The power of the buff!!!

[VWScott]

I'm in the process of color correction on the paint that somewhere in 48years it was painted with unknown quality/quantity of paint. I buffed a sample of all the panels to see how it would look and take the process.It seemed to be ok and matched what I painted(sunroof,lower right door and right wing. Color sanded with 3000 grit by hand(I would use DA if it was my paint but since it was a bit unknown I did it by hand) . Then it was buffed with lambswool pad and Mequiars 105 compound. I will use finishing compound once I'm done with the whole car. Pretty pleased so far. You can see in pic 2 where the hood and the wing match at least reasonably well. I use TCP single stage urethane which is really pretty reasonably priced. I've used it on all the cars I've painted as well as cheap ass Harbor Freight gun painted exactly where you see it sitting-outside. Unfortunately because it's looking this good its forced me to have to paint the rfight rear quarter since someone painted it the wrong color orange.It might be Colorado Orange I'm just not sure.Anyway now that the car is starting look good I think it deserves a respray there the correct orange even though I really want to be out there driving.

[OldRoller]

Nice V Dub! I think you will be very pleased with the results after machine polishing and foam pad. If I had to revert back in time I might have been wise to go with a single stage... I used PPG base/clear, shot outside the shop under the overhang in not the best temp and humidity conditions, resulting in some orange peel and nits. And a dragonfly that landed on the roof and proceeded to drag his leg across the final clearcoat! 

Correction of the clear has added hours with wet-sanding (many stages), cutting and polishing with a 7" rotary and a 3" da, and hand finishing. In the end, the results are immensely satisfying. 

Your efforts show your care, kudos on the work!

[JsnPpp]

Car looks fantastic as is - don't worry about making it better, just get out and drive it!

 

I'm hopeful to drive mine this year after 10 years off the road. Paint/body/rebuild stuff takes a ton of time.

[VWScott]

20 minutes ago, JsnPpp said:

Car looks fantastic as is - don't worry about making it better, just get out and drive it!

 

I'm hopeful to drive mine this year after 10 years off the road. Paint/body/rebuild stuff takes a ton of time.

Thks for the mention but you can see the rear quarter looks terrible. I'll paint it correct color not really a big deal

[JsnPpp]

Oh ok yes, totally thats a couple hours work at most. I agree! I was thinking you wanted to bring it to bare metal...

 

Back story - I used to go to the palo alto 02 meet back when it was actually in Palo Alto off of el camino. One of my favorite things was that all cars, even the ones that weren't perfect (perhaps b/c they weren't perfect) got as much attention as the line of 10 perfect turbos, etc. 

 

Something about an amazing car that isn't perfect tugs at my heart - 

 

Nice work bringing this one back to life.

 

Jason

[Mike Self]

Looks to me like it's ready for Vintage!

 

mike

[VWScott]

6 hours ago, Mike Self said:

Looks to me like it's ready for Vintage!

 

mike

I wish it were. I'm sure I'll make it to the Fernbank show if you go to that as well as Gilmore show.

[VWScott]

8 hours ago, JsnPpp said:

Oh ok yes, totally thats a couple hours work at most. I agree! I was thinking you wanted to bring it to bare metal...

 

Back story - I used to go to the palo alto 02 meet back when it was actually in Palo Alto off of el camino. One of my favorite things was that all cars, even the ones that weren't perfect (perhaps b/c they weren't perfect) got as much attention as the line of 10 perfect turbos, etc. 

 

Something about an amazing car that isn't perfect tugs at my heart - 

 

Nice work bringing this one back to life.

 

Jason

yeah I'm kind of straddling the line between resto and survivor.

[VWScott]

10 hours ago, OldRoller said:

Nice V Dub! I think you will be very pleased with the results after machine polishing and foam pad. If I had to revert back in time I might have been wise to go with a single stage... I used PPG base/clear, shot outside the shop under the overhang in not the best temp and humidity conditions, resulting in some orange peel and nits. And a dragonfly that landed on the roof and proceeded to drag his leg across the final clearcoat! 

Correction of the clear has added hours with wet-sanding (many stages), cutting and polishing with a 7" rotary and a 3" da, and hand finishing. In the end, the results are immensely satisfying. 

Your efforts show your care, kudos on the work!

Dude those bugs are a killer especially when they crawl for their lives on your beautiful paint job.You have to laugh or go nutty

[zinz]

Resurrecting single stage is very satisfying 

 

 

Ed Z

 

 

[Son of Marty]

The power of the buff?........Oh wrong buff. sorry.

[VWScott]

10 minutes ago, zinz said:

Resurrecting single stage is very satisfying 

 

 

Ed Z

 

 

Car looks fantastic 

[SydneyTii]

Man I’m loving this thread, can anyone give me some advice, my car has been under a car cover outside for a couple of months, the roof is now a bit full, what would be the best approach to restore the shine, its Chamonix colour and clear I believe. Just a big wary of cutting compound as I ruined my 4WD roof with an orbital🙄 when we were kids we used T-cut and then polish, I’m sure much had moved on but I’m just not sure what to use, I have autoglym polish and car shampoo.

TIA

[VWScott]

8 minutes ago, SydneyTii said:

Man I’m loving this thread, can anyone give me some advice, my car has been under a car cover outside for a couple of months, the roof is now a bit full, what would be the best approach to restore the shine, its Chamonix colour and clear I believe. Just a big wary of cutting compound as I ruined my 4WD roof with an orbital🙄 when we were kids we used T-cut and then polish, I’m sure much had moved on but I’m just not sure what to use, I have autoglym polish and car shampoo.

TIA

You might see what a clay bar would do for you. It will not cut the paint but will get it smooth. I would first clean the surface thoroughly and then some before though.

[SydneyTii]

Good idea, I’d forgotten about using a clay bar, good call will get any crap off of the paint. Maybe the autoglym polish will work then, will give it a try, thanks.