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Today's detail is a 2005 Black Corvette with around 15,000 miles on it. Overall it was in pretty good shape. There were some light scratches and swirls in the paint, and two major scuffs. One was on the right rear fender and passenger mirror where the owner had backed into a garage and hit a wooden post.
On the front right side, there was also a scrape from a driveway. The white area above the bumper lip is a reflection. The scraped area is on the front and underside of the bumper.
This scrape happened recently from trying to back into a garage. Can it be fixed or atleast minimized?
Sadly the Corvette lives on the street and has been egged twice. You can see the damage an egg does to the paint. All of those white areas were cuts in the paint.
My Swirl Finder light showed me the real condition of the finish. I did a test spot and determined that using M83 and a W8006 pad would get the job done right.
I arrived at 9:30AM and didn't begin polishing until 1:30pm. What happened during those 4 hours? Well here was the first challenge. I needed to wash the car. I had a 15' hose and my pressure washer. When I saw where the spigot was (next to washing machine), I realized my hose wasn't going to reach.
I decided QEW (ProtectAll's Quick Easy Wash) was going to be the method. Seeing that the car was covered in a lot of dust, I measured out 4L of water and 2 cap fulls of QEW. I used a Microfiber sponge as the applicator, and a second bucket of clean water with a gritguard to rinse the applicator of contaminants. I dried with a Meguiar's Ultrasuede Microfiber drying towel. I worked on a body panel at a time.
I washed off the painted body panels. Then I washed the wheels. I used a soft body brush with flagged ends to get into the deep socket wells of the wheels. I used different bristle brushes and my bug sprayer to get the inside of the wheels clean--just brush the brake dust and immediately rinse with bug spray washer. For the soap, I used Meguiar's Gold Class car wash soap.
On the front right side, there was also a scrape from a driveway. The white area above the bumper lip is a reflection. The scraped area is on the front and underside of the bumper.
This scrape happened recently from trying to back into a garage. Can it be fixed or atleast minimized?
Sadly the Corvette lives on the street and has been egged twice. You can see the damage an egg does to the paint. All of those white areas were cuts in the paint.
My Swirl Finder light showed me the real condition of the finish. I did a test spot and determined that using M83 and a W8006 pad would get the job done right.
I arrived at 9:30AM and didn't begin polishing until 1:30pm. What happened during those 4 hours? Well here was the first challenge. I needed to wash the car. I had a 15' hose and my pressure washer. When I saw where the spigot was (next to washing machine), I realized my hose wasn't going to reach.
I decided QEW (ProtectAll's Quick Easy Wash) was going to be the method. Seeing that the car was covered in a lot of dust, I measured out 4L of water and 2 cap fulls of QEW. I used a Microfiber sponge as the applicator, and a second bucket of clean water with a gritguard to rinse the applicator of contaminants. I dried with a Meguiar's Ultrasuede Microfiber drying towel. I worked on a body panel at a time.
I washed off the painted body panels. Then I washed the wheels. I used a soft body brush with flagged ends to get into the deep socket wells of the wheels. I used different bristle brushes and my bug sprayer to get the inside of the wheels clean--just brush the brake dust and immediately rinse with bug spray washer. For the soap, I used Meguiar's Gold Class car wash soap.
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