Grimm
08-09-2007, 09:31 PM
Here is a little show of my dad`s 1970 Corvette that I did last week. I only had the time to work on the paint, and it actually wasn`t even washed, so the rest of the car still needs a little tlc to get it to proper standards.
I only had four hours to spend that day, so I concentrated on the hood and trunk area with Menzerna SIP on an LC orange low profile pad. Then I did the entire car with Micro Polish on a white LC pad. I`ll go back to finish the sides more, but it looks 100% better. I finished up with XMT Glaze and a coat of Nattys Blue.
The paint really was pretty easy to work with. I thought it might be single stage, but it was a clear coat finish. It looked pretty bad up close, but didn`t take too much effort to get rid of the swirls. It still has quite a bit of random scratches, but considering my dad won`t be ocd about caring for it, it wouldn`t be worth going that far anyway.
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5127/p1010986oa0.jpg
Half n` half on the trunk after SIP
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/1132/p1010991ik0.jpg
And the afters. The pics aren`t the best since it was pretty late and not much sun left.
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/77/p1020076ca8.jpg
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/8047/p1020078sv0.jpg
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3339/p1020082rr3.jpg
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/1104/p1020084vv1.jpg
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6474/p1020086ht4.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/82/p1020088um0.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2962/p1020090tx4.jpg
I only had four hours to spend that day, so I concentrated on the hood and trunk area with Menzerna SIP on an LC orange low profile pad. Then I did the entire car with Micro Polish on a white LC pad. I`ll go back to finish the sides more, but it looks 100% better. I finished up with XMT Glaze and a coat of Nattys Blue.
The paint really was pretty easy to work with. I thought it might be single stage, but it was a clear coat finish. It looked pretty bad up close, but didn`t take too much effort to get rid of the swirls. It still has quite a bit of random scratches, but considering my dad won`t be ocd about caring for it, it wouldn`t be worth going that far anyway.
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5127/p1010986oa0.jpg
Half n` half on the trunk after SIP
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/1132/p1010991ik0.jpg
And the afters. The pics aren`t the best since it was pretty late and not much sun left.
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/77/p1020076ca8.jpg
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/8047/p1020078sv0.jpg
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3339/p1020082rr3.jpg
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/1104/p1020084vv1.jpg
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6474/p1020086ht4.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/82/p1020088um0.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2962/p1020090tx4.jpg