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01bluecls
07-22-2007, 11:00 PM
Detailed this 1950 Mercury Coupe. The car was repainted black 16 years ago with a lacquer finish and will be getting a repaint again a few years from now. The car was heavily swirled and hazed. The paint itself if bubbling in many areas and there were a lot of burnt edges/areas from the previous years of detailers getting their hands on it. Basically this was a “get everything I could get done on the paint within 10 hours.”



Luckily for me the car was not dirty but dusty.



Process:

Wipe down with QD and Clay

Menz SIP with Orange Cut pad @1500rpms X 2

Menz FPII with Blue Finesse pad @ 1500rpms

QD Wipe Down again.

Pinnacle Souveran

Chrome around vehicle and front wheels polished with Flitz by hand

No tire shine since the outside of the garage was a bunch of sand and I didn’t want it getting stuck the tires.



Didn’t touch interior or engine bay.



I could only imagine how long I would have spent if I would had done the initial wash and my normal wash-after-polishing routine! :( I was lucky and didn’t get much dusting.



PICS:





Top of Passenger Fender Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/Merpassfenderbefore.jpg



Top of Passenger Fender After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/MerPassFenderAfter.jpg



Top of Passenger Fender and Hood Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mertophoodfenderbefore.jpg



Top of Passenger Fender and Hood After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mertophoodfenderafter.jpg



Top of Passenger Fender and Hood Before (Different Angle):

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merpasssidetopfenderhoodbefore.jpg



Top of Passenger Fender and Hood After (Different Angle):

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merpasssidetopfenderhoodafter.jpg



Top of Passenger Door Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merpasstopdoorbefore.jpg



Top of Passenger Door After: (Still some polishing residue left over I didn’t wipe clean in the pic.)

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/Merpasstopdoorafter.jpg



Passenger Door Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merpassdoorbefore.jpg



Passenger Door After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merpassdoorafter.jpg



Trunk Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mertrunkbefore1.jpg



Trunk After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mertrunkafter1.jpg



Trunk Before (2):

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mertrunkbefore.jpg



Trunk During:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mertrunkduring.jpg



Trunk After (2):

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mertrunkafter.jpg
01bluecls
07-22-2007, 11:02 PM
Driver Quarter Panel Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrqtrbefore.jpg



Driver Quarter Panel After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrqtrafter.jpg



Driver Door Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrfenderbefore.jpg



Driver Door After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrfenderafter.jpg



Driver Fender Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mertopdrfnderbefore.jpg



Driver Fender After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mertopdrfnderafter.jpg



Driver Side Hood Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrhoodbefroe.jpg



Driver Side Hood After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrhoodafter.jpg



Front of Hood Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrhoodfrontbefore.jpg



Front of Hood After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrhoodfrontafter.jpg



Lower Driver Door Before:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrlowerdoorbefore.jpg



Lower Driver Door After:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/merdrlowerdoorafter.jpg



Inside Garage Pics:



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mergarage1.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mergarage2.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mergarage3.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mergarage4.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mergarage5.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mergarage6.jpg
01bluecls
07-22-2007, 11:04 PM
Outside Pics: (At this point its about 7:30 PM)



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer1.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer2.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer3.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer4.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer5.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer6.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer7.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer8.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer9.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer10.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer11.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/01bluecls/mer12.jpg





After everything was said and done, honestly it could have used another 10 hours of work. I feel I got the majority of it up to par even though some marring still remains. The smaller areas where the 4 inch pad could not fit I had to polish by hand and of course it never comes out like the rest of the paint that was machine polished.



Questions and Comments welcomed as always! :)
awahl63
07-22-2007, 11:08 PM
Beautiful!!!!!!
usdm
07-22-2007, 11:10 PM
Man, you sure do get to work on some very nice rides. Great work!
Matrix 1
07-22-2007, 11:26 PM
Wow!! That`s alot of paint!



Super job!
stilez
07-23-2007, 07:10 AM
It looks stunning to me, Chris, but I see the small areas that you mention (hood vents, A-pillars, grille area).



All in all, I think you made the owner very happy.
Thomas Dekany
07-23-2007, 07:29 AM
That is one great looking design. I love it!!



Excellent work as always. :bow



What made you use fpII instead of 106?
ssmokn
07-23-2007, 07:55 AM
Nice work. What a difference. Those hood louvers are giving me nightmares :D. They don`t look fun to detail or work around.
danponjican
07-23-2007, 08:08 AM
Pimpin` it 1950`s style!
Setec Astronomy
07-23-2007, 08:23 AM
Nice job! I can`t even imagine having a nice house and garage like that and not even gravel for the driveway.
mikebai1990
07-23-2007, 09:04 AM
That is FRICKIN amazing! The owner must be ecstatic! Good job :)
imported_fishbonezken
07-23-2007, 09:10 AM
W O W . . . . . . you and your skills are amazing....
01bluecls
07-23-2007, 09:30 AM
Thanks for the compliments!! Polishing between the vents on the hood and around them was the biggest PITA!
Todd@RUPES
07-23-2007, 11:24 AM
Chris your work and photography are insipiring!!! Awesome work!