Short Intro This detail was a gift for my dad for Father's Day. I think this was a great present seeing the condition of the van and what it means to him in terms of memories. This was sort of a respring of memories on myself as well since this thing was the vehicle we took our roadtrips when I was super little :headbang:. Anyway, the van had a TON of oxidation. In fact, there was so much oxidation that the paint underneath was in better condition than my ES was, which meant oxidation was better for this car than mine? :uh:. Anyway, it had the works: bird crap, oxidized surface, oxidized plastics, crappy engine bay, oxidized headlight, etc. Besides correcting the 14 year old neglected paint, this was also an excellent opportunity to give him the Poor Man's Paint Job on the hood. All in all, this took one hell of a long time due to the 6 hour drying time for each coat and sanding and polishing. The bumper couldn't be fixed unless I respray it with some primer or something :sorry:. Anyway, enough of my rambling, I'll let the results speak for me. All work was done with a PC Process (Body) -2 bucket wash with Gold Class and P21S TAW (received that day :woot -Dried with the yellow Vroom towels (damn they're big) -Clayed with Megs Mild Clay and 50/50 Gold Class Wash and H2O -Taped the van to prep for heavy polishing -6 inch Orange LC pad w/Menz IP @ speed 6 -6 inch White LC pad w/Menz FP II @ speed 4-5 -Wipe down with 50/50 mix of alcohol and water -Wax with NXT 2.0 -Tires dressed with Megs Endurance Gel Process (Interior) -APC 4:1 on stains (14 year old stains :thud -Megs Quik Out on verticle surfaces -Wet Vac carpets -Megs QID on dash -303 Protectant on dash/plastic trim Process (Hood) -1 bucket wash with Gold Class -Tapped off surrounding panels, windshield washers and emblem -Citrus based paint stripper -Metal paint scraper to get rid of old paint -Sanded down primer coat to prep for paint -Painted with High Gloss White Rustoleum Paint (multiple coats with 6 hour drying time each) -Sanded down with 1000>1500>2000 grit sandpaper -4 inch Yellow LC pad w/Menz Powergloss @ speed 6 -4 inch Orange LC pad w/Menz IP @ speed 6 -4 inch White LC pad w/Menz FP II @ speed 4-5 -Mother's Cleaner wax to remove hazing caused by Menz FP II -Megs #7 Show Car Glaze for "protection" since I'm not allowed to wax for a couple days The Van(Notice how little reflection there is. Thats due to the oxidation in the paint) Befores Hood OMG :gross: Notice the 0 reflection in the paint and baked on water spots During Emblem fell off when I was taping it 50/50 shot After Thanks for looking :applause2:
Awesome work! Did the Rustoleum paint closely match the original paint? Oh and how many hours did it take ya?
I'm sitting here laughing. I start looking and think... "Man, that guy's a fool! What a waste of time! He would works for weeks and it'd still look like a POS." and at the end... "I'd buy that rig!" Totally outstanding job there. Make those of us with a couple of little flaws sit back and re-evaluate our whining. Love seeing amazing turn-arounds like that. Bet Dad was one surprised guy!
Thanks Thank you Thanks man The paint matched up perfectly surprisingly. Before polishing I was afraid that it wouldn't match but it was good after I polished. Polishing took about 4 hours on the body. The hood took the longest due to the paint needing 6 hours to dry each coat. I had 5 coats on there :thud: He was smiling all day :applause2: Thanks man Yeah photobucket was acting up but now the pics are good to go :applause2: Haha, I'm glad everyone was impressed. I put a hell of a lot of time into it
