My car was a back yard restore - if you've seen my other posts, a lot of the stuff done to it before I bought it was half-a$$ed (I'm not bitter, it had a lot of potential and it's turning out pretty good). The paint job was no different. It looks fine for what my car is, a driver not a show car. It is a base/clear paint job and I love the color but the orange peel and crap in the paint drove me nuts. Last fall I was fixing some chips and sanding with 1,000 grit to flatten the chip after I put in the touch up paint, followed up by 2,000 grit, compound and polish. Fixing the chips got a little out of hand and I used 1,000 grit to knock down the orange peel on the one half of the hood. The problem was I didn't know what I was doing and my heart sunk when I saw the end result. While I did use 2,000 grit and compound after, it still didn't look good. Over the winter, I did some reading and built up the courage to fix my mistake. Here is the results from yesterday's project.


The left side of the hood shows the 1,000 grit marks from when I was getting rid of the orange peel - even after the 2,000 grit didn't do the trick. The right side is the "after" side, when I used Meguiar's Pro Speed Compound to get rid of the scratches.


Another view of the "before" and "after".


This is the finished product, after wet sanding and compounding, I finished up with Meguiar's Deep Crystal Carnauba Wax.

 

Nice

 

Lookin' good!

 

Looks like a big improvement to me, nice work!

 

Thanks guys!
This process is another part of the "labor of love" for this car. LOL

 

Very nice

What machine and pad combinations did you use?

 

Thanks!

I used a Bauer (Harbor Freight) 6" DA for compounding and polishing.

For the compounding, I used SPTA 6.5" Green pad (heavy cut), from Amazon.

For the polish, I used a Grants 6" polishing pad, also from HF.

 

Nice!!!! I have a similar situation on the b pillar on my 66 442, drivers side. Trying to get the body shop to come to my house to fix it as car won’t be on the street for a while.
Is that a 67 with a 66 hood or a 66?
So the other ask….my car is the same color. Had it painted that way as my first 66-442 was blue (50 years ago). Looking at tires/wheels and leaning towards rally wheels with red line tires, but always wondered what Mags would look like. Can you send a full pic of the car…would help me make the right choice.
EMail-irishtoc@comcast.net
Thanks in advance

 

Thanks!
As far as I know, it's a 67 hood on my 67.

 

Thought the 67 hood had the louvers on the hood……..

 

I am not an expert by any stretch of the term (LOL) but I believe the Cutlass had a smooth hood and the 442 had the louvers.

 

Didn’t look closely at your list of cars…..