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Originally Posted by Dynamite 1
as far as you never use a pressure washer on a show car, you are rite. never get up close and blast it, but since most never get extremely dirty, if you keep your distance the nice fine mist that all produce when you stand back is actually less pressure than the tipical garden hose even when it is on a fan spray, but you are definatly rite never blast it. some of the cars in our group have have even more expensive in terms of the time to paint and finish than 8000.00 dollars. you seem to appreciate old stuff greg, we have a guy who has a pair of old woodies a 47 + 48 a town and country convertible which there are only very few left and a buick wagon with a really neat camping option.
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I understand what you are saying but many would blast the finish with high pressure and that all she wrote. The water is one issue but the other is with the air flow, there are fine particles that are picked up and with a dark finish, like a rubbed out black or dark blue, it can give you fine chips in the surface and ruin the work.
$8000 was being conservative but again I see people who dump $15k into a paint job on a hack hot rod which is not even metal finished, so I come from the old school that serious restoration is much much harder than cut and pasting a car. Not that I hat hot rods, I just can't bring myself to destroying a rare car to make a quick buck.
I had a 48 T&C and a 37 Packard Wagon in the past, I know about the wood issue, hand wash only. The T&C was a 'barn' find with 7000 miles on it.