Helping a neglected '72 Skylark

[MosportGreen66]

Fender 50/50 shot



I finished the detail with Menzerna Super Intensive Polish and a Lake Country White pad and then topped that off with Menzerna Nano polish (PO85rd) and a Lake Country black pad.

The Halogens don't lie





Last but not least, I capped off the detail with an even coat of Meguires paste wax to protect the polish. The detail took about 15 hours. I went through five pads. The end result looks good. Owner will see it tomorrow. I will report back the verdict.

What was:


Is now:

[Smokey]

What made you choose that paste over using 3M's compounds and pads??

Now it just needs a set of Buick Chrome 5 spokes and the white letters popped out with a fatter tire in the back

[MosportGreen66]

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What made you choose that paste over using 3M's compounds and pads??

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A very similar result can be had with 3M's products. I love their clay and hand glaze but it just boils down to personal preference. Menzerna works just as good if not better than your run of the mill 3M, Presta, Megs 100 series compounds, etc.

-Dan

[agtw31]

car looks good

the paint was tough to cut through because you used the wrong product.

3M run of the mill??lol

[MosportGreen66]

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the paint was tough to cut through because you used the wrong product.

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I really just posted the transformation here to be enlightened. Please tell me what I did wrong.

[Smokey]

Don't know if its true today anymore but we had 3M come into the shop back in 94. They taught us back to do the heavy cutting with a wool pad and then a black waffle with cutting to help melt it back. Then do the steps up from there. It also helped to wash the car between each step also.

Sad thing is that I would go through 5-6 steps to do a dead nuts nice black job. Here in MN we would have to have the shop around 30-40% humidity to make hand glaze work like it was suppose to. If I was at a show, it would take 3 times longer to hand glaze the car out. I loved black and had everything black up until 5 years ago.

I'm just trying to learn how to make it easier for all of us...or no more black cars. Cream is looking alot better each day!

Now I hear they have Trizac(sp?) process to remove swirle marks and such.

[agtw31]

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The detail took about 15 hours.


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[MosportGreen66]

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The detail took about 15 hours.


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Andy, buddy, you must not be into detailing. Or maybe you are but you don't strive for the level of perfection found here. This is not some base-clear job. 15 yr old single stage paint that is sun burnt to the point of cracking. You'd be hard pressed to find a single scratch, swirl or hologram on this car. Anything short of 12-15 hours is rushing.

[al8apex]

ummmm, SOS pads on the convertible roof ... really?

I had a nasty looking soiled white convertible roof (old but decent still) that I used whitewall cleaner on (NOT Wesley's, it was a paste applied with water and a scrub brush), not as abrasive as a brillo/SOS pad (which is basically steel wool)

Plus all those damn metal particles go everywhere and you end up with rust spots wherever they end up ...

just a tip

[agtw31]

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Andy, buddy, you must not be into detailing.
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you spent 15 hours buffing on an old enamel paint job,,scrubbed on a convertible roof with a frigging SOS pad,and i dont know about detaling?lmao

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