Detail: New Combo on my Camaro
08-07-2006, 05:44 PM
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Detail: New Combo on my Camaro I tried something a little new today.
First, I washed the wheels and tires with Duragloss 901 car wash, a Eurow sheepskin mitt, and Griot's tire brush. Then, I moved to the paint, which was washed with Griot's Car Wash and a Eurow sheepskin mitt. Once thoroughly washed, I pulled it in the garage and dried completely with a waffle weave.
From there, I added some Red Moose Machine Glaze to the last of my Vanilla Moose and polished the paint using a Lake Country polishing pad via PC on speed 5. The next step is where I tried something a little different - I spritzed Optimum Car Wax over each panel and instead of buffing, I used it as the "spit" and applied Pinnacle Souveran on top using a Zaino cotton applicator. I made my way around the whole car using this method, and then I used Duragloss Aqua Wax like a QD to remove the wax residue. I finished it up by dressing the wells with Armor All and the tires with Zaino Z16 Tire Dressing and an Eagle One Tire Swipe.
The result was a deep, wet finish. I'm not sure it's a drastic improvement over the RMG/Souveran combo, but it was fun to try something different. Who knows?...the look may improve overnight or the next couple of days.
Anyway, here are some direct sun pictures:
(excuse the rock chips)
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First, I washed the wheels and tires with Duragloss 901 car wash, a Eurow sheepskin mitt, and Griot's tire brush. Then, I moved to the paint, which was washed with Griot's Car Wash and a Eurow sheepskin mitt. Once thoroughly washed, I pulled it in the garage and dried completely with a waffle weave.
From there, I added some Red Moose Machine Glaze to the last of my Vanilla Moose and polished the paint using a Lake Country polishing pad via PC on speed 5. The next step is where I tried something a little different - I spritzed Optimum Car Wax over each panel and instead of buffing, I used it as the "spit" and applied Pinnacle Souveran on top using a Zaino cotton applicator. I made my way around the whole car using this method, and then I used Duragloss Aqua Wax like a QD to remove the wax residue. I finished it up by dressing the wells with Armor All and the tires with Zaino Z16 Tire Dressing and an Eagle One Tire Swipe.
The result was a deep, wet finish. I'm not sure it's a drastic improvement over the RMG/Souveran combo, but it was fun to try something different. Who knows?...the look may improve overnight or the next couple of days.
Anyway, here are some direct sun pictures:
(excuse the rock chips)
Questions/Comments/Advice?
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08-07-2006, 08:35 PM
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Amazing!! i have a black car and the paint isnt too bad but it really needs to be buffed... what would you recommend for the inital buffing to remove swearl/scratches. my plan so far is to give it a good washdown with dish soap, clay bar it, wash it again ,buff the swearls, red moose it, z2 pro, i also ordered Pinnacle Souveran and Duragloss Aqua Wax and i aleady have all the zaino products. how would you go about doing this? thanks 
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Thanks, guys!
2002 Trans Am - Z16 is definitely my favorite tire dressing.
madmaxz - I probably wouldn't use RMG under Zaino.
Silver02TA - it's not a crack...that's just a weird reflection from a rock hole about 1/2 inch in diameter.
2002 Trans Am - Z16 is definitely my favorite tire dressing.
madmaxz - I probably wouldn't use RMG under Zaino.
Silver02TA - it's not a crack...that's just a weird reflection from a rock hole about 1/2 inch in diameter.
