Paint Restoration Anyone?

Joshua312 · 03-22-07, 10:37

New Pictures Below...

Well I got a call this week and the owner wanted this car done as soon as possible so he could put the car back together and start enjoying it. Basically I was just dealing with the shell of the car, it was painted in November and had been sitting in storage ever since. I wasn't able to grab any shots of it outside in the sun before hand because I was so crunched for time but here is what the whole car looked like....

After: It isn't perfect but it is as good as I am willing to make it at the time being. Id rather save more correction until the next time I detail it.

I am not yet finished with the car, I hope to have it done tomorrow afternoon so then I will post better pictures and hopefully some sun shots if the weather cooperates. Thanks for looking.

Process: Hi-Temp Extreme Cut/Optimum Compound (Orange Pad via cyclo)
Optimum Compound via green pad
3M Perfect It III 05390 I believe it is called with FPII via white pad
Menzerna PO106FF via blue finishing pad

Scottwax · 03-22-07, 10:40

Excellent correction skills!

Who the he!! messed up the paint like that in the first place?

dmxsoulja3 · 03-22-07, 10:51

Dude I think I just fell out of my chair, at first I didn't even think the car was painted....I really gotta start practicing with my cyclo and some compound.

kyotousa · 03-22-07, 10:55

I am just wondering if the last 2 shots are haze effect?

Joshua312 · 03-23-07, 07:00

Hey guys, the last couple photos aren't haze effect it just seems to be the tight space I am working in and the halogens along with my camera settings. While I'm not saying the finish is perfect, it does have light marring that doesn't want to budge. I will try to get better pictures today when I go back.

To tell you the truth I don't know what the guy before me did, my client told the guy painting the car he didn't want him to finish it down or anything because he wanted me to do it and he wanted me to make it look as good as I made his Corvette. However, when I arrived I seen this vehicle out in full sun and it literally looked like it wasn't painted, it was gray instead of black because of all the swirls, the tight spaces and edges are a pain! If the weather cooperates today I will be pulling it outside for some photos.

Joshua312 · 03-28-07, 09:03

Additional Pictures....

(Right Side Before, Left Side after compounding)

mose · 03-28-07, 09:50

Great work!

Couple of questions though:

In the fourth to last picture there is some "waving" in the paint. Is that orange peel? If so...how do you get rid of it......wet sanding then polishing?

What machine did you use for the coreection. PC or Rotary?

What the heck kind of car is that?

Grimm · 03-28-07, 11:16

Looks good! It was bugging me what the car was, it was on the tip of my tongue. '65 Galaxie?

Joshua312 · 03-28-07, 04:01

In the fourth to last picture, it looks like orange peel and it very well could be but I think that the picture isn't a good representation of how little orange peel this car had. It could have just been the angle and just the way the light was hitting it..not quite sure. The car will be coming to my house in a couple weeks for a wash so then I can get some sun shots and you guys can see it all put together. While I was working on it, his horse trailer was outside the door so I couldn't pull it out.

But you are correct, for orange peel wetsanding must be done.

For the correction work I used a Cyclo

Grimm, you are correct on the name - I am not 100% sure on the year, I want to say 67 Ford Galaxy. Here is another picture if this helps anyone know what exactly this is.

Here are two pictures which may give you a better idea on the level of orange peel

05corolla · 03-28-07, 05:30

OMG that is a crazy turnaround!

Joshua312 · 05-30-07, 06:31

Here an update to this vehicle...Forgot to upload these pictures after I worked on it again last weekend. There were still a few areas I wasn't satisfied with (thanks to the guy who painted/left me with the wetsanding mess) I told the owner the only option would be to have it wetsanded in the areas I mentioned to him and he did just that, and I recieved it back from the guy who wetsanded it...in a horrible condition once again so here are the pics of how it sits today after re-polishing to clean up the wetsanding marks.

GregCavi · 05-30-07, 06:40

Unbelievable transformation!! That is absolutely incredible!! Great work.

Greg