Show car paint maintenance/detailing

[EPfiffner]

Can someone recommend a resource/provide opinions for learning about the best way to care for a show car paint job?
I painted the car in '19 I believe, Motobase, 4 coats UC cut with DA, eagle abrasives I believe it was. Then Meg M100, then the CG system.
Car has never been wet/in the rain, only bucket washed.
Only outside for cruises or an afternoon car show.
Last spring I felt like it needed freshened up so I used a rotary with v38, black pad. Then CG glaze, rotary, black pad. Wasn't sure this was the right thing, but it looks good.

The goal is to keep the optical clarity at it's best. Should I wax it? No idea.

I also wonder if CG still is good stuff after they went in to big retail like WM?

Here's a photo from the fall where I'm trying to get the top stretched in the sun (the hood is popped). You can't tell anything from the photo, but everyone likes photos.

Also fwiw I feel conceited saying "show car" when I built it myself. It's solely to illustrate that it only gets taken to shows, not daily driven.

Thanks for all of the expertise!

 

[BrianK]

Is that a beretta in the background?

 

[EPfiffner]

Is that a beretta in the background?

1993 GT. 3.1v6, auto (unfortunately).

 

[SMS]

That’s a beautiful MGB. Great color for it.

 

[EPfiffner]

That’s a beautiful MGB. Great color for it.

Thanks, it's GM Butternut Yellow from the 60's, Ford Argent Silver on the wires, both top coated with Universal. Here's more if you are interested: http://www.spiuserforum.com/index.php?threads/1970-mgb.6581/

 

[SMS]

Thanks, it's GM Butternut Yellow from the 60's, Ford Argent Silver on the wires, both top coated with Universal. Here's more if you are interested: http://www.spiuserforum.com/index.php?threads/1970-mgb.6581/

Thanks for the link. I remember the build now! Beautiful. We’ve had several chrome bumper Bs and it’s nice to see one not green or red.

 

[Dean Jenkins]

Is that a beretta in the background?

Saw that and it made me laugh.
During High School in the late '70's I worked at a full service gas station.
We had a shop car, a 1966 Impala, that we used to go change flats, jump starts, take gas, etc.
Looked just like this picture. We called it "The Barreta."

 

[theastronaut]

I would think that light polishing would be all that is needed. Light hairline scratches are pretty inevitable. I haven't really seen much/any improvement in gloss/clarity with wax if the paint is properly sanded/buffed, unless its original/old single stage that absorbs wax.


The '65 C10 I restored had been painted for around 11-12 years when these pics were taken and it has never been waxed or polished since it was finished, just occasionally washed or wiped down. It was garaged with a cover most of the time.