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Well, the day has come.... Today's update is the LAST panel to actually get a compound cut!

It took me a few evenings longer than I expected because I had to remove the large, old, dried-out...

Soooo.. it's been a while! I'm still here and still working on the car. Life gets in the way sometimes though. I'm still looking for an original red fender if anyone knows of a source, please PM...

Sorry it's been a while... There's been progress, just not a lot! Today's update is a duplicate of one from a couple of weeks ago. The lower rocker panel trim was damaged by someone not raising...

Well, it's on to the passenger's fender. An extra evening was spent removing the damaged rock-protection film behind the wheel. Then, the same multi-step process was applied like I've done in the...

Thanks for the suggestions! To answer a few of the questions, as a follow-up to the suggestions: I tried an IPA, no change (no damage though) Heh. It seems to be on top of the paint, not really...

I totally agree RippyD! But it still grates on you a little when it's your car right? :-)

Question time!!!!

I've been having issues where the panels meet with dark "marks" or some type of...

Thanks for the comments, I'm learning a lot too! Today's job was to finish the hood. It took a couple of evenings because I ended up doing 2 complete passes on it with the UC. The pics make it...

2nd half of the day's work:

I decided to start on the hood. It's a mess. It has the worst original paint on the car and is the largest panel. I'm doubting my ability to bring this back! To...

Thanks Scott! I get excited about the results and then demoralized by the damage found under the coating of flat red. It's been a great learning experience so far and I'm not even half done.
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. I feel like I need to post a disclaimer though: The pictures make it look better than it really does in person. :-) There are still flaws all over. I'm sure...

Another weekend update:

It's been a few days since I've posted. Lots of life happening at the moment. But I've also tried to stop posting every little detail/step. :-) Today's update is...

I know, this update seems like cheating... But I needed an easy day today. Decided to clean the rear glass. Wiped it down and washed it. It still felt like sandpaper! Went over it with the clay...

So, it's been a couple days..... Not because I was lazy and didn't post; but because I ran into my 1st real challenge. The roof paint is just demolished. I did 4 M7 coats with vigorous manual...

Sat night update:

Moving on to the next section; the roof. WOW, what a mess. I am a little disappointed in the condition of what's up here. I cleaned and ran the clay bar over everything and...

Taking a break from my detailing to update this for the site admins: I'm an IT consultant and have been running into the exact same issue the other folks have been describing. Ran...

Friday night update:

So I just had to get back to my badge ordeal. Tonight was the night I was going to hit the right rear with the UC. There's lots of prep work, then about an hour and a half...

Small update today:

I'm sorry this is a little/boring one. I had spent some time with cotton swabs and microfibers and tried to use many of the suggestions I've gotten here and around the web. In...

Thanks! I'm on it. :-) It's so rewarding to see it come back from how bad it was after 10 years.

4th of July update.

I've gotten the right rear disassembled, cleaned, smoothed with the clay...

Thanks so much for everyone's responses! LSNAutoDetailing, this post is because you reminded me to document the stone guard removal. :-)

On to today's update! I realized while disassembling and...

Weekend update: I was out of town, but got a chance to go a little bit further. I had left the M7 on the left side of the back for a couple days and had applied it at least 3 times. Now it was...

BTW Scott, your work on the 86 911 (exact same paint) was one of the reasons I decided to give this a shot.
Thanks! I may have a few questions I'll send over in PM if you approve. :-P

OK, on to something MORE exciting... Heh. I stopped after work and picked up some Ultimate Compound. After I treated the back of the car to another M7 wipedown I decided to try the compound on the...

Thanks for the replies! Today I was able to continue around the corner and onto the back left side of the car. I removed the ruined rubber trunk lock seal, then the back got a good wipedown and...

I'll try the cotton towels, I've been using microfibers. (You can see one on the trunk edge in the pic above) Look at the brownish/red oxidation transfer on it! I've applied the M7 "heavy" about 4...

My recent detailing of a sale car had me purchasing a few items. At the moment, I have a selectrion of washes, clay bars, interior cleaners, dressings, etc... But my "better" products are (All...