Its been a couple weeks, and I have a couple questions....
How is it holding up ? Does the rain bead like wax ?
Have you attempted to wax over it, or would you just go with a refresh coat ?
Many Thanks
Steve
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Chip" <czulli@...> wrote:
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> Guys,
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> I posted a few weeks ago a method of restoring old dull paint that came from an RV site that I picked up.
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> My 1982 Coupe has all original light metallic blue paint. The top surfaces, hood, top and trunk have lost all ability to come back.
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> Well, I spent a day with a white (this is important) scrubbie (not the green or blue!) that I picked up at an auto paint store. To that I used Bar Keeper's Friend in conjunction and started in on my top surfaces, trying to clean things down to the original paint and get the blotches out. I was not 100% successful, but it looked pretty good. At this point, my paint was extremely dull.
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> I then went and got this wax from Lowe's, an industrial strength, high traffic wax.
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> With the car completely washed clean of all of the old paint and abrasives, I started putting thin coats of wax back on my top surfaces using a micro fiber towel. I also used disposable gloves to apply the wax.
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> Over the course of a week, I have now put four coats of wax on my car and it looks amazing. I'll probably go for another couple of coats of wax before I call it good, but it is so much better than my car has ever looked.
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> The first coat or two of the wax will be disappointing and have dry spots, but once you start building up the wax surface things really start to look good.
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> And yes, I have had two people ask me if I had a new paint job! I am a stickler trying to keep my coupe all original and this has certainly helped the appearance.
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> This is not a tough job guys, nothing like the old Simonize "yellow can" days.
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> Chip
> Houston
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