Looking for advice (and confirmation of what I found after searching the forums).
I am going to help a friend with his 1987 Porsche 944 - it is red.
He is the original owner.
I have done GM cars and trucks at various stages of neglect, but I have never done a Porsche.
It has lightly oxidized and dull paint on the sides;
more heavily oxidized on the top areas: hood, roof.
I can see that the paint appears to be good on some areas of the car that are not too badly oxidized, so I think the paint will come back.
From what I read in the search results, older model Porsche paint (like from the 1980s) is `soft` and maybe `single stage` in that it does not have a clearcoat `on top of` the paint, but instead the clearcoat is mixed `in` with the paint.
Is this true? And if yes, what approach is best to use given the condition of the car.
I was going to use the PC and maybe a white pad with m205 to see what kind of results that produces - thinking I can always go to the m105 and an orange pad later. Since it is my friend`s `baby` I want to be extra extra careful.
Any first-hand advice from anyone who has done a 1980`s era Porsche would be appreciated.
Thanks
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