Subject: 2005 Screaming Yellow Mustang GT Needs: Full Paint Correction and to be sealed before it goes back into their polebarn until spring Products Used: UWW+ Rinseless Wash Mothers Clay Chemical Guys Speed Wipe as Clay Lube 71% Isopropyl Alcohol diluted 4:1 with distilled water 3M Painters Tape Meg's Unigrit sanding paper 1000, 1500, 2000, 3000 grit Megs MF Cutting Pads Buff and Shine Orange and White Pads Megs M105 Menzerna FG400 CG Glassworkz CG's Leather Cleaner and Leather Conditioner Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant This car was cleaned before winter, before it went into storage so it wasn't that dirty. The main goal was a paint correction and specifically to correct the hood. The car has never been corrected. My dad is the third owner and the first and second owner were friends so he knew everything that had been done. The car has 30k~ miles on it and has never seen winter. Car has been taken very good care of. One day my dad was trying to remove bugs and bird poop and couldn't so he took a brillo pad to the hood. You will see the damage in the pictures below. Onto the process: Washed Clayed IPA Wipedown Did a test panel with FG400 and an Orange Test Pad but it didn't touch the issues on the hood. Did another test panel with FG400 and a MF Cutting Pad. Not anywhere near good enough. Spot wet sanded a few spots on the hood with 2000 to 3000 and still left quite a few marks. Grandpa had a PGT. Actually had plenty left 4.2~ mils Spot wet sanded the hood with 1000 - 1500 -2000 - 3000 3.9-4.0 mils left most places. Removed sanding marks with m105 on MF Cutting Pad IPA Wipedown Polished that out with FG400 on an Orange Bns pad. 1 Stepped the rest of the car with FG400 on Orange BnS pad. Washed entire car with UWW+ Rinseless again (due to dusting from m105) IPA Wipedown Washed Glass with CG Glassworkz Sealed with WGDGPS Cleaned/Conditioned the Leather and Dusted Interior 13~ Hours all completed in one day. Was exhausted by time I was done. Onto the good stuff. What I was looking at: Few hood shots, notice orange peel, marring and swirls/scratches DSC_0014 by Shook1db DSC_0015 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0020 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0024 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0026 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0027 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0028 by Shook1db, on Flickr Where he scrubbed, notice the reflection blur and the haze (most of the hood and the fenders before he realized what it was doing to the paint) DSC_0053 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0032 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0038 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0058 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0061 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0082 by Shook1db, on Flickr This is what the rest of the car looked like: DSC_0029 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0030 by Shook1db, on Flickr Taping the car off: DSC_0040 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0041 by Shook1db, on Flickr Ready for 50/50's DSC_0045 by Shook1db, on Flickr Let's get onto this hood correction. . . Some 50/50's and wetsanding: DSC_0036 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0037 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0046 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0051 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0062 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0063 by Shook1db, on Flickr After seeing what fg400 on a MF cutting pad could remove, this did not look much different after wetsanding with 2000 to 3000 grit paper DSC_0054 by Shook1db, on Flickr Brought in the big guns after finding a PDG (paint depth gauge). Starting with 1000 up to 3000 wet sanding then m105 on mf cutting pad a few times: DSC_0068 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0057 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0069 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0077 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0078 by Shook1db, on Flickr Fully Corrected 50/50 on the fender: DSC_0087 by Shook1db, on Flickr Took an hour break for dinner. They made ribs and macaroni and cheese! Perfect comfort food, was amazing: DSC_0090 by Shook1db, on Flickr Did the rest of the car and snapped a few more pics DSC_0093 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0099 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0100 by Shook1db, on Flickr annnddd the hood DSC_0101 by Shook1db, on Flickr Before of the interior, like I said it was cleaned before it went in the pole barn for the winter. Treated the leather and dusted/vaccumed it out DSC_0094 by Shook1db, on Flickr Actually just made a facebook page for the business I'm working on starting recently so I went back today to take some pictures of the car in the sunlight for the page. (Modded editing isn't cheating! It's only cheating when you start really modifying things making them look like they don't in person, aka tone/saturation/vibrance etc. Post processing is a must when you are using a DSLR and haven't perfected using it in different lights.) Let me start with I absolutly love my camera. Only things done in post processing were exposure, highlights done in Adobe Lightroom. Nothing in the photo's were changed, just corrected my inability to perfectly use my camera in different light settings. Sun shots! If you made it this far you deserve these DSC_0106 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0109 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0111 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0113 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0114 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0116 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0117 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0120 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0122 by Shook1db, on Flickr DSC_0128 by Shook1db, on Flickr Thank you for looking and if you made it this far I really appreciate it. I put a lot of time not only into the correction but into writing this up as well. This was by far the worst I've ever had to get out (5 hours on the hood alone). I have taken a barbecue grill brush to a hood and that was easier to pull out than what he did with a brillo pad.
oh. my. god. A brillo pad!? Good freaking job on great rescue. Im a firm believe in keeping kitchen cleaning supplies out of the hands of men over 50.
Hahahahaha, Thanks for the laugh. My poor dad. . . was extremely upset to say the very least after he realized what it did. He actually did it to a fog light too but he just replaced that. He was going to get this resprayed with clear before I came over to fix it. Thanks and yeah it was. . . That hood took as long as a 1 step on a normal car, honestly.
Thanks! Took a long time but it was worth it. Him and I will be taking our cars to car shows this spring and they are both screaming yellow paint code which will be pretty cool.
damn, those after shots are amazing...that yellow really stands out great job! that's one good looking car.
Thanks everyone. A LOT of hardwork went into that turn around but my Dad is extremely pleased and so was I which makes it worth the time spent.
