1954 Hudson Hornet polished with Rupes UHS
1954 Hudson Hornet polished with Rupes UHS
Before Pictures
I practice documenting the true and accurate condition of all the cars that go through any of our garage projects and this last Saturday, during Autogeek's Cars & Coffee with Dennis Gage I took some great pictures using full overhead bright sunlight to capture the current condition of the paint on this classic and rare 1954 Hudson Hornet Convertible.
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Since Dennis was here I asked him to give me a hand... literally....
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Thanks Dennis!
Here's a few more shots....
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And a few more....
The swirls have built up over the last decade or so since the custom paint job was sprayed on this car. This is normal as show cars tend to get wiped a lot but rarely re-polished the correct way.
Here's the rear driver's side fender...
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Same area on the car only I've zoomed in....
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Driver's door....
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The other side and in fact the entire car pretty much is in the same condition.
So as you can see this car needs some polishing to restore it to a show car finish worthy of the Hudson marque....
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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast
Here are the beauty shots...
No more swirls or holograms, just a totally clear clearcoat finish that allows the beautiful metallic flake to pop as it shines through....
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A huge thank you to Bill for trusting Autogeek with your classic Hudson Hornet.
Thank you to Todd Helme for joining us for this project and sharing tons of information about the Rupes Paint Polishing System.
Thank you to all the guys that attended for their passion for perfection.
Thank you to Bob, Yancy, Meghan and all the staff here at Autogeek that work behind the scenes to make projects like these a success.
Products Used
Tonight we used the new Rupes UHS Polishing Compound and Foam pads plus the Rupes Bigfoot Orbital Polishers.
All Rupes Products
To seal the paint and create the incredible glassy looking finish we used Pinnacle Black Label products.
Pinnacle Black Label Diamond Paint Coating
Pinnacle Black Label Surface Cleansing Polish
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Thank you everyone! Comments, questions and feedback welcome and encouraged!
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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast
We used this car for our "Cars & Coffee Tech Session", which makes Autogeek's Cars & Coffee unique among all the cars and coffee shows that take place early on Saturday mornings across the country.
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For our Tech Session we demonstrated,
1. How to inspect the paint with your sense of touch and using the Baggie Test.
2. How to inspect the paint using overhead sunlight, overhead florescent lights and swirl finder lights.
3. How to use a Porter Cable 7424XP dual action polisher with Pinnacle Advanced Compound to remove the swirls.
4. How to use a Porter Cable 7424XP dual action polisher with Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish to maximize the gloss and clarity of the clearcoat finish after compounding.
5. How to use the Porter Cable to machine apply Pinnacle Liquid Souveran Carnauba Wax by machine.
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Here's the before shot of the swirls on the hood.....
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Here's the AFTER shot for the section used for the demonstration.
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This Thursday.... we finish the job.
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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast
Be some of the first people in the U.S. to test out and and use the new Rupes HHS Easy Gloss Compound and matching foam buffing pads.
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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast
And of course, the complete range of Rupes Polishers including,
Rupes Bigfoot 21
Rupes Bigfoot 15
Rupes Duetto 12
Rupes Mini 12
Rupes TA50
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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast
LIVE, unbelievable!, I'll be there (here, I mean) watching every moment.
Counting hours for this meeting,
Good luck to all,
Kind Regards.
Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast
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LIVE, unbelievable!, I'll be there (here, I mean) watching every moment.
Counting hours for this meeting,
Good luck to all,
Kind Regards.
Yancy will share the link to watch the live broadcast as soon as he's updated some graphics and files.
It's been a while since we did a live broadcast so share the link to this thread with all your friends and mark your calendars for this Thursday starting at 5:30pm Eastern Time.
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Re: 1954 Hudson Convertible - Rupes Extreme Makeover - Live Broadcast
Looking forward to try out this new system from Rupes :xyxthumbs: