Suggestions for restoration/enhancement of original paint?

[hesaputz]

I've recently purchased a seriously nice original paint '72- no stories or questions. It's been well maintained and garaged over the years.The paint looks nice - even, with decent gloss and just a few tiny rock chip touch-ups. When you get close, it shows its age - my best description is that it looks like pigskin; kinda porous and lightly dimpled.
Should I lightly color sand this with 2500 to flatten it out, or am I better off just polishing and waxing? I'm pretty sure that it's never been sanded before.
I'm considering making this a preservation class concours car, If I can ever muster up the energy it takes to prep it.

[Chris E]

Clean it, clay it, mask off an area and try different compounds to decide which way to go. Always start with very fine abrasives and use coarse only on problematic areas. When happy with the result - seal and wax it.

Ammo NY has great videos on detailing on Youtube ( ofcourse marketing their own product but nevertheless very well done, informative and fun knowledge.)

Have fun!

[91133]

You might find this useful… http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...e-stage-paint/

Cheers,
Mark

[hesaputz]

Thanks for the tips; I looked at the links, and got a few ideas. I have most of the potions and skills to work on this (though I'd farm out color sanding). I'm just hoping to find a someone who's been there, done that on old Porsche single stage. Really, the porosity of the paint is what concerns me. This car is definitely the 'forty year old virgin' - I want to be careful.

The Hemmings info was interesting - when I got the car, first thing I did was go over it with Meguiers #7.

[911pcars]

If you're serious about preserving the original paint, to the point of color sanding and buffing, you can DIY or have it done professionally. If you're not up to speed with power buffers, buffing pads, different cutting and polishing compounds and buffing techniques, I suggest practice on another car or the latter. There's no such term as "un-buffing".

Sherwood

[boxster03]

since the nice original cars are trying to be sold for $350,000 you might want a professional to tackle it