Paint correction: 1966 Chevelle SS 396

[Ben@Adams]

Another GORGEOUS care completed by Chase!


This was a VERY interesting client. He came to me THROUGH a local hotrod builder, but had the builder bring me the car. This Chevelle was actually delivered by the shop owner after he installed a new Vintage Air system in it. The car was actually built by another shop in Tennessee, but the client just moved to Alabama. He's been burned in the past, quite badly, so Tim (shop owner here in town, that delivered me the car) are out to win him over. You'll find out if that happened at at the end of this writeup!! For the budget, we were shooting for about 85% correct. Here's how the bomb got built:

• Clean wheels with Adam's Waterless Wash & Adam's Green Wheel Cleaner
• Clean tires with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner & Adam's Fender Brush
• Clean vehicle with Adam's Waterless Wash & Waterless Wash towels
• Adam's Clay Bar, Adam's Detail Spray, & Adam's Single Soft towel on entire vehicle
• Taped up vehicle with Adam's Detailer's Tape & 2" blue painters tape
• Used Flex 3401, Adam's Green Pad, & another compound to make 3-4 passes on all panels
• Adam's Metal Polish #1 & #2 on bumpers & wheels, with Adam's Metal Polish 4" focus pad
• Alcohol wipedown vehicle
• Protect entire vehicle with Adam's Machine Super Sealant on Adam's Gray pad & Flex 3401 on speed 2
• Initial buff & final "cured" buff with Adam's Doublesoft Towel & Adam's Detail Spray
• Nourish tires with Adam's SVRT
• Wipedown fender wells with Adam's Waterless Wash & dirty job towel
• Vacuum interior
• Clean seats, console, and door panels with Adam's Leather/Interior Cleaner
• Nourish dash, seats, & doors with Adam's Leather Conditioner
• Quick wipedown in engine bay with Adam's Detail Spray & dirty job towel, and nourish a few hoses with Adam's SVRT
• Clean interior & exterior glass with Adam's Glass Cleaner & Towel

ON TO THE PICS!!! Here's how this poor baby arrived















Kicked off the party:



Next step:



During Polishing:







Driver's lower door before:



Driver's lower door after:



Makin' some progress on the trunk:

[Ben@Adams]

I don't know if it was the car, but I was even feelin' "old school" on my music this day, lol....



Couple shots of me "throwin' down, lol:





Love the little Metabo for areas like these:



Dirty wheels:







Hittin' those bumpers with the good stuff!







After compounding/polishing, time for a quick wipe with a Singlesoft towel & IPA mix, to prep for the sealant:



I don't normally get to use this sealant, due to the cure time, but I had this car overnight so I was STOKED to "lay it down"



Sealant curing:

[Ben@Adams]

Interior loved with my fave 1-2 punch!



Untreated vs. Treated:



BAM!











Quickies of the engine bay, didn't spend much time in here, but HAD to show this, otherwise I'd have been SCOLDED!!!

[Ben@Adams]

Final shots!































The client was "over the moon" with his excitement for the end result! Said we were the FIRST two guys to take his money, and actually DELIVER on what we promised!! He's got over 30 classics & hotrods, so we'll see where this leads!! Thanks for looking! And as always, I'm here if you have any questions!

[MIEngineer]

I need to do that to my 71 badly. Sold my 70 before I ever could.

Awesome work. How do.you guys deal with single stage paints?

[Greg@PacePerformance]

I don't normally get to use this sealant, due to the cure time, but I had this car overnight so I was STOKED to "lay it down"

I haven't read about doing this. Do you want to explain a little more?
I'm going to have to try some of that metal polish for my brass bar tap and and guess some polished aluminum wheels

[Chewy]

I haven't read about doing this. Do you want to explain a little more?
I'm going to have to try some of that metal polish for my brass bar tap and and guess some polished aluminum wheels

What's your question Greg? Adams Sealant likes to cure for about 12 hours before seeing weather or topping it with one of their other products like Brilliant Glaze, Buttery Wax, Americana, or Patriot. You of course do not need to top if you don't want to. Adams also has their "Quick Sealant" which I use more than anything now, and it only needs about 30 minutes of cure time.

Their metal polish really works quite well.

[thebeast]

Sealant needs to set overnight(12hrs) before applying wax.

[Greg@PacePerformance]

Ahh OK I've just been using the sealant and nothing else on top. So I guess I've been doing it correctly w/o even knowing it since after I'm done I park the car in the garage for the night

[Chewy]

Ahh OK I've just been using the sealant and nothing else on top. So I guess I've been doing it correctly w/o even knowing it since after I'm done I park the car in the garage for the night

You're smarter than we though!