Recently painted 1966 Mustang need help

[Mike Phillips]

Here's what I would do....

First do your best to get any compound splatter out of the cracks and crevices. You don't want to be doing this AFTER you polish the paint to perfection. I wouldn't worry about getting his compound or polish splatter off the surface of the paint as when you compound you'll remove this at the same time. Get as much as you can off but don't sweat the little stuff.


Next I would do like I showed in the Corvette detail, get either the Cobra Clay Mitt or a Nanoskin towel and rub all the paint, glass and any other hard surface with this tool. It works like clay but does a better job faster.

Take my word for it... the black Corvette above was BAD and the Cobra Clay Mitt made fast work of removing the overspray and restoring a smooth as silk feel that passed the baggie test.

Next you're going to need to machine compound, polish and wax the paint.

I say "compound" because my guess is the swirls the painter left in will be deep enough that a polish won't do the job. Might as well get in there and do it right the second time.

Then follow this with machine polishing.

After you have polished the paint to perfect you need to seal the paint surface and you can do this with a car wax, a synthetic paint sealant or a paint coating. These three categories of products all do the same thing, they seal the surface and you only need to do one.

Waxes and sealants are the easiest way to go and you can also machine apply these products.


What's your background for machine polishing?
Do you own any type of polisher?
What do you have for compounds, polishes and waxes?
Do you have a copy of any of my books or DVD's?



Sorry to hear of your experience.... sad to say this happens all to often. Happy to say I have painters and painter's helpers attend my ACR 3-Day detailing classes and this fixes this type of problem for their customers.

[lu2677]

That's why I would try to sand it off with some 2500 wet sanding paper with a firm, but not hard block. The primer has most likely etched itself into the clear and won't come off with clay or chemicals. Where are you located btw?

I just now saw your location! Central Oho too.

[7PaintGuns]

I just now saw your location! Central Oho too.

You have got to be kidding! What end of town are you in?

[7PaintGuns]

Sorry to hear of your experience.... sad to say this happens all to often. Happy to say I have painters and painter's helpers attend my ACR 3-Day detailing classes and this fixes this type of problem for their customers.

So am I Mike, so am I.

[lu2677]

I'd like to say I'm shocked!

But I'm not.... and I do feel your pain....


Probably the wisest choice is to never take it back to this painter as it's obvious he doesn't have a clue as to how to work on paint after it comes out of the paint booth.

My guess is the paint is a swirled-out mess and by this I mean the guy used a rotary buffer and left holograms everywhere in the paint.

Here's how I would tackle it and I tackled a black Corvette with this same type of issues just recently, that is it had overspray paint over the entire car, paint, glass, trim, etc. and was horribly swirls out by the mis-use of a rotary buffer.


1969 Corvette Stingray - Cobra Clay Mitt Review


Bonded Contaminants
Besides horrible holograms after doing the Baggie Test I found the paint was also contaminated. I used some detailing clay to gauge how bad the contamination was.

The contamination you see below was collected off the paint after claying only one half of the deck lid.







The good news is you can fix it....

I wrote a reply to Mike's post but it did not post. I will try again later.

[lu2677]

This is a shorter version; I hope it posts, there was a notice that the message was too short.
My experience is with Mcquires hand held drill kit using polishing compound
I have used Mother's synthetic wax, Mcquire's car shampoo, pinnacle clay.
I do not have copies of your educational material. I have watched your video's on Autogeek, and youtube.

[7PaintGuns]

Have you had any other shops look at it? Where was it painted? It sounds like your in for a steep learning curve if you want to fix it yourself, but this is the place to learn!

[lu2677]

Have you had any other shops look at it? Where was it painted? It sounds like your in for a steep learning curve if you want to fix it yourself, but this is the place to learn!

Yes, another body man looked at it but he only does collision work. A man in Cols. painted it, I would rather not give his name.
Thanks

[lu2677]

Have you had any other shops look at it? Where was it painted? It sounds like your in for a steep learning curve if you want to fix it yourself, but this is the place to learn!

Do you have a body and paint shop?

[7PaintGuns]

No not myself, just an employee. I can recomend a great place a personal friend of mine owns. I may also be available to come look at it.