Need solution for paint issues - 50 years in the making

[Iowa_Mopar]

68 Bronze Charger that has been sitting for 25+ years.  I have areas of faded paint. I'm inexperienced on this matter.  On the hood I worked an area with rubbing compound, then polishing compound, by hand.  I don't know if I'm not being aggressive enough, but don't want to blow through the paint.

[Iowa_Mopar]

Should / would this resolve the problem. Service manual recommendation for light scratch's, but I'm a bit leery of using mineral sprits or kerosene.

[hemi-hampton]

If it's factory original paint or cheaper repaint from old days most likely it's a single stage paint with no clear. You can easily wet sand & rub a single stage paint if it's a solid color but you don't want to sand then rub a metallic single stage paint. You can lightly rub a metallic single stage but to much rubbing will result in a discolored or lighter looking paint like you mentioned on the faded paint. If it's base coat clear just sand & rub away. How do you know? if you rub or sand does it have the paint color on pad or sand paper? if so it's single stage. LEON.

[Iowa_Mopar]

If it's factory original paint or cheaper repaint from old days most likely it's a single stage paint with no clear. You can easily wet sand & rub a single stage paint if it's a solid color but you don't want to sand then rub a metallic single stage paint. You can lightly rub a metallic single stage but to much rubbing will result in a discolored or lighter looking paint like you mentioned on the faded paint. If it's base coat clear just sand & rub away. How do you know? if you rub or sand does it have the paint color on pad or sand paper? if so it's single stage. LEON.

Thanks Leon.  It's the original factory paint.  Yes whenI used polishing compound the paint color did transfer to the pad.

[hemi-hampton]

The Factory only used like 2 coats of Acrylic Enamel (single stage) so it's a thin coat. Rubbing directly on top of it to hard & to much will remove the paint along with the metallic in the paint & usually discolor it by blotching & steaking it & getting lighter until you can go right threw it. Not recommended. LEON.

[Charger-Bodie]

is this the broken torsion bar car?

[Iowa_Mopar]

nothing broken..

[Charger-Bodie]

nothing broken..

Ok. I was just curious cause there was recently a bronze 68 from here in Iowa on eBay with 2 broken t bars. Thought maybe this was it.

[Iowa_Mopar]

I was skeptical, but Mike Phillips knows his stuff!  Pictures don't lie!  Very happy with the results. 

https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/2009-to-2017-how-to-articles-by-mike-phillips/25304-secret-removing-oxidation-restoring-show-car-finish-antique-single-stage-paints.html?s=e83aac1729c4c12cc486fe26315fae84

[hemi-hampton]

Cool, I rubbed my original paint on my 70 Charger & had to take it easy. Nothing like when I had to block wetsand the paint starting with 600 grit on the Auto show cars I did for Chrysler. LEON.

[Troy]

Wow! That looks good. My turquoise 68 Charger had spots and I never did get them out.

Troy