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  1. Re: slight "grittyness" on paint of just acquired '93 fleetwood

    As I worked on the hood with clay, I was surprised to see the detail fluid turning the color from the iron decontamination pictures.

    Then I noticed I was bleeding :doh:

    Coming back after I...
  2. Re: slight "grittyness" on paint of just acquired '93 fleetwood

    Definitely two layers, but I'd never been clear on whether the top one was paint or plastic . . .

    In our sun, the *bottom* layer of tricoat takes a beating :(, but wax seems to be an effective...
  3. Re: slight "grittyness" on paint of just acquired '93 fleetwood

    LSP?

    Given the amount of surface space on this thing, I guess I'll use clay on the rest, and then redo the top.

    If it matters, the manual says there is a clearcoat or something similar over the...
  4. Re: slight "grittyness" on paint of just acquired '93 fleetwood

    I didn't clay (I have it around, though, unless it was in the lost bag . . .).

    by the time I was done rubbing the polish, the grittiness seemed to go away.

    Given that, is there anything to...
  5. slight "grittyness" on paint of just acquired '93 fleetwood

    I just acquired a 1993 Fleetwood.

    The paint is good, but not excellent.

    I've immediately set out to give it a polish and good base of wax (it has a mesquite tree to live under, which deters...
  6. Re: Can this burgundy/red vinyl top be adequately recolored?

    Oh, well; by the time I got the hothouse coverings on (6 mil sheeting on a 16x16 wood frame) so that my tomatoes would survive the night, it was gone.

    But now I'll know for the next time . . ....
  7. Can this burgundy/red vinyl top be adequately recolored?

    I've found a potential daily driver (My poor ETC has been turned classic insurance only from a minor collision; the White Diamond paint costs far more than the body work, leading to salvage...
  8. Is there any hope to pretty up the paint on this '89 Eldorado?

    When her Deville got overheated, we picked this up for my daughter. Mechanically, it's sound, and our own mechanic knows the car.

    The sun, however, has not been good to the paint:

    58207 ...
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    Re: A safe soft brush before washing?

    I'll pad it, then; thanks.

    I figure that it's worth $50 as insurance for the paint; 19 years old, all in the desert, and no oxidation!
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    Re: A safe soft brush before washing?

    At the moment, I'm using a spray bottle of rinseless wash and a microfiber towel to get spots just about every day. Hosing the thing down and drying isn't an option. And hosing a car out here on a...
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    A safe soft brush before washing?

    I live in the desert (Las Vegas). Dust and mesquite tree debris (from individual tines to small branches) are inevitable. I think I could stick the car in a vacuum room and it would still happen ....
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    Re: How to apply liquid wax

    My primary concern is the Las Vegas sun, which is brutal on paint. On one of my other cars, we can even tell which direction a prior owner parked it in outside, from the unevenness of the past wear....
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    Re: How to apply liquid wax

    OK, I was *way* off !

    So I probably have something like a third a bottle soaked up in that towel . . .

    Is there anything special about the towel they supply with the bottle, or is it just...
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    How to apply liquid wax

    I picked up Maguire's ultimate liquid wax for no more real reason than being told that the paste could stain other bits of the car, and the liquid wouldn't.

    Not having hand waxed a car since the...
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    Re: two mild pink lines in white paint

    My big order arrived today, so I mixed up the rinseless wash.

    They came right off without any effort.

    The car wash foam makes sense; all I could come up with for that color was lipstick . . . ...
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    two mild pink lines in white paint

    The paint on this 1997 is stunningly good. I have the roof and hood rubbed down with clay bar and waxed; the trunk is next.

    I recall reading here about color separation on white paint. Is that...
  17. Re: Spectacular paint on a '97 Eldorado; how do I keep it protected?

    I picked it up.

    For some reason, I was expecting it to not get really wet :)

    Another panel (engine hood) down . . .''
  18. Re: Spectacular paint on a '97 Eldorado; how do I keep it protected?

    I thought I was supposed to dry wth the microfibers.


    Whee! another toy!

    :)
  19. Re: Spectacular paint on a '97 Eldorado; how do I keep it protected?

    I just bought almost $200 of assorted bits from your list. Oddly, there doesn't seem to be a spray bottle for the rinseless wash, but I got them of the others.

    Then again, I tend to shop at...
  20. Re: Spectacular paint on a '97 Eldorado; how do I keep it protected?

    OK, flatter it is.

    It appears I'll need to order the rinseless wash fluid.

    Do I need to do anything to wipe dust or pollen before using it, or is keeping it waxed and using that kind of fluid...
  21. Re: Spectacular paint on a '97 Eldorado; how do I keep it protected?

    There is a circle of light about the same size and the image from the LEDs. I'm not quite sure how it's forming; I'm assuming that it's reflecting from layer below the clear coat, given the way it...
  22. Re: Spectacular paint on a '97 Eldorado; how do I keep it protected?

    So how big a pancake should it be? I think it makes about a 4" circle. But then tends to bunch up.



    The whole car???

    Heavens no!

    I did the roof--well, the 3/4 or so that doesn't have...
  23. Re: How would you detail this car? ----> Barn Find - 1961 Plymouth Fury

    The darker corners of my soul are saying
    1) Distract Mike
    2) load it on a truck
    3) Run!!!


    :)

    hawk
  24. Re: Spectacular paint on a '97 Eldorado; how do I keep it protected?

    Grr. It just ate my post.

    All wally-world had was more quick-detail to lubricate the clay bar and the liquid ultimate wax. Not a single waterless wash without wax in the store.

    So I did the...
  25. Re: Spectacular paint on a '97 Eldorado; how do I keep it protected?

    Actually, I have a good tree :)

    We planted a mesquite to shade the van on the far side of the driveway a few years ago, and now it can do that. It's some kind of south american mesquite...
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