JWilliams.RadiantDetail
12-02-2014, 05:50 PM
He picked it up last week, it definitely needs some serious work but it's 40 years old so that's expected. He's going to get it repainted in about 6 months but wants to get it looking as good as he can for the time being. I don't have a DA, but even if I did it wouldn't make much sense to do correction on a car that's close to being repainted. Here was my battle plan idea, anyone who wants to chime in with what I should change feel free. Depending on when the Fed Ex guy shows up Friday I might start then, if not Saturday. He's also going to get all the trim re done, a lot of it is missing and what's there is really ratty. so at most I'll go over what's there with CG VRP Super Shine
I'll reorder, removal or add things depending on if I get any feedback here on what I'm probably screwing up on my own.
Vacuum inside + 303 Fabric Cleaner
1Z Cockpit Premium + 303 Aerospace protectant on dash.
Adam's Deep Wheel cleaner on Daytons and paint. Can't find a whole lot here, but apparently it works on paint similar to Iron X. Maybe not as good, but it's what I have atm.
Tuf Shine wheel cleaner & coating (white wall tires)
Spray down with Auto Finesse Citrus Power.
ONRWW, car is missing some rubber trim and has some rust here and there so I don't want to use a hose and a lot of water.
Nanoskin fine sponge + Glide
Menzerna Top Inspection
ONR a second time
Sonax PNS
either Meg's Ultimate Paste Wax or Dodo Orange Crush.
other products I have, CG Jetseal & CG Blacklight I'm pondering a glaze so some of the defects can be masked I don't have any polishes. I'm not against picking up some Menzerna Power Lock or something, but I don't think by hand it would be too effective over the 2 glazes I have. I also have CG V07, but I think PNS would be a better choice here. I like V07+BlackLight though :)
I did the baggie test on the paint, it's pretty rough, the medium Nanoskin sponge would be a lot better but all I have is the fine one - better than nothing. I only had a few minutes to inspect the car, there's nothing that jumps out at me. Some light scratches and small dings here and there is about it.
The only thing I don't have is polish for the chrome & maybe some glass polish. Will be picking those as soon as I finish researching what to get. I'm open to suggestions, thinking Ceriglass for the windows. But without a DA though I doubt I can make a noticeable enough improvement to make it worth while. The windows are in pretty decent shape overall.
He's a friend, but he's going to pay me here so I want to do the most I can with what I have. I've been detailing peoples cars for about 1.5 years now, but honestly 95% of my jobs are maintenance type washes. And this will be my 1st classic car. I know what a 40 year old car you have to take a lot of precautions and approach some things differently.
I'll reorder, removal or add things depending on if I get any feedback here on what I'm probably screwing up on my own.
Vacuum inside + 303 Fabric Cleaner
1Z Cockpit Premium + 303 Aerospace protectant on dash.
Adam's Deep Wheel cleaner on Daytons and paint. Can't find a whole lot here, but apparently it works on paint similar to Iron X. Maybe not as good, but it's what I have atm.
Tuf Shine wheel cleaner & coating (white wall tires)
Spray down with Auto Finesse Citrus Power.
ONRWW, car is missing some rubber trim and has some rust here and there so I don't want to use a hose and a lot of water.
Nanoskin fine sponge + Glide
Menzerna Top Inspection
ONR a second time
Sonax PNS
either Meg's Ultimate Paste Wax or Dodo Orange Crush.
other products I have, CG Jetseal & CG Blacklight I'm pondering a glaze so some of the defects can be masked I don't have any polishes. I'm not against picking up some Menzerna Power Lock or something, but I don't think by hand it would be too effective over the 2 glazes I have. I also have CG V07, but I think PNS would be a better choice here. I like V07+BlackLight though :)
I did the baggie test on the paint, it's pretty rough, the medium Nanoskin sponge would be a lot better but all I have is the fine one - better than nothing. I only had a few minutes to inspect the car, there's nothing that jumps out at me. Some light scratches and small dings here and there is about it.
The only thing I don't have is polish for the chrome & maybe some glass polish. Will be picking those as soon as I finish researching what to get. I'm open to suggestions, thinking Ceriglass for the windows. But without a DA though I doubt I can make a noticeable enough improvement to make it worth while. The windows are in pretty decent shape overall.
He's a friend, but he's going to pay me here so I want to do the most I can with what I have. I've been detailing peoples cars for about 1.5 years now, but honestly 95% of my jobs are maintenance type washes. And this will be my 1st classic car. I know what a 40 year old car you have to take a lot of precautions and approach some things differently.