Need advice on single stage paint buffing project

[Red Lehr]

I have a friend who wants his 73 Mustang buffed and the car was repainted some time ago. The color now is Candy Apple Red,but the trunk and hood are so faded that they look orange.
I did a test spot with my 3401,Menz 400, and a LC 6" wool pad and wow did it wipe away the scratches and dead paint. After the test spot however,my wool pad was REALLY dirty with old paint.
My question is, would the Meguires #7 treatment help the problem of all the paint coming off the car and onto my wool pad ?

[Eric@CherryOnTop]

Picture here would help, but probably not.

I would follow up that compounding step with something to refine it, a polish on maybe a white pad. FG400 on wool is really aggressive and is bound to leave buffer marks behind. Candy apply red and there's no clear coat? I've never heard of that....

[2black1s]

Candy Apple Red is just a name that Ford used back in that timeframe.

It's not truly "candy" as in a transparent color over a base color, usually silver, gold, or white, and finished with clear.

[coles_paint_correction]

I'm not sure about candy apple red but i do know if it's metallic in the single stage i would be carefull.
It can cause uneven glossiness. Due to the metallic in the paint, if it's not too bad it should be able to come back though. Gl!

[Knozzmoeking]

Here's my take on your question after reading Mike's excellent primer on #7 Mirror Glaze and having used the product on a Mercedes 240D with single stage paint.
My guess is that the "paint coming off the car" is probably oxidation. If that guess is correct, #7 would probably result in the same coloration coming off onto the terry cloth towels used to apply it to the paint. In either case, the "color" coming off would be oxidation and a good thing. My suggestion would be to try the #7 on a small area. Let it sit according to Mike's instructions and wipe it off. If you get color on the wipe off, you are probably taking off oxidation and my suggestion at that point would be to do the whole car with #7 before polish or an LSP.

[Mike Phillips]

My question is, would the Meguires #7 treatment help the problem of all the paint coming off the car and onto my wool pad ?

If the #7 doesn't help nothing will.

If it were me I woujld slathering on the #7 fast and furious....




Here's what this process can do to neglected antique original single stage paint.












The #7 Rub Down Technique by Mike Phillips

[Red Lehr]

Thanks for the reply fellas ! Thankfully the paint is not a metallic color so it will be interesting to see how much of the oxidation comes off on the towels. I'll post pics when we start the project.

[Mike Phillips]

Thanks for the reply fellas !

Thankfully the paint is not a metallic color so it will be interesting to see how much of the oxidation comes off on the towels.

I'll post pics when we start the project.

I'm already looking forward to the pictures!

[Knozzmoeking]

By coincidence, I used #7 on an older Mercedes 300D today. While results were nowhere near as good as the pics above, I'll try to see if I can improve my picture importing skills and start a thread.