Another oxidation job, Chevy 1500

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Black BB

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This is a customers car from my work. It had some front end work done and the hood, lt. fender, dr. door and roof were repainted. But the rest of the truck was badly oxidized and the pass. fender and door had a poor repaint on them. I told the estimator I could make it look "better". Should have kept my mouth shut. :buffing:



Paint: Clay, 3M Rubbing compound, Finesse

SFP w/polishing wool rotary

SFP Megs polishing pad

#80

#26



Wheels and bumpers: Blue magic and #000 steel wool



3M 1000, 1500, and 3000 on headlights, tailights and parking lens.



Befores

















 
more befores





I did some sanding with the D.A. and 1500.



After going over with 3M finesse













pass. door





after buffing

 
Same sanding and buffing proces on park lenses and Headlamps





Used Blue magic liquid polish and steel wool on rims







Afters









 
Amazing Restoration work! I know I dread these types, but man is it rewarding when you finish. Looks brand new!
 
thecarguy said:
I noticed you did not buff around the pin stripes. I'm still a newbie - is that because the buffing would take the pins tripes off?
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It appears that he was going very aggressive, so yes, polishing a simple pinstrip like that with the aggressive polishes he was using, would probably take them off in a jiffy.



Anyways, excellent work. You can really see the difference. Oxidization is a *****, yet rewarding to work with. :hairpull
 
thecarguy said:
I noticed you did not buff around the pin stripes. I'm still a newbie - is that because the buffing would take the pins tripes off?
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Yes. As Steve said with the pads and products I was working with, the paint stripes would have been buffed off easily. They were already very thin and spotty in some spots.
 
thecarguy said:
ScubaStevo - what is a maximum cutting product that is still safe to use ON pinstripes?
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You should never really test out the max on paint stripes. Its always best to run a tape across them to be safe. Im sure Steve will get an answer to ya also.
 
gtbaka said:
Amazing Restoration work! I know I dread these types, but man is it rewarding when you finish. Looks brand new!
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Thanks! It is rewarding, the hardest part is getting started.



Thanks for all replies guys.
 
Incredible turnaround! :bow



Vehicles like that are a pain while you are working on them but when you can make a tremendous difference like you did, the satisfaction is high. :)
 
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