Fresh Shine - paint on a 7 - year daily driver
05-21-2006, 06:59 AM
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Fresh Shine - paint on a 7 - year daily driver I spent the biggest part of the day yesterday doing a complete make-over on the car's surface. Here are the following steps.
1.) Wash (Meguiars NXT wash)
2.) Clay Bar entire car
3.) Meguiar's ScratchX - entire car
4.) Polish (Meguiar's Deep Crystal)
5.) Wax - (2 coats of Meguair's NXT Tech Wax)
Although I think my right arm is about to fall off this morning, I think the paint turned out great. Especially considering that I purchased this car new in '98 and it has been a daily driver since. I will post full pics of the car after putting the new wheels / tires on today. It is currently in the garage on jack stands.
1.) Wash (Meguiars NXT wash)
2.) Clay Bar entire car
3.) Meguiar's ScratchX - entire car
4.) Polish (Meguiar's Deep Crystal)
5.) Wax - (2 coats of Meguair's NXT Tech Wax)
Although I think my right arm is about to fall off this morning, I think the paint turned out great. Especially considering that I purchased this car new in '98 and it has been a daily driver since. I will post full pics of the car after putting the new wheels / tires on today. It is currently in the garage on jack stands.
05-21-2006, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by SVThis
what color is the car?
05-21-2006, 12:44 PM
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Pics in this thread I made a post in the wheel and tire section to show off the new shoes I also put on this weekend. Here is a link with about 12 pics.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-tires/511362-new-rims-tires-plus-major-cleaning-makeover-opinions-please.html
Enjoy
https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-tires/511362-new-rims-tires-plus-major-cleaning-makeover-opinions-please.html
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05-21-2006, 04:20 PM
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Does adding two coats of wax at the end (like you did with the nxt) help at all? Obviously your paint looks real nice so i'm figuring it does, but does it stay that way for longer with 2 coats of wax as opposed to 1? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by 00badSScamaro
Does adding two coats of wax at the end (like you did with the nxt) help at all? Obviously your paint looks real nice so i'm figuring it does, but does it stay that way for longer with 2 coats of wax as opposed to 1? Thanks.
Honestly, I have no idea....lol. I only do it for 2 reasons.
1.) Make sure I hit any spots that I may have missed with the first coat.
2.) That is the way my dad taught me growing up.
Not very good scientific facts, but that all I have.
Thanks though.