Pictures: 1958 Cadillac Extreme Makeover- Original Single Stage Paint!

[Setec Astronomy]

Wow, great story, great result!

[chipintexas]

Just a slight edit to the above, Brian is the 16 year old phenom and I was the one polishing out this fins. That Rupes TA50 was a very sweet tool.

Ugh, I was typing too fast and got it mixed up. Apologies to you two guys. I should proof read before posting!

[Mike Phillips]

Speechless.....


I vote this project for "Best Paint Restoration" for 2015


I'd like to thank everyone involved for brining the human elements of care and passion for the craft to this project. The Cadillac looks simply amazing!

And it's amazing how with the right products and techniques you can bring life back to paint that is


57 years old!


Simply amazing!


Nice work everyone and thank you Chip for coming to Autogeek with this project. I wish I could have been their personally to be a part of the team but I've done my share of antique paint restorations in my life and it's great to see others have this type of experience.

I can only imagine what it's like to drive this car around and get all the


Cool

[The Pad Man]

That look phenomenal. Excellent job!!!

[Jaretr1]

That is incredible.

I am confused about one thing though and I apologize if I just missed it.

Did the car actually get polished and compounded using the Pinnacle products or is the result simply from #7 and Souveran?

Thanks!

[refreshauto]

That is incredible.

I am confused about one thing though and I apologize if I just missed it.

Did the car actually get polished and compounded using the Pinnacle products or is the result simply from #7 and Souveran?

Thanks!

We did a couple of test spots and machine polishing actually made it worse than hand polishing with #7. So we eneded up just doing it with #7 and Souveran.

[Mike Phillips]

We did a couple of test spots and machine polishing actually made it worse than hand polishing with #7. So we ended up just doing it with #7 and Souveran.

I found this a little surprising myself as I've never had an issue with machine polishing antique paint after the #7 rub down.

That said, this is why there is this practice we call doing a test spot. Before doing a procedure to the entire car you first do some testing to make sure you're getting the results you're hoping for.

A seasoned detailer is able to adjust their detailing process on the fly as you guys did and the results speak for themselves.

Antique single stage paint is rare now days so this is a situation where you don't take any chances and always use the least aggressive product and process to get the job done.

[refreshauto]

We were all a little stunned as well, but it was really the best choice to do it all by hand

[davey g-force]

That's awesome, great work guys!

[crash93ssei]

These old classic cars are by far my favorite transformations, now it will look good once again cruising down the strip grabbing everyone's attention! Great job to everyone involved!