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Well I haven't had much time to take this one forward for a while, Charmania getting all of my attention, but I had a couple of hours today so thought I'd have a crack at the paintwork, a shiny car always generates extra enthusiasm. 
To recap, this one had silver overspray covering the whole car and it was recommended that I use a clay bar to remove this as it doesn't remove any paint in the way a paint restorer would. I've ordered a Bilt Hamber clay bar and am keen to see what they can do. But it occurred to me that I do actually want to cut the paintwork back anyway as well as remove the overspray, and as I found with Charmania, these old reds need quite alot of paint removed in order to get anywhere near the original shade.
So, I thought I'd start with the bonnet as I'd already done a corner of it, but quickly realised that this was going to be a long job! I was applying T-cut (turtle wax equivalent) by hand and had to concentrate on small areas at a time, there must be a better way, perhaps I'll wait for the clay bar after all and hope it can work miracles. I had one sheet of 1500 wet and dry in the garage and thought, hmm, I wonder?
Anyway, I took the plunge and started with the wet and dry, being careful on any edges. It was much more effective than the T-cut, I had it wrapped around one of those sponge sanding blocks and the overspray was acting like a guide coat. It still took me an hour to do the bonnet and front wings but the finish was good, well it was after i'd gone over it again with the T-cut as well, and there was still plenty of paint left on the car.
That's as much as I managed today so I'll have to do a small area each day, saving some at the end to test the clay bar on when it arrives.
Oh, and I popped the wheel trims on that are no longer on Charmania, just to improve the appearance for now. I'll take a picture when it's done so that you can see the rust and dents I'll be left with.
To recap, this one had silver overspray covering the whole car and it was recommended that I use a clay bar to remove this as it doesn't remove any paint in the way a paint restorer would. I've ordered a Bilt Hamber clay bar and am keen to see what they can do. But it occurred to me that I do actually want to cut the paintwork back anyway as well as remove the overspray, and as I found with Charmania, these old reds need quite alot of paint removed in order to get anywhere near the original shade.
So, I thought I'd start with the bonnet as I'd already done a corner of it, but quickly realised that this was going to be a long job! I was applying T-cut (turtle wax equivalent) by hand and had to concentrate on small areas at a time, there must be a better way, perhaps I'll wait for the clay bar after all and hope it can work miracles. I had one sheet of 1500 wet and dry in the garage and thought, hmm, I wonder?
Anyway, I took the plunge and started with the wet and dry, being careful on any edges. It was much more effective than the T-cut, I had it wrapped around one of those sponge sanding blocks and the overspray was acting like a guide coat. It still took me an hour to do the bonnet and front wings but the finish was good, well it was after i'd gone over it again with the T-cut as well, and there was still plenty of paint left on the car.
That's as much as I managed today so I'll have to do a small area each day, saving some at the end to test the clay bar on when it arrives.
Oh, and I popped the wheel trims on that are no longer on Charmania, just to improve the appearance for now. I'll take a picture when it's done so that you can see the rust and dents I'll be left with.
