"Oil massage": What would work best?

[Perfectshine]

Re: "Oil massage": What would work best?

Adding Pure polish as an additional step, is surely an understatement.

[Perfectshine]

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@ Alfisti - Thanks~

@Orca - Wow! let's see those pictures~

Here's the final result -




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and another car -



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[Orca]

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What about #3? This is my preference for pushing life back into old paint - once I have removed defects, I pop a really light pad on and just keep working sets of #3 into the paintwork until it can take no more! I'm working with a rotary.

I worked on a car last year that was so dry, you could feel the moisture coming out of your fingertips when you touched the paint! Luckily it was a convertible and only the top panels seemed really dry - I corrected in about an hour on the top panels and then spent another 4 on the bonnet and a further 1 on the boot ... just working #3 in.

Needless to say, it looked sensational afterwards.

I can't see any benefit in leaving a cured coat of polish to sit overnight. If anything, multiple applications will be of more benefit using the product as intended. #7 is fantastic - I could happily make multiple applications of that product by hand until the bottle was used up! Love it!

[Alfisti]

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shineshine, that paint looks like it's just been sprayed on and it's still wet!!

[Perfectshine]

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@michael; Thanks~ the two pictures with the swirls in my earlier post were before buffing and right after washing prior to the cleaning process. Cheers~

[ZoranC]

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*bump*

Wow, this sure brings back memories

... and wow..... i never saw a finish like that before in my work.

[Michael Stoops]

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Those are some great reflections! In your earlier post showing the swirls in the paint, was that before or after rotary buffing with the M83?

[Perfectshine]

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My bad, I'm sorry for that. However, here are the two videos in their respective order. It would be good if the moderator can put the videos in my earlier post, if possible. Cheers~



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Edited to embed videos.

[Michael Stoops]

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shineshine, your videos are on Facebook and without an account others won't be able to view them. Can you maybe post them up on YouTube or some other source that does not require an account to view them?

[Perfectshine]

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edit:

Here's a quick walkthrough on the work done the previous day(passenger side:complete process.) and the next day(hood:complete process. +driver side: Only with #83) with this process(#83+overnight DC2+#80)

[Perfectshine]

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*bump* (as a TQ)

Was searching through the forum for varieties of applying DC2, came across Murr's post (and this thread) on someone trying to restore an old car; saying that Mike Phillips soaked in a pure polish and left it overnight to make it more workable(i like the sound of that)..

I figured i'd try it out on a customer's car(clear coated), Left DC2 overnight, after cleaning using #83 with a rotary. It was my first experience seeing the polish hardened the next day and it is really impossible to take out with the supreme shine microfiber..so i proceeded with polishing it with #80 with the rotary and wow..... i never saw a finish like that before in my work..

Here's a picture of what im working on:





Here's a video after polishing off DC2 with #80:


Here's a quick walkthrough on the work done the previous day(passenger side) and the next day(hood+driver side) with this process(#83+overnight DC2+#80):

To Zoranc, did you get to finish your process? i apologise for bringing back this very old thread. cheers!

[ZoranC]

Re: "Oil massage": What would work best?

The most you can do to remove any product is to apply a paint cleaner and then wipe it off.

If using paint cleaner would there be any gunking up of a pad and marring of the paint like Mike-in-Orange said might happen when things end up dried or dried and too thick?

[E-Jag]

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In a long ago post, someone asked a question about an OLD classic he was about to work on. It had the original ss paint which was dried out, neglected and probably fairly thin. I would swear Mike Phillips suggested to him that he apply a coat of #7 to the car and let it sit overnight before cleaning and polishing the paint, so as to "moisturize" or feed it. IF that's correct, isn't that what we're talking about here?

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E-Jag

[MaximusZTS]

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I have heard that Meguiar's products have a rejuvination ability to revive old dry product by reappling a new coat and wipe away.

On the very similar subject, but out of different reasons, what one can do to remove polish that has been probably applied thicker than what it should be and ended up dried out because person had to interrupt work on the spot and leave everything for a while right after he spread around some but before he had a chance of working it in? As I mentioned, when my back injury kicks in badly (and work around car aggravates it, often fast) I am forced to drop everything on the spot and end up not being able to go back to whatever I was doing easily for several hours, if not tomorrow. I want to know how to handle it properly so I know what to do next time it happened. Last time it took lots of elbow grease and thrown away towels.

[Mike Phillips]

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The most you can do to remove any product is to apply a paint cleaner and then wipe it off.