top was full of cat's hair and the car itself was very dusty.
This isn't the original paint, but it's still old. Single stage of course. There are many paint defects beyond the capabilities of a detailers : really deep scratches, small rust spots, paint cracks, paint bubbles, surface rust on the chrome. I was asked to simply do my best.
I rinsed the car to get most of the dust off, I generously sprayed Amazing Rolloff on whatever material the top is made of. :P
After a good wash with Gold Class and claying (Riccardo clay & ONR lubricant), it was time to see the paint condition which was hidden by the dust.
Here's what I had to deal with :
There were traces of an old wax job in just about every joint and even a big dried drop. How can one miss it ?
I don't know if this paint is hard or soft, so I went the usual route : first tested with M80 with polishing pad, not enough. M83 with light cut pad, not enough. Luckily, I had just received my first bottle of M105. I had never tried it yet. Combined with a Lake Country orange light cut pad on the PC, it was the combo for the job.
By the way, thanks and congratulations to the Meguiar's engineering team for M105. I read many positive reviews which led me to try it, it's just amazing.
After M105 which led to 2 pad completely filled with dead red paint even if I quickly cleaned them after each pass, it was time for M80 with a LC white polishing pad. I'd like to try M205, but I still get excellent results with M80 for half the price.It was then sealed with 2 coats of M21 2.0.
The tires were cleaned with Duragloss 701 and dressed with Detailer's Pride Gloss Tire Gel. For the chrome bumpers, I used an old bottle of Mother's Chrome Polish. I bought it a few years ago and never really had to use it. Real chrome is rare nowadays. Not overall impressed by this product, but that's all I had.
I used ScratchX 2.0 by hand for hard to reach areas and PlastX on the rear lights. I was surprised to find out these were plastic, I expected glass.
Windows were cleaned with Stoner's IG. Interior cleaned with Meg's QID and the leather received a dose of Meguiar's Gold Class leather cleaner/conditioner. Carpet cleaned with a Turtle Wax carpet cleaner. The few plastic parts on the dash got a coat of Supreme Shine.
After all this hard work, it was time to call it all in : get it out under the beautiful sun. Some pics make it look like it's orange, but it IS bright red.
This car really needs whitewalls. The owner ordered some, but meanwhile, it had to roll on something safe.
Sky reflection on the hood, sun included
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