Friend/client of mine wanted his baby buffed and corrected, so I took this beast on. It only has about 30k miles for an almost 20 year old car. Great shape
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1994 Chevrolet Corvette Paint Correction
Friend/client of mine wanted his baby buffed and corrected, so I took this beast on. It only has about 30k miles for an almost 20 year old car. Great shape overall. Problem is, it was swirled all to heck. Little did I know that I was going to take on the hardest clear coat I have ever buffed...
Turns out, I had to go over it twice with an M105/IP orange pad combo. Even then, there were still some really deep scratches still remaining. I didn't want to cut too far as I still have to invest in a paint gauge on of these days. Nevertheless, I stopped at about 95% correction. Thanks to all the forum members that responded to my initial inquiry earlier this week of how to tackle this project. Total hours invested: 10 Equipment/Process used: ONR wash ONR spot clay Flex 3401 Menz IP - orange CCS pad M105 - orange CCS pad 85RD - gray CCS pad PC EZ Creme glaze (love this stuff) - blue CCS pad Jetseal 109 (again love this stuff) - red CCS pad cured for 8 hours Supernatural (might be my favorite LSP...so versatile and sooo wet looking) Wheels dressed with OCW Tires dressed with Sonax Tire Gel PICS (these are UNALTERED) BEFORE PICS: Friend/client of mine wanted his baby buffed and corrected, so I took this beast on. It only has about 30k miles for an almost 20 year old car. Great shape overall. Problem is, it was swirled all to heck. Little did I know that I was going to take on the hardest clear coat I have ever buffed... Turns out, I had to go over it twice with an M105/IP orange pad combo. Even then, there were still some really deep scratches still remaining. I didn't want to cut too far as I still have to invest in a paint gauge on of these days. Nevertheless, I stopped at about 95% correction. Thanks to all the forum members that responded to my initial inquiry earlier this week of how to tackle this project. Total hours invested: 10 Equipment/Process used: ONR wash ONR spot clay Flex 3401 Menz IP - orange CCS pad M105 - orange CCS pad 85RD - gray CCS pad PC EZ Creme glaze (love this stuff) - blue CCS pad Jetseal 109 (again love this stuff) - red CCS pad cured for 8 hours Supernatural (might be my favorite LSP...so versatile and sooo wet looking) Wheels dressed with OCW Tires dressed with Sonax Tire Gel PICS (these are UNALTERED) BEFORE PICS: as it arrived Monday night... IN PROGRESS 50/50 PICS: AFTER ORANGE PAD POLISHING ONLY: AFTER GRAY PAD POLISHING (no glaze):
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