Any tips on bringing this 20 year old paint back to life?
11-07-2013, 06:26 AM
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porter cable 7424 xp with lake county orange 5.5 inch pad and meguirs 105 , followed by meguirs 205 on a white lake county 5.5inch pad. , then your favorite wax or polish.
11-07-2013, 07:56 AM
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You can get it to look alot nicer by lightly wetsanding and buffing. But by the look of the pic and your fenders being faded a paint job is in order if you plan on keeping it and modding it.Good luck!
11-08-2013, 07:57 AM
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Thats with the original hood, now I have another hood that was silver and I spray painted black (needed a hood in a jam, gave mine to a guy to make a custom fiberglass one and he flaked out) You can kinda see the fender.
Heres the passenger side where I tried to take off the emblems, stripes, and molding. You can really see how faded and dull the plastic is.
I dont really have any more better pictures. Anywhere that there is metal, like the rear fenders and stuff looks fine and can be cleaned up with a good wash and wax and scuff I think, but the plastic is where Im lost. I tried goo gone on the molding when I took it off and it didnt work well. Im absolutely keeping the car, I just want to clean it up a bit. I might just try to find new polo green fenders and front bumper cover. I am pretty careless when working on the car so I would never paint it until I was pretty much done modding, I always forget to cover hte fenders and leave belt buckle marks, or dirty greasy finger prints, or accidentally slide out of the engine bay and catch the little hooks on my boots on the front bumper cover and leave scratches. Hell yesterday I had a rear end fall of of jackstands and the phb mount scuffed the rear bumper cover. Theres also a dent in the driver side rear fender where I tried carrying a full keg on gravel between 2 cars in sandals drunk and slipped and banged the keg off the fender
11-08-2013, 10:01 PM
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150 dollars isn't going to do much at all on paint that severely neglected....... Fbody paint from those years was not very durable, you may have to repaint. But pick up a porter cable and some Lake Country orange pads (5.5") and some Meguiars 205. That will tell you if the paint is salvageable or not. I would not try 105 until you know for sure. Never start out with an aggressive step.
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11-10-2013, 01:15 AM
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150 dollars isn't going to do much at all on paint that severely neglected....... Fbody paint from those years was not very durable, you may have to repaint. But pick up a porter cable and some Lake Country orange pads (5.5") and some Meguiars 205. That will tell you if the paint is salvageable or not. I would not try 105 until you know for sure. Never start out with an aggressive step.
11-10-2013, 12:55 PM
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150 dollars isn't going to do much at all on paint that severely neglected....... Fbody paint from those years was not very durable, you may have to repaint. But pick up a porter cable and some Lake Country orange pads (5.5") and some Meguiars 205. That will tell you if the paint is salvageable or not. I would not try 105 until you know for sure. Never start out with an aggressive step.
11-10-2013, 01:03 PM
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Put it this way, if its already past the failure point (likely) it won't make any difference as it needs paint anyway. But on the chance it's still saveable, 205 may bring some life back into it.
If it was my car, I would resign myself to accept the fact it will need repainting very soon. And then give that gentle combo a try. Honestly is it risky? Yes and no.....why?....because if its already too far gone it will still continue to degrade and look way worse in the coming months, or maybe a year.