Did some buffing on my "new" 2003 vert...
#1
TECH Fanatic
Thread Starter
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Va Beach
Posts: 1,240
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Did some buffing on my "new" 2003 vert...
Buffed up the red car... paint is in pretty good shape for a 7 year old car that has never been buffed, just heavy swirls and a few fine scratches. Washed w/ dish soap then clayed using Meguiar's Quik Detailer as clay lube.
After some reading on various forums I decided to try Meguiar's new Ultimate Compound... the stuff is quite amazing... cuts nearly as good as M105, has a very long working time, and wipes off simply w/o any dusting etc. I used a borrowed PC buffer (Thanks Travis) w/ an orange pad on a speed just below 5. Made 3-4 passes over each section.
Some pics... this is clay and compound only... no polish, no sealant...
The UC left the paint so nice I almost just applied Rejex and called it a day, but decided to proceed with my original plan and polished it with Menzerna FPII w/ a white pad then Rejexed. I'm glad I did... the polish made it even better... it was only a slight increase, but worth it.
My diamond-cut reverse panel was delivered by the FedEx guy while I was finishing up the buffing.... installed it along w/ the flush mount tail light spacers that I took off my Z06.
All done... this is after driving it around all day yesterday with the H4H road tour a couple of weeks ago.
Since I couldn't play waxer for long here's a shot from yesterday's auto-x... burshing the cobwebs off for running VIR next weekend in the Panoz. The car got lots of compliments for being so "pretty"... I think the lack of swirls and Rejex really helped my times
After some reading on various forums I decided to try Meguiar's new Ultimate Compound... the stuff is quite amazing... cuts nearly as good as M105, has a very long working time, and wipes off simply w/o any dusting etc. I used a borrowed PC buffer (Thanks Travis) w/ an orange pad on a speed just below 5. Made 3-4 passes over each section.
Some pics... this is clay and compound only... no polish, no sealant...
The UC left the paint so nice I almost just applied Rejex and called it a day, but decided to proceed with my original plan and polished it with Menzerna FPII w/ a white pad then Rejexed. I'm glad I did... the polish made it even better... it was only a slight increase, but worth it.
My diamond-cut reverse panel was delivered by the FedEx guy while I was finishing up the buffing.... installed it along w/ the flush mount tail light spacers that I took off my Z06.
All done... this is after driving it around all day yesterday with the H4H road tour a couple of weeks ago.
Since I couldn't play waxer for long here's a shot from yesterday's auto-x... burshing the cobwebs off for running VIR next weekend in the Panoz. The car got lots of compliments for being so "pretty"... I think the lack of swirls and Rejex really helped my times
#7
TECH Fanatic
Thread Starter
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Va Beach
Posts: 1,240
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Little bit of dust on the door panels, but nothing major... used a swiffer duster sheet when I was all done. The Meguiars UC leaves almost no dust... might have been more of an issue w/ different products.
Trending Topics
#10
TECH Fanatic
Thread Starter
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Va Beach
Posts: 1,240
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Currently working on my new workbench/area... used to have it all along the back wall, but picked up some awesome cabinets and counter from work for free and just had to put it to good use.