You're preaching to _MY_ Choir ! =8-) .
But for the rust in the rear window , I'd not consider re spraying my '84 Sports Coupe in spite of chips , scratches , nicks and yes , a very small dings because it's only original _ONCE_ .
Sadly , two stage Automotive Paint systems do _not_ last nearly forever , the clear coat has a rather short life and once it begins to peel you're sunk ~ no amount of Carnuba Wax will fix it .
-Nate
Chip wrote:
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> Car paint last forever. We've all been through that missed local junk yard were there are cars that are 70 year old, paint still drawing you to the possibilities of rubbing compound and Simonize wax.
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> We have all also been in a parking lot, antique car show or show room with a car that looks to damn good to have it's original paint.
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> It is then, at that moment, that our eyes begin to scan the paint and body work. We are searching for that one defect that we all know will be there, Bondo not quite right, a run where no one will notice, a slight ripple down the side that reassures us that the bitch has been wrecked.
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> So, why would we paint our stuff? Certainly not to put it under the microscope described above. It's an automatic that an original paint job comes shining through. No questions ask, you look at it and you are reassured that it is still perfect, 35 years later.
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> No, it does not look the same as it did in 1982, but it looks perfect. You know that, and I know that. And it takes no close up inspection to cause us to know it.
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> Chip
> Houston
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