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Old 12-12-2010, 06:15 PM
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Default Black Camaro SS paint correction

Paint was rough on this SS... Heavy swirls, oxidation, and heavy contamination. After 2 days working it over, it looked much better!



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You can really see the heavy swirls on the hood here...




















After just one panel, my claybar just looked abused.... but the paint was so much smoother afterwards










More heavy swirls and marring in the halogens


















Progress and correction! Not perfect, but it was only a 2 stage correction, but still massive improvement.

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Checking the work in the sun after correction. Some slight imperfections left, but overall about a 85% improvement.






















Finished pics after correction and sealed with Zaino


































Thanks for checking it out!
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got a black t/a... glad to know there hope in the FL sun! yr stuff always looks wicked. claybar, polish, sealer and wax?
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Originally Posted by rabbit320
got a black t/a... glad to know there hope in the FL sun! yr stuff always looks wicked. claybar, polish, sealer and wax?
Thanks! Yeah thats the basic procedure, but 80% of the time is spent polishing. And if you use a sealant, you don't need to wax on top of it. You can, but there isn't much point...
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nice job, but no list of materials used for detail???
Old 12-12-2010, 11:34 PM
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ok, thanks.

check out the other threads he's done... the 5,000 hour detail he did...
(not really but you know the one...) definitely talent.
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wish i had a garage with enough space to do all that.
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Car looks alot better now. Did the owner not want you to touch up the headlights a lil?
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i'd say 90% better! looks like a different car.
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Originally Posted by Trans Am Jam
nice job, but no list of materials used for detail???

Sorry, was short on time...



Process:

Exterior
-Foamed with Dawn
-Rinsed and Dawn wash
-Megs APC 4:1 on wheels/tires
-Swissvax Wheel brush
-Clayed with Z18 and Megs LT as lube
-Tires and black trim with Zaino Z16


Correction
-Megs 105 on LC PFW 6.5 rotary
-Menzerna SIP on orange LC 5.5


LSP
-Zaino ZAIO
-Zaino Z5pro
-Zaino Z6
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Originally Posted by 9WhiteCamaro9
Car looks alot better now. Did the owner not want you to touch up the headlights a lil?
He told me not to worry about them, I think he has a 2nd set...
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Originally Posted by GoFast908Z
He told me not to worry about them, I think he has a 2nd set...
Oh ok. I gotcha. I was about to say "He had all that work put into the car and didn't even think to have the headlights done while it's getting detailed", lol.
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Now he needs an alignment - running too much positive camber.
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that is awesome. i have a black Z and i have the same thing...well not as bad as this one but def. you can notice them i tried some compounds but seless.. amazing work man
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Looks a ton better man!! Mine needs a paint correction BADLY!
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thanks for the list bro; good work.
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Nice work as always.
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Like always , awesome work !! I really like the pfw and 105 on the f-bodies and vettes.

Its so cool to see the look on the owners faces when you recover something like that ....kinda priceless .
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Good Job, your on Auto Geek Online right



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