1981 Porsche original paint gets Griot’s

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Mike lambert

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This new to my previous client 911 came in to “ make it better “. All in all a nice car. The more newer ones I do the more I like the air cooled ones! At some point in its life somebody thought it needed sanding? Lots of very deep sanding tracers that could not be removed safely. We decided that Griot’s perfecting cream on a microfiber pad was as aggressive as we would get and still improve the paint significantly. Followed by Griot’s best of show wax for protection. Trim protected with Griot’s trim restorer, tires with g tech T1. Wheels polished and coated with Modesta BC08. Glass sealed with Dr. Beasley products. Thank you for looking!
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Mike:
Were the sanding tracers the result of someone just not knowing how to wet-sand and then not knowing how to remove them? Did you take any paint thickness readings because of the sanding, and if so, what were they?? I am just wondering if they were trying to remove old, faded paint, being a red color that is more prone to fading. (Yes, I am familiar with this from having a red `85 Toyota MR2 that sat outside 24/7 many years ago.)
It is hard to believe how good you made the ORIGINAL single-stage paint look. Still like a good (carnauba based) wax look on ANY vehicle, especially a RED Porsche.
 
Thank you! I think someone just didn’t know what they were doing to be honest. No rotary holograms, so I just think they tried to remove the oxidation. As far as measuring the paint, yes we did. Started at an average of about 4.5 -5, and in some areas we removed up to one mil and scratches remained. So we stopped there.
 
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Mike lambert- Can`t beat quality single-stage! Nice that it was never reshot in b/c.

Interesting that you went with the BOS instead of coating it with Modesta.
 
To answer Accumulator`s question about NOT coating this Porsche with single-stage paint, I would ask Mike L. IF this paint has too many imperfections that could not be corrected and removed, does a coating "magnify" such imperfections, where a carnauba wax tends to "hide" them, or at least not "magnify" them. I will not say fill them in, as I assume Griot`s Best-of Show Wax does not have "fillers", like Kaolin clay. Not sure if this is true.

Can someone "edge-ificate" me about coatings and if they are formulated for clear-coats and not single stage paint substrates, or does it matter, IE, do they look better on clear coats than properly prepped single-stage paints??? I only ask because most concourse d`elegance show car best-of-show winners seem to be waxed with multiple layers, not coated, or am I TOTALLY wrong about that too??
 
If we are talking sticklers at concours events,we have to keep in mind the “period correct”look judges may want to see on a vehicle. I don’t know if coatings can replicate this look or not whereas one is always safe with a carnauba. It’s the reason why I only use carnauba on my Cadillac.
 
I was just curious given Mike`s frequent use of the Modesta. Heh heh, yeah...I`m about the last guy on earth who`d use a coating on a ss Guard`s Red Porsche...or most any ss car.
 
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.
 
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!
 
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