Quoting 89Mirageman:
G, what you fail to understand is that Tom isn't asking anyone for advice. He's simply showing us how he did it and what he used to get such good results. I can't imagine how many hours it takes to shoot those videos and then more time to edit them. He could have just cleaned his car up and shot before and after pics but he goes several steps further to share his experience to help others out.
Also I'm not saying that Tom is above good advice, none of us are. But to say that your ways are superior is a little arrogant to say the least. This guy knows what he is doing. Also, nothing wrong with Eastwood products. I've gotten great results with everything I've bought from them.
Thank you for saying this and you're absolutely right that I'm just chronicling my process/journey. Good or bad, efficient or otherwise, it's the best way I knew at the time how to go about things given the time and resources at hand.
That said, I have received tons of great advice from people watching the videos. Many suggest other products or different processes and I find this very valuable. Some of it is personal preference - in the case of the fender well paint that I used, I realize that proper undercoating would be the correct way to restore the vehicle to factory specs. I have been a part of frame-off, factory-spec restorations on truly rare vehicles in the past. In this case, it was just a general quick tip that can make crummy fender wells look good again. I hope I have the opportunity to do a proper restoration on this car someday!
The only reason I started posting these videos is because I got bored doing plain old "words and pictures" project/racing updates on my website and forums. I had been doing those types of posts in one form or another since 1998 and wanted to try something new. After putting the first video out, I couldn't believe the positive response I received! I was completely surprised by that.
As time has gone by, the process of creating and sharing these videos has been like rediscovering the car hobby all over again. People from all over are sending me pictures of their cars, telling me stories, making their own videos and cool stuff like that. I had a guy recently tell me that he had a major procedure in the hospital and videos like mine helped him through it all. How cool is that?
They do take tons of time to make. Shooting the video, compiling it all, writing the script, doing the voiceover, making the music, editing, more editing, even more editing...haha! But the response and camaraderie have been simply incredible and have motivated me to do much more than I thought I could do with this stuff. Most of all it has been a truly fun experience!
Apologies for the super long-winded response. Back to Galant stuff please! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
