From reading different threads here, particularly Mosca`s review of Meguiar`s #20/#26 I decided to detail my MGB a little different than in the past. I`m prepping the car a little prematurely for a few shows in September, so if I really hate my changes I`ll have time to do it again - this is a work in progress...
I hadn`t touched the car since May except for driving it several times a month. The doors, front fenders, hood, and front bumper were all done with the typical Zaino process (countless layers over the past two years), everything behind the doors has been Meguiars #26 without much else. The last layer of Z2 was added 6 months prior to this session and I didn`t go out of my way to remove it - I`m trying to keep that in mind with comparisons of the products I put on top. This is a base/clearcoat paint that was finished in the early `90s:
"Before"
Before I started working on the paint I pulled the window cranks, inner door panels (vinyl covered hardboard), and top door rails (vinyl covered wood) - polished the metal window frames, and chrome cranks/trim with Flitz. I cleaned the vinyl then doused it with a heavy coat of 303 - wiped the remaining 303 away after 10 minutes and let the parts sit overnight. The vinyl went from looking really good to looking new, without any greasy protectant on top:
The Wash:
The wash started with a very diluted Ultra Dawn solution to strip oil and wax off the car. While the rinse should have been enough I rewashed the car with Meguiars Gold Class car wash - that always seems to help keep the water spots down with my relatively hard Florida water:
Washed w/Dawn then Meguiar`s Gold Class
At this point I stopped and thought long and hard about doing anything more than cleaning the rest of the car and putting the cover back on...but I`d already Dawned it, might as well go on...so back into the garage it went!
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