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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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I am going to be at shows the next 2 weekends with my Camaro, so tonight I got in to detailing it.

Tonight I washed it, touched up the cleaning under the car, polished it with my Porter Cable, used 3M rubbing compound-orange LC pad, Tropi-Care TC-8 swirl cutter-orange LC pad & then added 2 coats of TC-3-blue LC pad.

I am going to finish the outside Saturday morning with 1 more top coat, clean the wheels & tires & touch up the interior & glass.

I'll have a full set of pics on Saturday from the all Camaro show that I am going to.


It was dark when I was ready for pics, so only took a few.

After washing & rinsing...


A couple reflection shots, after buffing...






Roof...

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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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nice job.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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wanna do my paint?
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 12:15 AM
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wanna do my paint?
I'm always for hire.
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 12:31 AM
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all im getting are pictures of naked women? anyway looks great
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 07:23 AM
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looks good
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 08:28 AM
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great job
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 11:08 AM
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damn that looks good. where in iowa is urbandale? im lincoln, nebraska..about 45 minutes from council bluffs
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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Thanks everyone!

Originally Posted by silver30th
damn that looks good. where in iowa is urbandale? im lincoln, nebraska..about 45 minutes from council bluffs
It is a sub on the west side of Des Moines, right in the middle of the state, 2 hours from Omaha.
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 05:42 PM
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Here is a couple pics from the show today...The car turned out good, I got some nice compliments from the judges & won the "Gold" award.



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the SS is looking really,really good.

are you topping the TC-3 with anything?

are you using any kind of a QD as a finishing touch at the show?
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 05:47 PM
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Damn thats clean, looks great.
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Gipraw
the SS is looking really,really good.

are you topping the TC-3 with anything?

are you using any kind of a QD as a finishing touch at the show?
Right now it is just the TC-3, I ran out of time. I am using the Tropi-Care detail spray on it.

Thanks!
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Unstang
Right now it is just the TC-3, I ran out of time.
I understand that .,.,


if you have some, try some FK 425 on the paint, once you get it to the show .. I think you will really like the look on that color ..
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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Where did your antenna go?
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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looks really good man congrats on the gold
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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wow, you're roof was i couldn't even figure out which part of car it was, i thought it was just a picture of the roof in the garage lol, CLEAN
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 11:16 PM
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Thanks everyone!


Originally Posted by waldershrek
Where did your antenna go?

Trans Am power antenna...
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Old Jul 15, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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WOW! come detail mine!

hey, you should have came to omaha last night...we had a REALLY good 350+ car cruise
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Old Jul 15, 2007 | 06:23 PM
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Your going to Car Craft next weekend right? Thought I remember seeing your car there last year. Ill have to stop by and check it out in person
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