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TR6 A TR6 Detail to share!

TimBuxton

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Hello everyone,

I figured this would be a great place to share this car and my work on it with some people who would enjoy and appreciate it.

Let me first start by making it clear that I am not trying to advertise with this. I am not putting my business name or contact info on here, I just think this will be interesting for a lot and bring joy to some TR6 enthusiast!

Also if anyone ever has any questions regarding products and procedures when it comes to detailing I am more than happy to answer!!!

The TR6 had been recently restored, however, I knew with some careful TLC it would look substantially better.

I did this job over almost a year ago now and If I only knew then what I know now I would have gotten a lot more pictures.

Here is what I started with.

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If you look closely you can see a large amount of swirl marks and light scratches in the paintwork.

Here is after I car corrected the paintwork on the front fender, you can see a big difference in clarity when comparing it to the drivers door.

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For the next pictures I put my camera on a tri-pod.

Before.

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and after.

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Here again before.

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and after

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When compounding and polishing it is very important to tape over hard edges to prevent burn through and over decals so you dont make a mess of them.

You can make a nice difference from properly polishing plastic peices and metal as seen here.

Before.

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and after

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Before.

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and after

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he engine bay was in great condition, I polished the metal and paintwork where possible.

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Beautiful interior on this TR6

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Here are a few final pictures.

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and my favorite here

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I hope you enjoyed seeing the transformation here!

If you have any questions please feel free to ask!

Best Regards,

Tim Buxton
 
Wow ! What a difference. That is a beautiful TR6, The color is very nice Great job Tim!
 
Uncle - I give up. What are you trying not to say - the products or the people that used them? The transformation is very impressive!
 
Kind of looks like Carmine Red but I can't really tell from the pics if it is a stock color - but very nice detailing there.
 
Very nice work with the detailing. You may want to look into becoming a vendor for BCF. I'm sure lots of people could use your service.
 
Thanks guys, It was such a sweet car and a treat to work on.

The paint was base/clear and has been painted within the last few years I would have said. I used compounds and polishes from Meguiars and 3M, was using a Porter Cable 7242 at this point in time with polishing pads from Lake Country.

I need to look into becoming a vendor, this is a really professional forum from what I can see so far.
 
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