1969 Ford Galaxie - 2 step process

[vinharski]

Unfortunatelly I've got only after pictures...no before and during the correction process.
This car was handled with the utmost respect...it is a 1968 Ford Galaxy with single stage paint, so no room for mistakes, although it has been resprayed somewhere between the 70's or 80's. The car used to be a daily driver in the past but now, the owner drives it ocasionaly only. It was covered in dust and the paint was HEAVILY contaminated.


The process:

1. Car was washed using waterless techniques. Didn't want water getting into crevices I could not dry out.
2. Paint was decontaminated using nanoskin Autoscrub. When gliding the nanoskin though the paint, I could hear the conamination been caught and removed
3. Some parts of the car had to be carefuly wetsanded with 2000 and 3000 grit. Used a foam interface to avoid removeing the natural orange peel.
4. The paint was very hard on this car...to get an effective defect removal, had to do the 1st cut with a wool pad + compound.
5. Polishing was done with D.A and SONAX PF
6. Chrome was cleaned with Megs METAL Polish
7. Engine bay was carefuly cleaned...just a cosmetic clean-up

It was a 4 day correction process and I must say I really enjoyed working on this car.

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[HateSwirls]

Love the steps you used on this car but man I would have loved to see some before pics:(

Great work though

[vet]

Looks great!

[Mike Phillips]

Looks good...





Unfortunatelly I've got only after pictures...no before and during the correction process.





The power in the after shots is created in the before shots (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/tricks-tips-techniques/21216-power-after-shots-created-before-shots.html)

:Picture:

[Bill1234]

Its a shame theres not alot of chrome put on new american cars today,

[goldendodo19]

[Q UOTE=Bill1234;1032898]Its a shame theres not alot of chrome put on new american cars today,[/QUOTE]

It's really not. The plastic chrome they put on looks tacky as hell. Black looks way better.



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[vinharski]

Looks good...





The power in the after shots is created in the before shots (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/tricks-tips-techniques/21216-power-after-shots-created-before-shots.html)

:Picture:

Thanks Mike...digging into my files, I've found some before pics...posting them right now.

[vinharski]

Digging into my files, I could find some before pictures.

This is how dusty the car was when it was delivered.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yi6pB1aOuNk/UuZtp3Y9YgI/AAAAAAAAHd0/FKkGyYvZaJk/w769-h577-no/galaxie_before1.jpg

During the decontamination process, lots of gunk came out of the paint. You can see how "muddy" the water is and how dirty my MF towel got.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--DFGwH8JjyQ/UuZtrLcyCBI/AAAAAAAAHeI/0V1rR9a5wqs/w769-h577-no/galaxie_before6.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UWhA9MeZfzw/UuZtsEe-ymI/AAAAAAAAHec/En9x__izNvA/w769-h577-no/galaxie_before8.jpg


During the polishing steps
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ipsr9NeNyMM/UuZtp8kr82I/AAAAAAAAHd4/eJnuinD4i4s/w433-h577-no/galaxie_before2.jpg

Fender polished...hood not
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EqceYopEU8Y/UuZtp1L1w7I/AAAAAAAAHds/ciNJcFCzAwo/w769-h577-no/galaxie_before3.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3g5tdodW-RI/UuZtqUfOpqI/AAAAAAAAHeA/FKiYGVNSDwo/w769-h577-no/galaxie_before4.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7D6pk0Dc8wc/UuZtqtWc2yI/AAAAAAAAHeY/9-iWnHUSHQc/w769-h577-no/galaxie_before5.jpg

[vinharski]

Love the steps you used on this car but man I would have loved to see some before pics:(

Great work though

Thanks HateSwirls.
Lucly I have found some before pics...just put them as a reply to this thread.