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After a day of polishing flat, red, lacquer paint... 200

posted by  lhealey on  Sat Jul 13 18:48 CST 2013
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She looks good enough for parade duty.






The primary downside of my 245 is knowing that there's no clear coat, so the paint will get dull if I don't keep after it with washing/waxing. It's a bit like a bonzai tree in that it needs a lot of human interaction to look its best.








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    After a day of polishing flat, red, lacquer paint... 200

    posted by  Sputnik94115 on  Sat Jul 13 21:32 CST 2013
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    Now that it is polished, I would seal it with Zaino or Klasse. Will last longer than wax and protect better too. You will need to polish much less often. I've been using Zaino on my old cars for 3 years now and it is great stuff. They have formulas for clearcoat and single stage. You can google and find the stuff is legit. Several good YouTube videos on the products too.







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      After a day of polishing flat, red, lacquer paint... 200

      posted by  derek uk on  Sun Jul 14 05:47 CST 2013
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      +1. Not necessarily with those products although good. There's a lot of hype about detailing but if you're happy with how it is now a good wax and sealer combo will keep even the notoriously bad red colour from going dusky pink again.
      Looks good, but if you did all that by hand, a machine polish by someone who is careful and knows what they are doing, is a better base for waxing. Have just done my white 92 wagon by hand and that was hard work, made worse by it being very difficult to see how things are improving. It did go from matt to gloss so that was worthwhile!








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    After a day of polishing flat, red, lacquer paint... 200

    posted by  jerryc on  Sat Jul 13 20:38 CST 2013
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    The primary Upside of your 245 is knowing that there's NO clear coat!

    I have 3 cars with bad clearcoat; it's nearly a disaster and dramatically affects value.








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    After a day of polishing flat, red, lacquer paint... 200

    posted by  joekidd on  Sat Jul 13 18:58 CST 2013
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    Looks great and its well worth the effort. Both of mine are done twice a year. Clear coated cars look like crap after 10 yrs as it breaks down and falls off








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      After a day of polishing flat, red, lacquer paint... 200

      posted by  Nel621 on  Sat Jul 13 19:09 CST 2013
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      The new stuff holds up much better than the "old clear coats". Also like the OP said if you keep polishing it you will eventually remove all of the paint.








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        After a day of polishing flat, red, lacquer paint... 200

        posted by  joekidd on  Sat Jul 13 20:16 CST 2013
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        Its normal for some color to come off use a red rag next time. 7 layers of paint on that brick. You will never get close to the primer. Clear coating is time bomb waiting to come off.








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    After a day of polishing flat, red, lacquer paint... 200

    posted by  Nel621 on  Sat Jul 13 18:57 CST 2013
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    Nice looking car. Why not ask a good body about laying down a couple of coats good clear on it. Info is free.








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      After a day of polishing flat, red, lacquer paint... 200

      posted by  lhealey on  Sat Jul 13 18:59 CST 2013
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      Probably not a bad idea at all. Every time I wax it I turn my towels red, so it's removing paint and oxidation every single time. Eventually I'll end up finding out what the primer looks like haha.







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