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    1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    Lately we have been correcting quite a few classics as you'll see. We corrected a '69 Chevelle just last week and stay tuned to the black Chevy Nova SS in the back. Although this Impala is well taken care of, it has been sitting in storage for the past few years. The paint is not original, it was completely resprayed prior to going into storage. The owner wants to start taking it more often to shows and local meets so he came to us to finish the restoration.

    Upon arrival all that was needed was a foam 2 bucket hand wash and a very light clay to remove some light contamination and overspray. The main focus will be on the paint. I don't have pics of the wash process but it was a breeze.

    The paint from afar looked like it was in good shape and the light green color hid the defect but once I put my correction lights on the paint, it was clearly a different story. The paint was hammered with sanding marks.


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    Paint was on the harder side which is preferred. I played around with a few combos. Ending up with FG400 and a MF pad via Rupes 15 II. This combo not only cut through the sanding marks and scratches but left the paint LSP ready. With little to no dust I must add. Despite a deep scratch on the trunk which we level down to near unnoticable, we got paint what we like to say 95%+ correction.

    Here's a 50/50 and after shots
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    Pretty good for just a compound. At this point you could almost just seal or coat but this is a showcar! We weren't done yet. Two rounds of polishing would follow up.

    Love those late night polishing sessions

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    Action shot (yeah we're from NY )

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    CarpoReflect via Rupes Yellow followed by Carpro Essence on a CarPro Gloss pad. The first round of polishing might not have been necessary but we wanted to see if it brought out the paint just that little bit more. When you have multiple machines, it was really efficient and easy. Since I know the owner and wanted to do some long term testing, we left Essence as a stand alone. I believe this LSP will hold up nicely on this type of car because its stored indoors 24/7 and rarely gets driven. The dirtiest it will ever get will be very light dusting from sitting for periods of time but we will be doing routine washes.

    Overall I was really thrilled with the outcome of the paint.

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    The exterior trim was very oxidized so we coated it with CQuartz DLux for long term protection & appearance

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    All the metal was polished by hand. The chrome bumpers unfortunately were pretty scratched up and need to be redone to look new again but the rest of the metal was nicely polished with some muscle power.

    Lastly the interior was given a spruce up with a vacuum and throughly cleaned. Just some light dust that's accumulated but also a lot of dirt in most crevices.

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    Thanks for taking the time to look.

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    Re: 1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    Awesome car...beautiful work...love those 70s 'Land Yachts'

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    Re: 1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    Quote Originally Posted by briarpatch View Post
    Awesome car...beautiful work...love those 70s 'Land Yachts'
    Nope not a '70's. the OP says it is a '69.

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    Re: 1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    Great work! Loved the write up and the pics!
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    Re: 1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    Great work on a nice ride!

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    Re: 1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    Quote Originally Posted by MarkD51 View Post
    Nope not a '70's. the OP says it is a '69.
    my bad.....almost though...still a 'Land Yacht'.....

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    Re: 1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    Really turned out great!

    And it looks like the paint job that was last done, was done pretty well too. It really perfected to an "as new" look, or maybe even better.

    With those cloth seats my biggest worry would have been mold or worse, mice damage.

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    Re: 1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    Beautiful !!

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    Re: 1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    awesome looking work. i'd like vinyl seats though

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    Re: 1969 Chevy Impala @ KS Detailing

    Thanks guys, really appreciate the positive feedback. After working on a few of these classics, you start to really appreciate polishing just metal panels only.

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