cwp2016nd Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Hey guys! I had the pleasure to resurrect a 1981 Fairmont this passed Saturday. It is original single stage paint (besides the right side fender/door) and was SUPER hard paint. Took about 5 hours from start to finish on this one. Here are some pictures! Before anything was done Paint decontamination at work... Half of the trunk done with an orange pad and correcting polish A nice before/after on the drivers side door The final results!! Adam's products used... Correcting Polish Swirl Killer 21mm Swirl Killer 12mm Iron Remover Wheel Cleaner VRT Leather Conditioner (For vinyl top) Detail Spray Enjoy! It was about 90 degrees outside and I drank more than a gallon of water on this one and STILL got dehydrated. It came out nice though. Edited July 30, 2018 by cwp2016nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlbullet Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Wow. What a difference.great owrk! Im not familar with single stage paint ..but are u going to use the finishing polish? I see u only listed the CP. just curious to see what the FP would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwp2016nd Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, tlbullet said: Wow. What a difference.great owrk! Im not familar with single stage paint ..but are u going to use the finishing polish? I see u only listed the CP. just curious to see what the FP would do. Single stage paint just means there is no clear coat. It is only paint on the panel which is why it looked "ashy" from oxidation. The finish polish wouldn't do much of anything to the naked eye to be honest. The paint was so far gone all I wanted to do was get rid of the oxidation and bring some color back to the surface. The correcting polish got me there faster than finishing polish. For fun, I wetsanded a small part of the trunk and used heavy compound, followed by correction polish and it didn't do anything for the finish so my best guess is the paint has been beat up and neglected for FAR too long. There are a ton of bird drop etchings and deep scratches in the paint as well. Edited July 30, 2018 by cwp2016nd tlbullet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayS Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I did not expect to see those results especially on the trunk. Nice job! cwp2016nd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwp2016nd Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 29 minutes ago, RayS said: I did not expect to see those results especially on the trunk. Nice job! Thank you! It was my first time working with single stage paint. It was HARD paint. I know an orange pad and correcting polish is not aggressive, but after a section pass it removed minimal paint (I measured before and after with a paint thickness gauge). It turned out nicer than I thought it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirahnah3 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Wow, awesome work! you did a really great job. cwp2016nd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwp2016nd Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 13 hours ago, pirahnah3 said: Wow, awesome work! you did a really great job. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcaineer Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Nice work, Ian! cwp2016nd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Nice save! cwp2016nd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Great job! cwp2016nd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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