Who doesn’t love barn discover? That time period appears to be thrown round fairly loosely lately, however the attract of a real barn discover is unearthing a uncommon, forgotten, completely unmodified traditional that appears almost turn-key prepared beneath all that mud. A time capsule in ready.
The reality is most so-called barn finds are neither uncommon nor even forgotten. Many have been simply in storage lengthy sufficient to earn the title within the hopes of garnering a bit of additional consideration. Regardless, any previous automotive that has sat for a very long time, coated or not, will doubtless present some paint fatigue. Fortunately, unique paint can usually be saved, as we’ll see within the video under.
The deck lid (engine cowl, technically) on this previous Volkswagen Beetle most likely doesn’t qualify as a real barn discover. The pale yellow isn’t even the unique colour, as we are able to see by the splotch of tan displaying the place the license plate shroud as soon as lived. However, it’s apparent this respray is fairly previous and appears to be a single-stage end primarily based on its chalky look.
The Eastwood Storage crew breaks out the orbital buffer and a few polishes and goes to city. Watch as they present how simple it may be to convey previous paint again to life in simply three steps. They begin by cleansing off the paint floor, as you’ll earlier than you begin any paint correction. Nonetheless, they use Eastwood Pre Inexperienced on the paint, because it extra totally removes natural particles and degrease the panel.
The Course of
Step 1 makes use of Eastwood Concours Quick Slicing Compound on an orbital buffer with a agency (blue) foam pad. This preliminary move cuts by means of the oxidation and different contamination nonetheless on the floor, revealing the true colour beneath it. The floor end is cleaner, however nonetheless barely uninteresting and hazy, requiring additional sharpening.
Step 2 makes use of Eastwood Concours Tremendous Ending Polish. It’s utilized with similar random orbital buffer however goes on a recent yellow foam pad that’s softer than the primary. This step polishes out the high-quality scratches and haziness from step one, including shine again to the paint.
Step 3 makes use of Eastwood Concours Tremendous Cherry Wax to reinforce the gloss and depth. This additionally goes on with the orbital buffer and a recent, even softer blue foam pad. The paint lastly achieves its full potential with this final move, wanting nearly as good as when it was first painted.
Try the video under, together with the uncut time-lapse of the complete course of from begin to end.
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