Black 2003 Cprvette Z06

[jmakado]

This Vette' almost ended me. It was the most difficult paint I have ever worked on. It was really hard but also liked to mar up very easy. It had really deep rotary swirls and hollograms from the used car lot I assume. Here was my process:
Gold Class wash with Chenille mit, Wheel Brightner on wheels, APC on tires and fender wells, Safe D-Greaser and Hyper dressing in engine bay.
Mild clay with Quick Detailer for lube
#83 via 8006 pad and rotary
#80 via 8006 pad and rotary X 2
#80 via 8006 pad and DA
#9 via 8006 pad and DA
NXT via 9006 pad and DA X2

Not a ton of pics as it took me about 16 hours and two days so the owner took the afters the next day. I wasn't able to get it to 100%. More like 90%-95%. But considering where it started I was happy and the owner was thrilled.

EDIT: Just realized I spelled "Corvette" wrong in the title....Guess I am pretty tired!

Here is the trunk lid before. You can see the deep swirls, hollograms and water etching:


And a before shot of the side. Some pretty good swirls going on for sure!


And here is an after of the trunk:


And finally an after of the side:


Any comments welcome.

[RDVT4ME]

Re: Black 2003 Cprvette Z06

Nice work!

Another happy Corvette.

[jmakado]

Re: Black 2003 Cprvette Z06

I spent a good half hour going over washing technique and even gave him a brand new Chenille mit to use. So hopefully next time I see the car it will be a little quicker/easier to deal with! And thanks!

[kellyinkc]

Re: Black 2003 Cprvette Z06

Good job!
Never done a Vette. Have heard they have real hard paint.

[jmakado]

Re: Black 2003 Cprvette Z06

Good job!
Never done a Vette. Have heard they have real hard paint.

It wasn't just that it was hard. But it also marrred way easy. That's what made it tricky. But it was fun and a really good challange so I still enjoyed it.