Paint restoration

[mysunnshine]

What are you guys doing to restore the paint on a vehicle that has been neglected for a long time? We have a young clean up/parts runner at the shop now and he just acquired an early C10 that he's going to start working on and it looks like the paint may clean up.

 

[MrBeep]

Elbow grease. lots and lots of elbow grease.

 

[walkerhoundvm]

Elbow grease. lots and lots of elbow grease.

I've used knee grease and had pretty good results.

 

[wm69]

There was a guy who used glaze, polishing compound, and a clay bar who had a long and very unnecessarily wordy youtube series, but I can't find them now. A bit annoying but he knew what he was doing and the results looked great.

 

[mysunnshine]

Here's a pic of the truck.

 

[designerRob]

This is the info that I used to bring back the paint on my 83';
https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...w-car-finish-antique-single-stage-paints.html
This is for single stage paint only. My paint was HEAVILY oxidized and previously over compounded/buffed, and this process brought back the deep red color to my Jeep. I'll post a couple pics in a new thread when I get some more time. What's great about this process is it will not degrade the paint further, only enhance it.

 

[bigwalton]

I was going to suggest autogeek too. Someday I'm going to properly attack the paint on Mater and I'd started watching some of their videos back when I first got it. Never did anything about it though.

Interested to see what he tries and how it works.

 

[surfjeepzx]

Matt clear coat and call it patina. Old is new again.