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wisch79
Working on an nice original car and thought I would share my experiences with you and maybe get some advice. This car is a very nice survivor with what they believe is original paint, for the most part! Somewhere along the line someone thought they would "help" this car out doctor it up. They did this by rattle can and red spot putty. The owner wants to try to see what is all hiding and do some minimal repairs to make it look as original as possible. Here it is when I brought the car home.
After talking with Barry and trying a few things, I found that 885 Urethane reducer does a great job at removing all the spray bomb and even the red putty without attacking the original paint. Luckily, they sprayed most of this over unsanded original paint so once it is off, it buffs out with ease.
Here is a before picture of the cowl and then one after a little wiping.
I will try to get an after shot tomorrow. It looks amazingly better with the few wear marks than the cover up!
Here is a shot of the top of the passenger fender after removing the top layers of spray bomb. It shows the red putty.
And after a little more wiping. Notice no sand scratches where the putty was. This was before any buffing.
After a light wipe on rear roof next to window. The light pass shows where the trouble is and where to focus on.
After. There was a lot of putty trying to hide these cracks in the paint. There was a few light scratches here and the picture looks worse than it is. A light hit with the buffer and all you would see would be the cracks.
And the last one is a shot of one of the several spots I have left to do.
The plan right now is to get it all off and see what we have. Will probably be trying to spot in some of these areas with lacquer. That is where I will need some tips or tricks if anyone has any. Barry has been a great help so far on how to proceed with this and with a little more work, I hope to return this beauty to her glory days!
After talking with Barry and trying a few things, I found that 885 Urethane reducer does a great job at removing all the spray bomb and even the red putty without attacking the original paint. Luckily, they sprayed most of this over unsanded original paint so once it is off, it buffs out with ease.
Here is a before picture of the cowl and then one after a little wiping.
I will try to get an after shot tomorrow. It looks amazingly better with the few wear marks than the cover up!
Here is a shot of the top of the passenger fender after removing the top layers of spray bomb. It shows the red putty.
And after a little more wiping. Notice no sand scratches where the putty was. This was before any buffing.
After a light wipe on rear roof next to window. The light pass shows where the trouble is and where to focus on.
After. There was a lot of putty trying to hide these cracks in the paint. There was a few light scratches here and the picture looks worse than it is. A light hit with the buffer and all you would see would be the cracks.
And the last one is a shot of one of the several spots I have left to do.
The plan right now is to get it all off and see what we have. Will probably be trying to spot in some of these areas with lacquer. That is where I will need some tips or tricks if anyone has any. Barry has been a great help so far on how to proceed with this and with a little more work, I hope to return this beauty to her glory days!