Preservation Project - Green Machine

[markinnaples]

I am definitely going to try this product for my car. Mine is paint from the 80's and there's some small spots that I'd rather not flood with water to hasten the deterioration process.

[SuperNovaSS]

Looks great! They make a jobber bottle of glaze for less if you need a decent amount.


Jason

[Keith Seymore]

Continuing to make excellent progress.

By way of review: the exterior paint is Laquer?

Any checking/spiderwebbing?

K

[Keith Seymore]

Thank you;

I think I got the worst paint job to ever come out of the Pontiac Michigan assembly plant. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]

K

[firstgenaddict]

We may have a contest Keith...
My 68 Alpine Blue GTO had runs across the whole trunk jamb and the pass door jamb and light sprayed on the rockers...
The 70 Judge conv I painted 15 years ago also a PON car had 2 big globs of lead repairing dents in the door jamb looked like someone jabbed it with a fork lift then repaired it using a butter knife.

[Keith Seymore]

Not to take us too far afield, but my car features:

Hairs in the paint (quarter panels)
Hand prints in the hood (qty 2)
A &quot;swiped&quot; area on the deck lid where it looks like they wiped off some kind of solvent and then sprayed over it
Front edge of RH door rubs on rear of fender
Sheet metal screw shot through main body wiring harness

Also alot of waviness in the panels (around the hood scoop, when sighting down the quarters and C pillar area)

K

[Billohio]

I was going to ask if you had tried the clay bar. I think that Griots might have been one of the first with that. Amazing how it works

[Lemans69]

This is an excellent thread with lots of great pictures and information. Thanks for taking the time and posting your results. Always something new to learn!

[firstgenaddict]

I have experimented and have come up with a black liquid latex rubber which can be used to repair weatherstrip ends or re-adhere the skin to the foam and is waterproof after curing.
I will take some photos and show what is possible.

[scuncio]

Great work. Talk about a nice survivor car.