This car was my detail today while it was snowing outside. It's a 1989 and was repainted a while back using single stage paint. Overall, the paint quality wasn't bad, but I don't think it has ever been buffed. As you can see from the before pictures the paint was in horrible shape. It looked as though someone dumped sand all over the car and then wiped it off with steel wool. It took me a while to decide what products I was going to use that wouldn't be too harsh on the paint, but yet had enough cut to remove the scratches/ imperfections.
The thing that scared me the most was when I put the paint thickness meter up to the paint
. The entire car was very inconsistent. Some panels were reading as low as 3.5 mils and others were as high as 18.5 mils. After knowing this I had to be REALLY careful not to burn the paint.
Here is my process:
Washed
Cleaned wheels, wheels wells & engine compartment
Buffed the exterior with
Intensive Polish x2 using a light cut foam pad using slow speeds
Buffed exterior with
Final Polish II usiing a foam finishing pad
Hand application of AIO
Hand application of RMG
Topped off with
Meguiars #26 (something different)
Tires dressed w/
Meguiars Gold Class Tire Dressing
Before Pictures
After Pictures:
more coming...
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