Sizzle Chest
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I had the pleasure to work on this cool pony today! A customer brought me his 1965 Mustang Fastback. This car is modified. Power rack and pinion steering, tubular upper/lower control arms, power Wilwood disc brakes on all 4 corners, A/C, digital dash, killer stereo, Pro-car seats, nice wheels (now, LOL), and a built 302: mild cam, headers, aluminum intake, Holley carb, etc, etc. Sounds great! Now it looks as good as it sounds!
The car was repainted with base/clear. It had plenty of paint on it from my readings. The paint was severely swirled all over. It also had some deeper sanding marks in it that I was not able to correct with the level of paint correction that was agreed upon.
I used UWW for the initial ‘wash’. Ultima Waterless Wash Plus+ Concentrate, concentrated waterless auto wash, waterless car wash[/URL]
I then decontaminated the paint with the Nanoskin Autoscrub Speedy prep fine grade sponge. Nanoskin Autoscrub Speedy Prep Sponge[/URL]
My test spot showed me that this paint liked Pinnacle advanced compound, however it loved M101. Flex 3401 on speeds 4-5. Pads were an orange hydrotech and a green hex logic.
Meguiars M101 Foam Cut Compound, meguiars compound, m101 compound, meguiars foam cut compound[/URL]
Flex XC 3401, FLEX Orbital Polisher,flex XC 3401 VRG dual-action polisher,flex XC3401VRG,Dual Action polisher,FLEX buffer[/URL]
Lake Country Hydo-Tech Foam Pads, hydrotech polishing pads, pads for water-based polishes, buffing pads[/URL]
Paint leveled out nicely and finished down surprisingly well! The story is in the ‘after’ photos.
LSP was Blackfire Midnight sun applied via Griot’s 6” with a red Lake Country smart waxing pad.
Smart Pads™ Professional Foam Pads[/URL]
BLACKFIRE Midnight Sun Ivory Carnauba Paste Wax 3 oz. Sample, car wax sample[/URL]
The wheels/rims were very much oxidized and had some scratching/swirling. I used HD metal polish and a combination of elbow grease and my M7 pneumatic rotary with some small pads.
3D HD Metal[/URL]
Tires were treated with Blackfire Total Eclipse tire gel.
BLACKFIRE Tire Gel, tire dressing, tire shine[/URL]
Windows were cleaned with HD glass.
3D HD Glass Cleaner[/URL]
Interior was vacuumed via Metro vacuum. The seats, dash, and door panels had Adam’s Total Interior Detailer used on them.
Metro Wall Mount Vac N Blo® Vacuum, Metro Vac N Blo blower vacuum, metropolitan vacuum cleaner[/URL]
The billet aluminum bits under the hood were polished with HD metal.
3D HD Metal[/URL]
Thanks for looking!!!
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The car was repainted with base/clear. It had plenty of paint on it from my readings. The paint was severely swirled all over. It also had some deeper sanding marks in it that I was not able to correct with the level of paint correction that was agreed upon.
I used UWW for the initial ‘wash’. Ultima Waterless Wash Plus+ Concentrate, concentrated waterless auto wash, waterless car wash[/URL]
I then decontaminated the paint with the Nanoskin Autoscrub Speedy prep fine grade sponge. Nanoskin Autoscrub Speedy Prep Sponge[/URL]
My test spot showed me that this paint liked Pinnacle advanced compound, however it loved M101. Flex 3401 on speeds 4-5. Pads were an orange hydrotech and a green hex logic.
Meguiars M101 Foam Cut Compound, meguiars compound, m101 compound, meguiars foam cut compound[/URL]
Flex XC 3401, FLEX Orbital Polisher,flex XC 3401 VRG dual-action polisher,flex XC3401VRG,Dual Action polisher,FLEX buffer[/URL]
Lake Country Hydo-Tech Foam Pads, hydrotech polishing pads, pads for water-based polishes, buffing pads[/URL]
Paint leveled out nicely and finished down surprisingly well! The story is in the ‘after’ photos.
LSP was Blackfire Midnight sun applied via Griot’s 6” with a red Lake Country smart waxing pad.
Smart Pads™ Professional Foam Pads[/URL]
BLACKFIRE Midnight Sun Ivory Carnauba Paste Wax 3 oz. Sample, car wax sample[/URL]
The wheels/rims were very much oxidized and had some scratching/swirling. I used HD metal polish and a combination of elbow grease and my M7 pneumatic rotary with some small pads.
3D HD Metal[/URL]
Tires were treated with Blackfire Total Eclipse tire gel.
BLACKFIRE Tire Gel, tire dressing, tire shine[/URL]
Windows were cleaned with HD glass.
3D HD Glass Cleaner[/URL]
Interior was vacuumed via Metro vacuum. The seats, dash, and door panels had Adam’s Total Interior Detailer used on them.
Metro Wall Mount Vac N Blo® Vacuum, Metro Vac N Blo blower vacuum, metropolitan vacuum cleaner[/URL]
The billet aluminum bits under the hood were polished with HD metal.
3D HD Metal[/URL]
Thanks for looking!!!
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