I recently had one of my next door neighbors contact me about my detailing services. He is quite wealthy, and an older gentleman. He has quite a collection of cars.
Up first is his 1966 Austin Healey 3000. I just finished working on it.
He personally has owned the vehicle for 36 years, and restored it some time ago. The car had a very thin layer of single stage paint, so I was VERY cautious when polishing this vehicle. In fact, I was not able to remove all of the swirls because I feared going all the way through the paint. The owner was more concerned with the depth and the look and feel of the paint, so I opted to spend more time on the LSP, rather than on the polishing.
Process:
Wipe Down with ONR
Claybar with Meguiars Blue and ONR Claybar Solution
Polish with PRIMA Amigo and Blue and Green Edge Pad
Meguiars G100 DA Polisher Speed 4 and 5
1 Coat of Meguiars Showcar Glaze
3 Coats P21s Carnauba Wax
2 Coats Zymol Carbon Wax (This wax, according to zymol is "specially" formulated for Porsche paints, but I really liked the way it looked on this car, so I went ahead and used it).
Chrome Polished with P21s All Metal Polish
Windows Cleaned with Prima Clarity
Final Wipedown: Prima Slick
Interior Vacuumed and leather dressed with Meguiars Leather Cleaner/Conditioner
VOILA!
Pictures:
Before:
Prima Amigo:
Definitely Single Stage:
After Amigo:
I also did a quick cleanup of the engine bay:
Before:
After:
Interior Cleaned Up:
After 5 Tedious Coats of Wax, and Final Wipedown (All Finished):
It was a fun little car to work on. On Monday he is bringing another one over from his collection, perhaps a Packard. Or, maybe the Continental GT. More from me on Monday!
