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    Old Original Paint

    My wife's 65 Mustang has most of it's original paint, and it's in such good condition, most don't realize the car has never been repainted. It is Caspian Blue, which is a darkish blue and appears to contain fine metallic. I don't believe clear coats were being used back then, but I'm not sure.

    My question is, are there any Meguiar's consumer products that should not be used on this 45 year old original paint that still shines very well? At this point, I planning on using NXT 2.0 for protection (thinking it should be OK), but wasn't sure about what to use for cleaning/polishing beforehand. As I said it looks good, and I sure don't want to use anything too aggressive or inappropriate for the old tech paint.
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    Re: Old Original Paint

    #80 Speed Glaze (cleaner/polish) and #7 Show Car Glaze (pure polish) would be great products for prep before the wax.

    Claying also (Smooth Surface Clay kit).
    2017 Subaru WRX Premium - WR Blue

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      Re: Old Original Paint

      +1 for M80 Speed Glaze and M7 Show Car Glaze prior to wax.

      I have a couple of older BMW's with single stage paint and I find M80 and M7 very good with single stage paints.

      Originally posted by Murr1525 View Post
      #80 Speed Glaze (cleaner/polish) and #7 Show Car Glaze (pure polish) would be great products for prep before the wax.

      Claying also (Smooth Surface Clay kit).
      Andy W.
      Bimmers - '72 Tii, '74 Tii, '88 M3, '91 318is, & '01 330i
      Ford - '91 Ranger

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        Re: Old Original Paint

        Definitely go with the #80, 7 combo. You will be happy you did.
        quality creates its own demand

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          Re: Old Original Paint

          Originally posted by Pilgrim View Post
          My wife's 65 Mustang has most of it's original paint, and it's in such good condition, most don't realize the car has never been repainted. It is Caspian Blue, which is a darkish blue and appears to contain fine metallic. I don't believe clear coats were being used back then, but I'm not sure.

          My question is, are there any Meguiar's consumer products that should not be used on this 45 year old original paint that still shines very well? At this point, I planning on using NXT 2.0 for protection (thinking it should be OK), but wasn't sure about what to use for cleaning/polishing beforehand. As I said it looks good, and I sure don't want to use anything too aggressive or inappropriate for the old tech paint.
          Here's a link to an AGO article that Mike Phillips did recently on rejuvenating antique single stage paints, it addresses exactly what you want to do:

          The Secret to Removing Oxidation and Restoring a Show Car Finish to Antique Single Stage Paints

          Frequently Mike still posts some of his better articles here also. Looked all over MOL and didn't see it.

          TL

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