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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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I've done a few cars for this buddy of mine with a few LSX's (which will be posted shortly) and this is his g/f's car he had me take care of.

The whole car had some pretty bad water etching along with the normal marring/swirls. I didn't take many before pics but it came out great.

APC+ diluted and used on the wheel wells, wheels/tires.
The whole car was done with a black LCC pad and M205 minus a few heavy areas. The clear really reacted well to this and I was pleased with the results.

For the heavy scratch you see, I stepped it up to a LCC purple hybrid foam/wool pad and M105 followed by an LCC orange pad and the new Optimum Hyper Compound Spray then followed by an LCC black pad and M205. There is a very minor section that is past the clear and would need to be wetsanded to fade it out a little more.

It was polished using SFX's line along with their wax. Tires and trim were dressed with SFX'x dressing and the wheel wells were dressed with Meguiars Natural Shine.

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Before:


After:


Scratch before


1st pass


Finished


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Thanks for checking it out.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 08:55 PM
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where do you get your materials
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Good work. Now that's how black is suppose to look.
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where do you get your materials
I have an account with Wash Solutions here local along with Steve Paztor at Show Room FX who is also local.

I've purchased a few new items off detailingsupplies.com and Autogeek.
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Originally Posted by 9WhiteCamaro9
Good work. Now that's how black is suppose to look.
Thank you very much and I agree!
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