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gentletouch
07-29-2004, 10:50 PM
I am gonna be doing this car soon. Any suggestions are appreciated.
gentletouch
07-29-2004, 10:52 PM
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gentletouch
07-29-2004, 10:58 PM
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gentletouch
07-29-2004, 11:01 PM
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Scottwax
07-30-2004, 12:42 AM
The rusted chrome may polish out, but for optimum results, they will probably have to be stripped and rechromed. The paint should respond to a good medium grade polish, glaze and last step product.
Accumulator
07-30-2004, 12:37 PM
Since the rusted chrome indicates that the plating has already been compromised, you might have to get a lot more aggressive with it than normal just to make any headway at all.
Stuff that we usually :scared :nono about, like fine steel wool, might be needed. I`d stay away from stuff like Navel Jelly, though. Use an agressive metal/chrome polish and see if you can turn the rust spots into sorta-black spots. Then seal it up with something durable.
What Scottwax said about the paint, it doesn`t look all that bad. If it`s SS, glaze really does "feed the paint" and is worth using.
gentletouch
07-30-2004, 07:13 PM
I failed to mention earlier that the paint is somewhat chalky. I am waiting to hear back from the owner to see if it SS or not.
Bill D
07-30-2004, 07:19 PM
Maybe once the rust is addressed, I`d be curious to see how the three step metal polish system, http://www.heavymetalpolish.com would work.
Jesstzn
07-31-2004, 09:44 AM
Originally posted by gentletouch
I failed to mention earlier that the paint is somewhat chalky. I am waiting to hear back from the owner to see if it SS or not.
If thats an old Rambler American its prolly SS paint .. Out of curiosity if you have it try AIO .. you may lift a lot of the issues along with the ozidization and save a little time on the polishing step.
Just a thought ..
DaGonz
07-31-2004, 09:59 AM
The year that car was made, there were no such things as clear coat paints. It is definitely single stage.
It`s not a Rambler American, it look european to me.
gentletouch
08-01-2004, 08:43 PM
Side of the car reads "American" and the rear reads "Rambler".
gentletouch
08-23-2004, 04:18 PM
Well, the car is done...Here are a few afters
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08-23-2004, 04:19 PM
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08-23-2004, 04:21 PM
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08-23-2004, 04:22 PM
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