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Re: Care of original paint (mid 60's Laquer)
I assume you have enamel or lacquer paint. How much metallic is in the silver?
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Re: Care of original paint (mid 60's Laquer)
Painted in ~1978, so lacquer it is. It's mostly metalflake, but tiny flakes, with a lot of clear over it all.
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Re: Care of original paint (mid 60's Laquer)
As most say go with the least abrasive and work your way down.. I like the scratch 2.0.. It has gotten rid of all the fine scratches I have found on my 67. I would start there and then down down. Just my $0.02
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Re: Care of original paint (mid 60's Laquer)
#7 Show Car glaze... it took approx a quart to rehydrate the paint on the Black RS/Z. I applied it liberally by ahnd then waited till the next day to polish it off... then again and again and again...
[img]https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/07/full-254-29435-633599_day1_quarterpanelpaint.[/img]
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Re: Care of original paint (mid 60's Laquer)
Wow, your results are amazing.
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Re: Care of original paint (mid 60's Laquer)
I know there was a really old guy that used to come into the Olds dealer I worked at in the early 80's with his gold 442. The paint looked awesome and was original paint. He said he washed the car with 1 part kerosene and 2 parts water. Also, when he wanted to wipe it down between washes, he'd use the same stuff.
I remember him telling me that the old time limo drivers would use this trick to keep their limos looking great? I guess it makes sense, since bug and tar remover have petroleum distillates...as well as some car waxes?
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Re: Care of original paint (mid 60's Laquer)
The kero and water is an old used car dealer trick... then illuminate using incandescent lighting and even BLACK looks great!!!
The #7 is a PURE polish meaning it doesn't have an abrasives, it is truly a glaze, it was called Sealer when I first used it, it was changed to Glaze not long after. No other company has a matching product that I have found. The information I have read from Meguires states #7 is the original polish formula developed by Meguire 100+ years ago.
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Re: Care of original paint (mid 60's Laquer)
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...or, you could wear your cracks and crazing as a badge of honor! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Very sweet ride Keith! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img] </div></div>
Thank you; that's where we've been at for the last 50 years. The vertical surfaces look pretty good. There's a steady degradation of the horizontal surfaces (hood and decklid). The paint was never very good even when new. There are hand prints in the hood, hairs in the quarters and a large "swiped" area on the deck lid, like some one wiped away solvent or fluid and sprayed right over the top of it. All still very visible to this day. K
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