kevinb
03-13-2014, 06:26 PM
Hello,
I Wanted to take the time to post on the forum for two reasons. First and foremost, to introduce myself. I have been a follower of the forum for about a month and just joined this past week simply because I felt that if I got such enjoyment from the information posted on here, it would only be right to support autogeek financially for providing me the information in such a nice platform. Thus, joined a week ago and already placed an order for $500 for Wolfgang, Pinnacle, Collinite, and Megs products! Lol. They got me!! Lol.
Seriously, I have been detailing cars on the side for about 15 years. It all started because I had friends and coworkers always admiring my personal cars and then ultimately bugging me into making theirs look as good as mine. So, off it took. I detail cars for two reasons. #1: I enjoy it immensely and it relaxes me and gives me a sense of pride to turn something bad into something good. #2: It provides me with money to support my hobby of collecting gas station memorabilia (globes, signs, pumps etc…). I do not ever see myself devoting myself full time to detailing simply because after doing cars on the weekends, I am exhausted as I head back to a full work week. Putting 6 or 7 hours into detailing a car on Saturday and one on Sunday is quite enough for me. I give credit to those who do it full time. I think maybe I am like some on here who actually enjoy taking the more than occasional soccer mom trashed minivan and making it new again. Sometimes I like doing those more than the well up-kept ones. Strange... I know. I have for sure taken a beating on money received as compared to effort put forth on a vehicle, but I like helping those out that are not as fortunate as me and I always seem to be on the shortside of the money equation. No biggie to me though. Detailing feeds my passion for it, I support my hobby, and all that I have left over goes back into supplies of course after making donations to the local animal shelters in the area. It is a win win for everyone. So, I am hopeful to make some new friends on here and learn a lot more. Thanks in advance for welcoming me. My second reason for posting on the forum is to ask for some advice as relating to some pics I am going to post. I have an old 49 ford truck sitting in the back of the garage unexpectedly now and it has a paint issue on the hood which I am unsure of how to tackle or if even I should. I have never worked on a classic vehicle and especially one in which I am not familiar with the type of paint upon it. I have only had experience with clear coats. Anyway, the paint on this truck is 99% in great shape with the exception of the top of the hood. I have taken some snap shots to show the blemish area and I hope they transfer well onto here. Please click on each pic for a full blow up of the issue. My need is for those of you to perhaps let me know if you think this blemish is correctable or at the least if I can minimize it with some quality products. I am not sure what the problem was/is or how it surfaced since I don’t have history on the vehicle. I recently wondered if it was a heat damage issue since it is on the hood, but the underside of the hood shows no such damage, as one would expect being closer to the engine. Thus, I am left to wonder if this is a finish problem that can be corrected. I am fearful to begin without knowledge of the paint and because the truck is so darn nice in other areas and don't want to make it worse. I can honestly live with this, but would like to correct it. So, I am going to post a pic of the fender first, which represents how nice the paint is on the rest of the truck as a reference, then post some pics of the damage and hope those with more knowledge than me can weigh in with thoughts. Thanks so much for taking the time to read!
Kevin
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I Wanted to take the time to post on the forum for two reasons. First and foremost, to introduce myself. I have been a follower of the forum for about a month and just joined this past week simply because I felt that if I got such enjoyment from the information posted on here, it would only be right to support autogeek financially for providing me the information in such a nice platform. Thus, joined a week ago and already placed an order for $500 for Wolfgang, Pinnacle, Collinite, and Megs products! Lol. They got me!! Lol.
Seriously, I have been detailing cars on the side for about 15 years. It all started because I had friends and coworkers always admiring my personal cars and then ultimately bugging me into making theirs look as good as mine. So, off it took. I detail cars for two reasons. #1: I enjoy it immensely and it relaxes me and gives me a sense of pride to turn something bad into something good. #2: It provides me with money to support my hobby of collecting gas station memorabilia (globes, signs, pumps etc…). I do not ever see myself devoting myself full time to detailing simply because after doing cars on the weekends, I am exhausted as I head back to a full work week. Putting 6 or 7 hours into detailing a car on Saturday and one on Sunday is quite enough for me. I give credit to those who do it full time. I think maybe I am like some on here who actually enjoy taking the more than occasional soccer mom trashed minivan and making it new again. Sometimes I like doing those more than the well up-kept ones. Strange... I know. I have for sure taken a beating on money received as compared to effort put forth on a vehicle, but I like helping those out that are not as fortunate as me and I always seem to be on the shortside of the money equation. No biggie to me though. Detailing feeds my passion for it, I support my hobby, and all that I have left over goes back into supplies of course after making donations to the local animal shelters in the area. It is a win win for everyone. So, I am hopeful to make some new friends on here and learn a lot more. Thanks in advance for welcoming me. My second reason for posting on the forum is to ask for some advice as relating to some pics I am going to post. I have an old 49 ford truck sitting in the back of the garage unexpectedly now and it has a paint issue on the hood which I am unsure of how to tackle or if even I should. I have never worked on a classic vehicle and especially one in which I am not familiar with the type of paint upon it. I have only had experience with clear coats. Anyway, the paint on this truck is 99% in great shape with the exception of the top of the hood. I have taken some snap shots to show the blemish area and I hope they transfer well onto here. Please click on each pic for a full blow up of the issue. My need is for those of you to perhaps let me know if you think this blemish is correctable or at the least if I can minimize it with some quality products. I am not sure what the problem was/is or how it surfaced since I don’t have history on the vehicle. I recently wondered if it was a heat damage issue since it is on the hood, but the underside of the hood shows no such damage, as one would expect being closer to the engine. Thus, I am left to wonder if this is a finish problem that can be corrected. I am fearful to begin without knowledge of the paint and because the truck is so darn nice in other areas and don't want to make it worse. I can honestly live with this, but would like to correct it. So, I am going to post a pic of the fender first, which represents how nice the paint is on the rest of the truck as a reference, then post some pics of the damage and hope those with more knowledge than me can weigh in with thoughts. Thanks so much for taking the time to read!
Kevin
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