Old Studebaker

[tw1012]

I am new to the forum but I am active on several other sites.

I recently bought a Car Wash in Austin Texas. This is my first wash and we do some light detailing. I have become friends with a mechanic down the road and he sends me 2-3 cars per week.

He has asked me to work on an old Studebaker with heavily oxidized paint.

I Purchased 3M rubbing compound, Carnauba Cleaner Wax and Turtle Wax F21 Polish.

I tried a small area inside the Trunk and it looks great but I am worried that once I use it on a larger area it will produce swirls.

any advice? I am very new to detailing.

thanks,

Trevor

[tw1012]

crap, im already in trouble. I thought there was no way I could mess it up just by putting wax on it and I was wrong. I have already messed up the hood. Help!

[Flash Gordon]

[QUOTE=tw1012;510228]I am new to the forum but I am active on several other sites.

I recently bought a Car Wash in Austin Texas. This is my first wash and we do some light detailing. I have become friends with a mechanic down the road and he sends me 2-3 cars per week.

He has asked me to work on an old Studebaker with heavily oxidized paint.

I Purchased 3M rubbing compound, Carnauba Cleaner Wax and Turtle Wax F21 Polish.

I tried a small area inside the Trunk and it looks great but I am worried that once I use it on a larger area it will produce swirls.

any advice? I am very new to detailing.

thanks,



My advice would be to practice your polishing skills before trying to tackle this job

[Flash Gordon]

crap, im already in trouble. I thought there was no way I could mess it up just by putting wax on it and I was wrong. I have already messed up the hood. Help!

Are you working by hand?

BTW....I'm a big fan of Trouble

[Ted S.]

Possibly one of the greatest threads ever written on the subject of restoring an old, oxidized one-stage paint, like that on the Studebaker:

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...ge-paints.html


Ted.

[Twister]

What do you mean you messed up the hood?

There are a couple of good posts by Mike Phillips over on AG that have to do with oxidized paint. Might be worth your time to read through them

Edit: looks like I was too slow

[Flash Gordon]

:toetap:

[JRivers]

I'm new to the game, but if you have the opportunity to post some pictures, probably the more knowledgeable guys could give you better advice.

[Flash Gordon]

What do you mean you messed up the hood?

I would imagine it sucked up the wax and looks like crap now

[Flash Gordon]

I'm new to the game, but if you have the opportunity to post some pictures, probably the more knowledgeable guys could give you better advice.

Maybe someone with knowledge will reply to this thread