Hot Rods That time I buffed my car for 12 hours

Anyone ever decide to see what their original paint would look like if they cleaned it up. Well my 63 decided shes a bad b***h

 

Lookin good!

 

By hand or machine? Either way it looks like time well spent!

 

Good work.

 

Clay bar, machine compounds, hand wax (hand buffed around the pinstripes)

 

Dang, arms like Gorilla!

 

before picture? 12 hours? use a Dremel tool? - Ha!

 

Looks good

 

Looks good....

 

12 hours because I clay bared it first, then 3 steps of compounds and had wax.

 

Well done sir

 

That came out nice!

 

Is that the old style Lacquer with the lead in it. That paint looked like deep water. It was so beautiful.

 

Amazing how the original paint looks so good after that many years, it’s obviously been well cared for.

 

unsure, looks to be the original paint.

 

You did good man, Donna is looking slick as hell

 

this shows the difference. The door handle is after the first compound. I didn't want it done to just be ok I wanted to do it right and work out almost 60 years of use.

 

Original paint was Ford diamond lustre enamel, new for 62.

 

Time well spent man! I got tired of an old Ford I had long ago and sold it to a friend's brother. I couldn't believe it when I saw it again. I thought it was dark purple. Turned out raven black that would knock your eyes out. Found out the hard way what oxidation does down here in the jungle country.

Joe

 

Looks great! Nothing like polishing up old paint. I did the same with my 56 a while back. I didn’t realize just how bad mine had dyed back.

 

I went to a junkyard once, but my arm got tired

 

@swade41 Thanks for posting your avita..., uh... er... picture. I ALWAYS look forward to your comments!

 

Missed a spot...

 

Well worth the effort. I did the same thing thing with my 53 Plymouth. Good job on your car.

 

I forgot that Ford used Enamel back then. It must of been repainted at some point.

 

It may have been but from looking at the chips / deep scratches its one layer over primer so if it was it would have been a full reshoot. Based on the appraisal paperwork I got with the car they believed the finish to be original.

 

I see what you did there, well played lol. Might need that on a sticker

 

is hot donna a 70's show referance

 

In our wise drunken name picking it is the one that stuck. Also yes, yes it is (wife threw it in as an idea, it just seemed right)