1977 Continental Wet Sand and Buff.

[chazman]

Over it's 39 years, virtually every panel of my Lincoln has been repainted, either through fender benders, paint failure, etc.

Some of the panels are just awful. Looking like a crackhead applied the paint with a dead chicken. After claying and buffing, I just wasn't happy with the finish and decided to start wet sanding. There's alot of real estate on this car, so I'm doing it in stages. Last week I wet sanded and buffed the passenger side fender and doors. So much better after 5 hours of work. This was tough old paint. I had to get pretty aggressive with my technique.

Here's some pics.

[chazman]

Driver's side doors and 1/4 panel coming next....

I think the hood as well.

[AussieMarkV]

Looks great, well done.

[chazman]

Thanks!

[dcm5652]

Looking GOOD red and maroon are the hardest colors to bring back, I did a Maroon Mark V a few years ago, if you look up the thread " Look at what I found " you can see the before and after pictures..

[chazman]

Looking GOOD red and maroon are the hardest colors to bring back, I did a Maroon Mark V a few years ago, if you look up the thread " Look at what I found " you can see the before and after pictures..

Nice job on your Mark!

One of my favorite things is trying to bring back neglected or needy cars. Whenever I see an original car with faded paint I see the potential.

[chazman]

Also on my "to do" is to get rid of those SUV tires for a proper set of white walls.

I wish I knew someone who could use the current tires as they only have a few hundred miles on them.

[chazman]

Took a half day off yesterday and spent it wet sanding and buffing the driver's side doors and quarter panel on the Lincoln. Tough old paint. I learned my lesson on the other side so I went in more aggressively from the get-go.

[chazman]

BTW, I'm trying to find some touch up paint. My paint code is 2GTW, but none of the touch up paint companies recognize it. Anyone have any tips?

[John Mc]

Amazing, and you must get a good sense of pride when driving now too.

[elcad70]

Try this

http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/aclchip ... n-pg01.jpg

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/paintdetail.cgi?ppg=2361

Great effort with the car, just love that color.

[chazman]

Try this

http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/aclchip ... n-pg01.jpg

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/paintdetail.cgi?ppg=2361

Great effort with the car, just love that color.

Thanks! I ordered some from PaintScratch earlier today.

[chazman]

Amazing, and you must get a good sense of pride when driving now too.

Yes I do!

[Dan Szwarc]

chaz, does your car have lettered tires on one side and WWs on the other or did you replace tires between buffing sessions?

I think this is the first time I have seen non-factory-style tires on a car that I actually liked. The lettering looks great with those hubcaps.

What grit did you use? 600? 1000? 1500? Use any rubbing compound after or during?

It looks great. I think I need to use the same technique on my 66 to bring the shine back. I could practice on my 75 Lincoln parts car, Rusty, which looks nearly the same.

[chazman]

chaz, does your car have lettered tires on one side and WWs on the other or did you replace tires between buffing sessions?

I think this is the first time I have seen non-factory-style tires on a car that I actually liked. The lettering looks great with those hubcaps.

What grit did you use? 600? 1000? 1500? Use any rubbing compound after or during?

It looks great. I think I need to use the same technique on my 66 to bring the shine back. I could practice on my 75 Lincoln parts car, Rusty, which looks nearly the same.

I replaced the RWL SUV tires with Hankook whitewalls between sessions.

As I mentioned, I learned on the passenger side that I needed to be a bit more aggressive with this old paint. I started with 1000 grit paper, then 1500 then 2000. I think I did the 2000 a couple times. I then buffed with a Griot's orange pad. I usually use Megs 105 followed by 205. But this paint required something more aggressive to start with. So after some trial and error with what I had handy on my shelf, I buffed with Megs ScratchX, and then the 105/205 combo.

When done, use the wax of your choice.


Dan, if you were local, I'd tell you to swing by with your car and we'd have a look....