I am a weekend warrior, and love to work on all kind of cars.
My dad in law owns a few classic cars and soon I will get a chance to go "All In" on one of them. Its a Buick Invicta convertible from 1960. It is black with red interior and a white top.
The paint is single stage. Dont Know if it has been repaintet or it is original. But it is in a Very bad condition.
I recently polished an old Black Studebaker Lark. I used Meguiars DA Correction system with microfiber pads on a DA polisher, and their d300 compound. Bad idea.....it made a LOT of haze. I then used a foam pad and their d301 finishing wax to remove the haze.
But I dont want any wax already in the process when I start on the Buick.
My plan is to give it some type of glaze Before any wax. But first I want the paint to be as perfect as possible. Thats why im Looking for a fine finishing polish as yours. I can see it has Si02 in it... will that be a problem if I want a layer of glaze after ?
My experience with the Studebaker told me Black single stage paint is Very soft. Do you Think your finishing polish is Enough or do I need a compound Before that ? Will you recommend sticking to foam pads ?
I would love all kind of tips on how you guys would detail this car from A - Z.
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Carsten
Hello from Denmark
I am a weekend warrior, and love to work on all kind of cars.
My dad in law owns a few classic cars and soon I will get a chance to go "All In" on one of them. Its a Buick Invicta convertible from 1960. It is black with red interior and a white top.
The paint is single stage. Dont Know if it has been repaintet or it is original. But it is in a Very bad condition.
I recently polished an old Black Studebaker Lark. I used Meguiars DA Correction system with microfiber pads on a DA polisher, and their d300 compound. Bad idea.....it made a LOT of haze. I then used a foam pad and their d301 finishing wax to remove the haze.
But I dont want any wax already in the process when I start on the Buick.
My plan is to give it some type of glaze Before any wax. But first I want the paint to be as perfect as possible. Thats why im Looking for a fine finishing polish as yours. I can see it has Si02 in it... will that be a problem if I want a layer of glaze after ?
My experience with the Studebaker told me Black single stage paint is Very soft. Do you Think your finishing polish is Enough or do I need a compound Before that ? Will you recommend sticking to foam pads ?
I would love all kind of tips on how you guys would detail this car from A - Z.
Looking forwards to read your advise
Kind regards Carsten
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