star / bowtie paint care questions and insights

[Anthony S.]

Members: on original cars, does anyone have any good advice &/or experience in preserving the paint on original cars, even to the point of being able
to reverse the paint shrinking problem and improving on the cosmetics (e.g., like a fix to the spider webbing), without crossing the line into restoration? Preservation of the originality is the primary goal here. Thanks for your insights... Tony

[Terry M.]

Re: star / bowtie paint care questions and insights

Once the spider webbing starts there is no "repair." Either live with it or repaint.

Original paint: Keep it out of the sun and in climate controlled conditions, if you can afford it. Be careful what you use to polish it. Polish it too much with a "cleaner/polish" and you will see the primer. I would recommend a polish, but all the good ones are no longer made, and we would start a "my polish is better than your polish" debate. There is no sense to doing that as it will get us nowhere.

[Dick W.]

Re: star / bowtie paint care questions and insights

Adams Brilliant Glaze. Not a cleaner or polish but just a glaze. Does not last very long but definitely helps the look of aged paint. http://www.adamspolishes.com/default.aspx

[Jim T.]

Re: star / bowtie paint care questions and insights

It has been awhile since I have purchased Meguires #7, I liked using it.

[Dick W.]

Re: star / bowtie paint care questions and insights

It has been awhile since I have purchased Meguires #7, I liked using it.

Don't believe they make that anymore. Also I think it had a light polish in it.

[Larry M.]

Re: star / bowtie paint care questions and insights

Don't believe they make that anymore. Also I think it had a light polish in it.

Dick:

Still on the shelves and on their website as of today.

Larry