The Art of Polishing Paint - 1935 Ford Coupe

[Mike Phillips]

The Art of Polishing Paint - 1935 Ford Coupe



Making the paint on this old 2-door Ford look like it has a candy coating.

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[jolo]

WOW it looks AWESOME, great work as usual.

[Mike Phillips]

Continued....


Leave no swirl behind...


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Technically, there was a long arc scratch there but leave no swirl behind sounded better than leave no scratch behind...

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Time to chemically strip the paint - this is where you really have to be careful or you’ll put scratches back into the paint

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[Mike Phillips]

Continued....

She’s chemically stripped - took me about 40 minutes...

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Time to coat!

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[Mike Phillips]

Done

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Time to shut down the show car garage...

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[Mike Phillips]

WOW it looks AWESOME, great work as usual.




Thanks. Sorry I just now found this. I forgot about this car.

This was actually a "Bucket List" car for me, first time I ever buffed out a 1935 Ford.


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[mbkite]

How do I get on the bucket list. Very nice as always. It don’t get any better than that.....

[Mike Phillips]

How do I get on the bucket list. Very nice as always. It don’t get any better than that.....




The finish came out extraordinarily nice. The Pinnacle Black Label Paint Coating is a really nice product. Easy to apply, leaves a super high gloss and slippery finish. And in this case, it gave the paint a "candy coated appearance"


The bad thing was, the clearcoat on this car was SUPER HARD. The paint only had light or shallow swirls and scratches. But it took compound, a foam cutting pad and a LOT OF DOWNWARD PRESSURE on the BEAST to clean her up.


I've seen this car around town at a few car shows and it still looks great. I also noticed it's for sale. It has a huge 500+ cubic inch fuel injected engine and a full pro-built roll cage. It's definitely race-ready.


:)