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I've had a recent influx of classic cars that I figured the forums would appreciate, so here's a few of them (hopefully with more to come). The 1970 Cadillac had all original paint and an original interior, the owner cleaned the interior himself so I stuck to just improving the paint. This one obviously hadn't been detailed in quite some time, and the last polishing it received left it heavily swirled. To start the car was wiped down with ONR and Meguiar's #7 was used to restore oils to the paint, in the process bringing back a little color. After this HD Speed and LC white pads on the Rupes 21 & 75E were used to gently remove the top layer of oxidized paint. I stuck to this relatively mild combo because of how soft the paint was, its age and probable lack of thickness. Even with this mild approach I was still able to bring back a lot of color and shine to this paint and remove the rotary swirls and some marring.
Before:
DSC09753 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09754 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09757 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09761 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Moderate rotary swirls:
DSC09762 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09763 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09783 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09764 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
The trunk showed heavy marring and swirling:
DSC09770 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
During the #7 application process:
DSC09789 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09790 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09795 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09796 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
50/50 of the hood, both sides had received #7 while the passenger side was polished once with HD Speed on LC white pads:
DSC09801 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Here the fender was polished while the door was untouched (besides #7):
DSC09806 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09808 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
After:
DSC09811 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09812 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09817 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09819 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09821 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09826 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09828 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09829 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09838 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Some marring would still remain, but for 40+ year old paint it was looking vastly improved:
DSC09855 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09863 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09870 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09879 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09884 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Before:
DSC09753 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09754 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09757 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09761 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrModerate rotary swirls:
DSC09762 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09763 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09783 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09764 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrThe trunk showed heavy marring and swirling:
DSC09770 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDuring the #7 application process:
DSC09789 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09790 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09795 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09796 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr50/50 of the hood, both sides had received #7 while the passenger side was polished once with HD Speed on LC white pads:
DSC09801 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrHere the fender was polished while the door was untouched (besides #7):
DSC09806 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09808 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrAfter:
DSC09811 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09812 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09817 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09819 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09821 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09826 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09828 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09829 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09838 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrSome marring would still remain, but for 40+ year old paint it was looking vastly improved:
DSC09855 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09863 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09870 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09879 by Mike Donoghue, on FlickrDSC09884 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
