Resurrection! Breathing New Life Into Dead Paint

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Incredible first show and shine. Well done.

[Dave Medvic]

Nice work!

[Chevota Guy]

Great Job !! The pics and process documentation are excellent as well. That red paint is absolutely gleaming now and will be easy to spot by the CHP

[XSSIVE]

Excellent save! That went from, "Yikes, look at that poor old Porsche." to "Wow, look at that clean classic Porsche!."

[JSou]

Hats off to ya! That was incredible. Amazing job.

[James,]

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[AC in OC]

Thanks everyone. It was very rewarding to be able to work on a classic car and to be able to make a dramatic change. I am glad that the owner was part of it as well. It is a reward in itself for an owner to work on his own car and make changes in it's appearance. He was very pleased with the outcome and will enjoy taking good care of it moving forward. I appreciate all the kind words and especially all the direction you gave me Mike.

[Mike Phillips]

For everyone reading this....


One of the things I strongly recommended to Andrew was to get GREAT BEFORE PICTURES

And before ANYONE rubbed on a spot on a major horizontal panel like the hood.

What you want is a shot that captures the total UGLY


And if you have a shiny spot in the middle of an all oxidized hood then it kind of ruins the "beforeness" of the original condition if that makes sense.



And this is key, after you've done the work you can always get the after shots. You only have ONE SHOT at getting GREAT BEFORE shots. You can never go back in time to get them and too many times in my life I've read someone post something like this,


"Gee, I wish I would have taken some before shots so you could see how bad the paint was before I started"


If you don't take the before shots... there's no power... just talk...



So take a moment, put down the polish, grab you camera, frame up your shots and get your before pictures before you start working on the car.


Andrew did a great job of this and I'm going to add two of his pictures to my article on this topic below...



The power in the after shots is created in the before shots

[Boudin]

Truly amazing what can be achieved with the right mix of products and techniques. Nice work.

[addysdaddy]

Hey Mike, if you were working on clear coated paint that looked like that red ss paint, would you still use the Megs #7 first-or is there another product that would be more appropriate?