1stz06

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I have a black Covette and the paint looks less than stellar. Can anyone recommend someone to do some machine buffing to bring her back to life???

I would like to get this done ASAP.....tomorrow would be great..!!

I live on the SE side (Pasadena) and I am willing to deliver or they can come pick it up.

Shoot me a PM.

J.R. Thomas

Pwebbz28

iTrader: (31)

Be ready to spend some $$$ I was told by a guy here in DFW that vettes and vipers are two of the hardest cars to detail because the paint used is very hard. He charges 250 JUST to buff the car.

XtremeBBQ

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doesnt the guy with the white fox body (306 that could?) detail cars? i believe he's on the south side as well. has done a few on here recently and posted great pictures.
someone will probably chime in soon and point you tho it is.
goodluck.

Juicy J

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HCIstang is the man. He has alot of threads on here showing before and after. Does bad *** work, and doesnt cost too much. He's a pretty cool guy too.

THE BLACK WIDOW

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black frc detailed...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/texas-mem...-detailed.html

chupr0kabra

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I have some time tomorrow (Saturday), if you can wait that long.


-Mike

bigfatls6

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The hardness of the paint has nothing to do with it. They are just blowing smoke up your ***. The deeper the scrathes in the clear coat the harder they are to get out. If the yare to deep they won't come out and you have to be careful not to burn it or buff through the clear. You might have to do some light wet sanding. Just wathch out for edges and keep the rpm right.

LS1Aggie09

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agreed with bigfatls6....i could take care of it in about a full day's worth of work with a pcable and some zaino and no wetsanding if it aint **** poor lookin

tigertank

michael HCI stang did mine came to the house did good work and not too bad $$$$ look at HPD forum under detailing

daniel044

iTrader: (23)

This guy did my car and did a great job. I would call him again if I needed another detail.

Pwebbz28

iTrader: (31)

I wouldnt think he is blowing smoke when he is invited to places such as Barret Jackson and SEMA to detail cars.

6']['9

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x2 black vettes & vipers are a pain in the *** to buff out.

ex-SS-ve

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you are not lying at all. i love the ones that have just cobwebbing and light swirls. because they look like glass after minor polishing. the ones with deeper scratches really test my patience. im actually working on this car as we speak. and short of wetsanding. most of the light to moderate scratches have came off. wetsanding is one of those things i trust a bodyshop to. never know how much clear your working with.

LS1Aggie09

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i guess i will have to try and do a viper one of these days. i have no experience with them but i don't understand why they would be so challenging. can you clarify as to why?

Pwebbz28

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I was told by a guy here in DFW that vettes and vipers are two of the hardest cars to detail because the paint used is very hard.

Adam1982

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HCI stang did mine, you can look for the thread on it, would definately recommend his work. Only work on weekends tho.

ex-SS-ve

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i beleive what they were simply trying to put was that the clearcoat on any other car has a lower temperature at which it becomes malliable a lil easier than the clearcoat on a viper or a vette which has a higher tolerance for heat and at that point you have to step up to a faster cutting compound vs polish. ive done quite a few vettes vipers,and various other cars to know that you have to use the benz/bmw clearcoat rouge to get a clean cut on them. one more thing you have to watch out for is buffing on ford vehicles. they mix the main pigment into the clear. so if your not careful. that red mustang or whatever ford vehicle you are buffing will end up pink if not done correctly!

bill12690

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hell man if i can pick it up i'll do my damndest to detail it for free. lmfao. might still look bad, maybe even exactly the same way i got it.. but if its free you can't complain right? lol jk man. good luck getting it looking good again..

6']['9

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Its not so much hard, but time consuming even with a rotory. With severe webbing it can take 20 hours or more just to remove most of the marring. Then final polishing from there takes some time as well. If you want to try a vette/viper make sure you have a good rotory and a good set of supplies. Ive never had much luck removing deep defects with a PC.