Dodo Juice - 1936 Chevy Coupe - Extreme Makeover

[Mike Phillips]

Dodo Juice - 1936 Chevy Coupe - Extreme Makeover


Before and After Videos Showing Swirls Removed




Using Speedy Prep Towel to remove Overspray Paint




Met up with my good friend pj from Dodo Juice Carnauba Waxes as SEMA and he told me he was going to be in South Florida the week after SEMA and he asked me if I had any car projects we could tackle together while he was in town.

Just by coincidence my buddy Mike Gelter just bought a 1936 Chevy Coupe hotrod that was in dire need of some swirl removal and paint polishing. So Mike dropped the car off Wednesday morning and about noon pj and I went to work.


Surprise Guest!
While bringing the hotrod into the studio I saw my long-time friend Kristhian Salazar walking into the front door here at Autogeek. Kristhian is from Bogotá, Colombia and was also at SEMA and before returning to Bogotá stopped by the Geek to pick up some supplies.

I invited Kristian to join pj and I for some fun working on a "real" piece of Detroit Iron and he gladly accepted.


Here's a few pictures from this project, I'll post some more later today, needless to say, the paint on this cool coupe was trashed before we started and then with a little help from some Dodo Juice polish we restored a true show car finish.



Swirls shots in the sun...







Polished to a jewel like finish...





Had a little help from MrSkittles TheThird


Here's the Facebook page for MrSkittles TheThird



Here's the wrecking crew... pj, me and my buddy and Pro Detailer from Bogotá, Columbia, Kristhian Salazar




More pics to come later...

[57BORNTORUN]

From the pics. it looks like your friend has quite the collection of HOT RODS.

[Mike Phillips]

From the pics. it looks like your friend has quite the collection of HOT RODS.

He's a local hotrodder, a true "car guy" and a guitar player, look to see some extreme makeovers on some of his guitars in the near future...


I used one of his other streetrods in one of my Detailing Boot Camp Classes...

Pictures from Detailing Boot Camp Day 1

[Mike Phillips]

Here's some high resolution before shots to document the true condtion....

I have before and after videos too, takes time to edit and upload the videos plus have a Meguiar's M101 Project coming in at 4:30pm today...













































Next we moved the Coupe into the studio to wipe her down with a waterless wash. I make it a practice to never wash classic cars or streetrods as I don't want to introduce water into places you cannot reach to dry where it could accelerate a rust problem.

Note how dull and lifeless the paint is in the before pictures...






Brand new waterless wash from Pinnacle going to be put to the test...



Shake Pinnacle Liquid Crystal Waterless Wash before using and then liberally mist over the surface...


Use a clean, folded microfiber towel to spread the product over the surface...



Then fold your microfiber towel to a clean, dry side to wipe the paint to a dry shine...



Here's pj tackling the deck lid...





Kristhian starts on the hood and works down the car...





Here you can see the dirt that was removed. It's important to either wash or wipe clean the exterior of a car before doing any type of decontamination or machine or even hand polishing.

[Mike Phillips]

Time to do a Test Spot using Dodo Juice Supernatural Micro Prime with Lake Country 5" Hybrid Pads on a Flex 3401...








Before...



After...








Here's Kristhian going to work...











Here's pj going to work...











The hoods on these old classics are two guy jobs...








While the driver's side hood is open I buff the paint close to the frame rail...











While the passenger side hood is open I buff the paint close to the frame rail...





Next up we hand and machine apply Dodo Juice Blue Velvet Pro and Purple Haze...

[Mike Phillips]

If you look at the hood you can see the pattern left by both Kristhian and I when we machine applied the wax and you can see the finger pattern left by pj on the front fenders or wings as he likes to call them...

[Mike Phillips]

Here's two of the finished work...

[Nappers]

I really like the Do Do Juice waxes.

Great work on that!

It's a beaut!

Edit: how long does that bottle last?

[Mike Phillips]

I really like the Do Do Juice waxes.

Great work on that!

It's a beaut!

Thanks Aaron... this is a very curvy car and the 5" Hybrid pads on the Flex 3401's worked really well.

Edit: how long does that bottle last?

The three of us had two bottles of Dodo Juice Supernatural Micro Prime between us and we used about half of each bottle.

I have a few more "after" shots to show the results plus some videos showing before and after and will post them as soon as I can get to them...

[Mike Phillips]

Here's the products, pads and tools we used...


Supernatural Micro Prime to remove the swirls and then Blue Velvet Pro to protect the paint...





Flex 3401 Dual Action Polishers with 5" Hybrid Polishing pads to remove the swirls, scratches and water spots...





DA Polishers with Lake Country Gold Jeweling Pads to machine apply the wax...





On Autogeek.net

Dodo Juice Blue Velvet PRO Hard Wax 200 ml.

Dodo Juice Supernatural Micro Prime 250 ml.

Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher

Porter Cable 7424 XP Dual Action Orbital Polisher

Lake Country Hybrid Power Finish 5 Inch Foam Pads