3 days correcting the roughest silver car I've worked on....
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3 days correcting the roughest silver car I've worked on....
Hey guys, when I got the call for this one, it was scheduled for a basic wash/clay/sealant detail. However, once the overcast clouds had parted and the claying was done, I saw a shocking amount of swirls and RIDS. Silver is great at hiding that stuff, so seeing it SO easily without having to hunt with an artificial light source told me this car needed some serious work!
After talking it over with the client, we rescheduled it to be be dropped off the following week for a 3 day correction, shooting for 90%+ correction. Menzerna SIP and LC orange did almost nothing to the heavy swirls and RIDS. Usually this is a great combo for the hard corvette clear coats, but it just wasn't enough here.
Here's the process I ended up with for the correction:
-Makita Rotary with twisted ply wool pad + Meguiars 105
-2nd hit with twisted ply wool pad and Meguiars 105
-PCXP with Lake Country orange flat pad and Menzerna SIP
This removed the vast majority of the RIDS (random isolated deep scratches) and all swirl marks. There were a fair amount of RIDS too deep to be compounded out and would require wetsanding to remove. After the compounding, the Menzerna SIP cleaned everything up very nicely and left a great gloss.
Process:
Exterior
-Foamed with Dawn
-Rinsed and Dawn wash
-Sonax Full Effect on wheels
-Daytona EZ detail brush
-Swissvax Wheel brush
-Clayed with Z18 and Optimum No Rinse as lube
-Tires with Meguiars water-based dressing
-Convertible top treated with 2 applications of Raggtopp
Interior
-Vacuumed
-Leather with Megs APC 10:1
-Adam's Leather Conditioner
-Stoner's Invisible Glass on windows
-vents and console cleaned with various brushes/qtips
LSP
-Zaino ZAIO via PCXP and LC black pad
-Zaino Z2pro
-Zaino Z6
I started taking the pics after the initial wash and claying. Here goes...
Extremely heavy RIDS and swirls
50/50 shot
More RIDS on the rear decklid
After 1 stage of compounding
Even more severe RIDS and swirls on the hood. It was really bad here.
After 1 stage of compounding
Other side of hood, more scratches and swirls
Corrected
After compounding was done, it was taken back out for a wash to remove polishing oils and compounding dust.
After washing you can see the oils were removed as the paint shows total lack of beading.
Finished pics...
A few quick interior shots....
Sun pics
Thanks for looking!
After talking it over with the client, we rescheduled it to be be dropped off the following week for a 3 day correction, shooting for 90%+ correction. Menzerna SIP and LC orange did almost nothing to the heavy swirls and RIDS. Usually this is a great combo for the hard corvette clear coats, but it just wasn't enough here.
Here's the process I ended up with for the correction:
-Makita Rotary with twisted ply wool pad + Meguiars 105
-2nd hit with twisted ply wool pad and Meguiars 105
-PCXP with Lake Country orange flat pad and Menzerna SIP
This removed the vast majority of the RIDS (random isolated deep scratches) and all swirl marks. There were a fair amount of RIDS too deep to be compounded out and would require wetsanding to remove. After the compounding, the Menzerna SIP cleaned everything up very nicely and left a great gloss.
Process:
Exterior
-Foamed with Dawn
-Rinsed and Dawn wash
-Sonax Full Effect on wheels
-Daytona EZ detail brush
-Swissvax Wheel brush
-Clayed with Z18 and Optimum No Rinse as lube
-Tires with Meguiars water-based dressing
-Convertible top treated with 2 applications of Raggtopp
Interior
-Vacuumed
-Leather with Megs APC 10:1
-Adam's Leather Conditioner
-Stoner's Invisible Glass on windows
-vents and console cleaned with various brushes/qtips
LSP
-Zaino ZAIO via PCXP and LC black pad
-Zaino Z2pro
-Zaino Z6
I started taking the pics after the initial wash and claying. Here goes...
Extremely heavy RIDS and swirls
50/50 shot
More RIDS on the rear decklid
After 1 stage of compounding
Even more severe RIDS and swirls on the hood. It was really bad here.
After 1 stage of compounding
Other side of hood, more scratches and swirls
Corrected
After compounding was done, it was taken back out for a wash to remove polishing oils and compounding dust.
After washing you can see the oils were removed as the paint shows total lack of beading.
Finished pics...
A few quick interior shots....
Sun pics
Thanks for looking!
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looks good! i always love reading through your detail jobs. question though, i know youve said you do this for a living... do you ever get tired of doing basically the same thing everytime? i mean dont your knees and arms get a little sore? just curious
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Well its been a "Corvette Summer" for me. I've actually lost count of how many I've done in the last 6 weeks, but a LOT. I make sure I take enough time off so I don't get burned out. I really do enjoy it though. I've done it so much that I never get sore from it. I have to hit the gym pretty hard to get sore since work is already so active (that doesn't not automatically mean I'm in great shape though! lol)
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Incredible, I just detailed my camaro down here in NC today in about 102 degree weather. Ive done a little detailing myself and it does suck doing the same thing over and over but the pride you feel in a job well done is priceless especially when its your own car.
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U know what cuts through rids like that. 3M New formula blue bottle can't think of the name of it tho. Looks good man. Now tell me all those threads about PCs. If a pc would have been all u need to do this detail?
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Wow.. I found a local place that sells the Porter Cable buffer with a pad kit for $219. What do you do with it after everything is buffed out?? Polish, then wax??
You've gotta be BEYOND **** with your detail cloth storage! I keep mine in a ziploc bag inside a shopping bag inside a 3 drawer cabinet.
You've gotta be BEYOND **** with your detail cloth storage! I keep mine in a ziploc bag inside a shopping bag inside a 3 drawer cabinet.
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Wow.. I found a local place that sells the Porter Cable buffer with a pad kit for $219. What do you do with it after everything is buffed out?? Polish, then wax??
You've gotta be BEYOND **** with your detail cloth storage! I keep mine in a ziploc bag inside a shopping bag inside a 3 drawer cabinet.
You've gotta be BEYOND **** with your detail cloth storage! I keep mine in a ziploc bag inside a shopping bag inside a 3 drawer cabinet.
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I love seeing the results of your details. I might be in contact with you after I get back from the desert. I would just feel bad having you do it and then tunring around and DDing it. but my black needs some work lol