Preserving the Anglia's original paint - tidy-up, tips on boiled linseed oil etc | Old Classic Car

Deciding what to do to preserve the Ford Anglia's 70yr-old original paint has been in my mind for months, as I mentioned in a recent video here in the Old Classic Car channel. In the end I decided to go down the route of gently tidying the paint using carnuba wax to remove the dead top layer of paint. This brought two benefits - one it improves the consistency and appearance of the paint over the car as a whole, and two it provides a measure of protection for the paint and metal beneath it.
Stage two will see the application of boiled linseed oil to further protect the paint's surface and give it a true "oily rag" appearance, here I try it in a few discrete places to establish how long it takes to dry off. There are important things to bear in mind when handling the boiled linseed oil treatment which I cover in this video, there are genuine fire risks involved with using this stuff so care is needed.
I also wax lyrical (pun intended) about a great stash of old car-related products, including various polishes, that a pal and I discovered in the back of an old van at a long-since-cleared scrapyard many years ago, we ended up splitting the stash of goodies and most of mine remain here still - including Holts No-Crode, Whitewall Tyre Cleaner, and many more, not forgetting a rare unused tin of Vauxhall-branded car wax. Exciting stuff! :-)
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