Mike Phillips
09-17-2015, 03:52 PM
1970 Ford Single Stage Paint Restoration (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/95288-1970-ford-single-stage-paint-restoration.html)
Friend of mine sent me the link to a discussion taking place on Facebook with a detailer named Michal Vern who was asking about how to restore the original paint on a 1970 Ford.
Someone in the thread recommended my article on using Meguiar's #7. As goes the forum world so goes the Facebook world and lots of opinions on the right and wrong way to restore original, antique single stage paint.
I messaged Michale and simply told him Meguiar's #7 is the only product I know that came out when single stage automotive paints were invented and is still around today.
There just are not any products made back then that are still around today.
#7 is unique. There's really nothing else like it on the market.
First it's NON-abrasive. Second, it's made with some type of trade secret oils that were discovered and used to create this unique formula by Frank Meguiar Jr. back in the very early 1900's.
It's hard to find anyone living today outside of Barry Meguiar that knows anything about the early Meguiar's products. I know a little and what little I know I share.
I have personally restored hundreds of cars with antique original single stage paint and have helped thousands of other people do do the same. It all starts with getting away from starting with coarse, abrasive compounds and instead using,
A heavy application of Meguiar's #7 Show Car Glaze
A cotton terrycloth wash cloth
Elbow grease
What you do is simply rub the paint down by hand and really focus on massaging the oils into the paint. Old single stage paint is porous and when it's dry and neglected it soaks up the TS oils in the #7 like a sponge. These are not just any oils as some will say but they are unique to Meguiar's and this product. Believe it or not, doesn't matter to me.
The key thing about these unique oils however is the have the ability to bring out the full richness of color of pigments in the paint. We see this as a darkening of the color or in other words restoring and bringing out the full richness of color.
When present in the paint, these oils help prevent future oxidation just by being present. Of course, after you've rubbed the paint out to your satisfaction you're supposed to SEAL the surface with either a traditional Carnauba wax or some brand of synthetic paint sealant.
Then periodically re-apply the #7 to maintain the paint and re-wax.
While there are always the naysayers what I know from first hand experience and over 20 years now of using this product for this type of procedure is that it works.
My original article on this topic has over a 1/3 MILLION views! And at over 20 thread pages long many many pictures of cars others have restored the paint on using the technique I share on page 1 of the thread.
Here's the link to the original article,
The Secret to Removing Oxidation and Restoring a Show Car Finish to Antique Single Stage Paints (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-articles/25304-secret-removing-oxidation-restoring-show-car-finish-antique-single-stage-paints.html)
Here's a screenshot of the stats I just now captured.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/722/RestorePaintSTATS.jpg
To me that's pretty amazing when you consider almost everyone reading this owns a car with a modern basecoat/clearcoat paint finish on their car and the majority of car detailers work on cars with basecoat/clearcoat finishes.
Without further ado, here's the two pictures Michael gave me permission to share on this forum.
Before
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=99875
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=99877
After
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=99876
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=99878
While all the cars I've worked on have been rewarding I'd have to say the MOST rewarding experience was earning the trust of Wayne Carini to rub out the original paint on a 1953 Hudson Hornet he chased for almost 50 years.
Here's the link to the full write-up for this project,
Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/63665-wayne-carini-1954-hudson-hornet-original-paint-restored-mike-phillips.html)
You can see Wayne watching me intently as I rub out the original paint on one of his prized car possessions....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1852/Wayne_Carini_Hudson_Restored_By_Mike_Phillips_017. jpg
And here's the thumbs-up of approval from Wayne himself....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1852/Mike_Phillips_Wayne_Carini_006.jpg
The opportunity to rub out antique, original single stage paint is becoming more and more rare as old cars are discovered, restored and thus painted.
So if you ever have the chance or if you know anyone that has a project like this, do them a favor and share the link to my article above with them.
:dblthumb2:
Friend of mine sent me the link to a discussion taking place on Facebook with a detailer named Michal Vern who was asking about how to restore the original paint on a 1970 Ford.
Someone in the thread recommended my article on using Meguiar's #7. As goes the forum world so goes the Facebook world and lots of opinions on the right and wrong way to restore original, antique single stage paint.
I messaged Michale and simply told him Meguiar's #7 is the only product I know that came out when single stage automotive paints were invented and is still around today.
There just are not any products made back then that are still around today.
#7 is unique. There's really nothing else like it on the market.
First it's NON-abrasive. Second, it's made with some type of trade secret oils that were discovered and used to create this unique formula by Frank Meguiar Jr. back in the very early 1900's.
It's hard to find anyone living today outside of Barry Meguiar that knows anything about the early Meguiar's products. I know a little and what little I know I share.
I have personally restored hundreds of cars with antique original single stage paint and have helped thousands of other people do do the same. It all starts with getting away from starting with coarse, abrasive compounds and instead using,
A heavy application of Meguiar's #7 Show Car Glaze
A cotton terrycloth wash cloth
Elbow grease
What you do is simply rub the paint down by hand and really focus on massaging the oils into the paint. Old single stage paint is porous and when it's dry and neglected it soaks up the TS oils in the #7 like a sponge. These are not just any oils as some will say but they are unique to Meguiar's and this product. Believe it or not, doesn't matter to me.
The key thing about these unique oils however is the have the ability to bring out the full richness of color of pigments in the paint. We see this as a darkening of the color or in other words restoring and bringing out the full richness of color.
When present in the paint, these oils help prevent future oxidation just by being present. Of course, after you've rubbed the paint out to your satisfaction you're supposed to SEAL the surface with either a traditional Carnauba wax or some brand of synthetic paint sealant.
Then periodically re-apply the #7 to maintain the paint and re-wax.
While there are always the naysayers what I know from first hand experience and over 20 years now of using this product for this type of procedure is that it works.
My original article on this topic has over a 1/3 MILLION views! And at over 20 thread pages long many many pictures of cars others have restored the paint on using the technique I share on page 1 of the thread.
Here's the link to the original article,
The Secret to Removing Oxidation and Restoring a Show Car Finish to Antique Single Stage Paints (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-articles/25304-secret-removing-oxidation-restoring-show-car-finish-antique-single-stage-paints.html)
Here's a screenshot of the stats I just now captured.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/722/RestorePaintSTATS.jpg
To me that's pretty amazing when you consider almost everyone reading this owns a car with a modern basecoat/clearcoat paint finish on their car and the majority of car detailers work on cars with basecoat/clearcoat finishes.
Without further ado, here's the two pictures Michael gave me permission to share on this forum.
Before
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=99875
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=99877
After
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=99876
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=99878
While all the cars I've worked on have been rewarding I'd have to say the MOST rewarding experience was earning the trust of Wayne Carini to rub out the original paint on a 1953 Hudson Hornet he chased for almost 50 years.
Here's the link to the full write-up for this project,
Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/63665-wayne-carini-1954-hudson-hornet-original-paint-restored-mike-phillips.html)
You can see Wayne watching me intently as I rub out the original paint on one of his prized car possessions....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1852/Wayne_Carini_Hudson_Restored_By_Mike_Phillips_017. jpg
And here's the thumbs-up of approval from Wayne himself....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1852/Mike_Phillips_Wayne_Carini_006.jpg
The opportunity to rub out antique, original single stage paint is becoming more and more rare as old cars are discovered, restored and thus painted.
So if you ever have the chance or if you know anyone that has a project like this, do them a favor and share the link to my article above with them.
:dblthumb2: