1981 Porsche original paint gets Griot’s

[rlmccarty2000]

Mike have you tried the new Rupes wool pads? Rupes says they are less aggressive that microfiber pads, which surprised me. I picked up some over the recent sales but haven’t tried them out. I’ve always like how fast microfiber pads cut, but sometimes it’s good to try to save some paint for the next time if possible, especially on classics like that Porsche.

[Mike lambert]

We knew from the initial inspection after purchase we couldn’t get the car corrected more than 80 - 90 percent better. So if a coating was wanted by the client I would not have coated it. Coatings do magnify the finish underneath. This client has had us do a few cars and understands coatings. So the plan was to make it as presentable as possible for casual shows and cars and coffee type deals. As far as coating single stage paint, there are several opinions on that. Modesta does work on single stage and a friend in Virginia has done some. I always understood that coatings were designed to bond to the clears. And since most cars I see with single stage are garage queens, they don’t benefit from the durability of a coating as much. So using a wax on a car with some defects left will help hide things for a time, and yes waxes do have fillers as do some polishes and glazes. So for a car going to a show a good wax or glaze may be the extra that gets you there. I do a couple of older 930’s that go to concourse all the time and have coated them and the judges don’t really care. They also now don’t even take points off if the re spray was 2 stage. I do have a Rupes wool pad but have not tried it yet. Hope to this Friday on a Dodge Ram in for recoating. Thank you for the nice words!