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This one was tough for a couple reasons.
1) After I washed it and clayed it, it had significant marring and tons of RIS (random isolated scratches). These where not visible until close inspection
2) The owner is excepting a baby (actually the baby should be here already) so I wanted to step it up. No infant can cruise in a less then perfect Vette.
3) The paint was significantly harder then other C5's I have worked on. Infact I am convinced that the 2001-2004 Vette's have the hardest clear coat known to man, but yet it still picks up light scratchs easily. WTF?
Total time: 8-9 hours
Products used:
Meguiars Hyperwash
Meguiars Washmitt
Grit Guard
Absorber
Raggtop protecent
EagleOne Foaming Tire+Rim cleaner
Meguiars All Wheel Brush
Meguiars #84 Power Compound
Meguiars #83 Dual Action Cleaner/Polish
Meguiars #80 Speed Glaze
Meguiars pads: 7006 Maroon Cutting pad
8006 Foam Polishing pad x3
9006 Final Polishing pad
Meguiars G100c (PC 7242)
Hitachi rotary buffer
Meguiars #21 Synthetic Sealent
Meguiars #26 Hi-Tech Yellow wax
Meguiars Blue level Detailers Clay, professional grade
Meguiars NXT Window cleaner
Meguiars HotShine Tire Spray
Meguiars Hypershine, cut 3 parts water, 1 part dressing
Meguiars APC, 7:1
Meguiars Natural Shine protectent
Meguiars Exterior Trim Detaler
Meguiars NXT All Metal Poylsh
Asorted microfiber, applicator pads, Q-tips, carpet brushes, ect...
Day one, morning:
I met the owner, Carl, early (remember he on his way the hospital for his child) so I got an early start before my son woke up.
Washed with a two bucket method, clayed and dried...
Some pictures of the moderate swirling...
The marring was much worse in person then the pictures depict...
So I pulled the Vette inside and started working some areas. Here is the area after buffing with #83. You can see there is still hazing and light marring, though it looked much better.
I was running into problems with this paint, as it was so hard that I made this post here...
By now the morning was and I had another detail to do... Also it was Halloween, so my 2 1/2 year old needed to go trick-or-treating...
Day one, late night...
I had just gotten in from trick-or treating with my son, so it was back to work.
Picking up the rotary and a 7006 cutting pad, I went to work making two to three passes over Corvette with #84.
Then I switched to a 8006 polishing pad and made one pass with the #84. It was about 1 a.m. by now and I was beat so it was off to sleep.
Day Two, Morning
Again I started early, making one pass over the entire car using Meguiars #83 and 8006 pad with the rotary.
Some early morning pictures...
Then I decieded to finish down using #80 Speedglaze on the PC... A picture of me in action, polishing out the mirror wit the PC...
This really seemed to do the trick, as after polishing with the M80, the surface was liquid wet and deep...
and virtually flawless
I wiped off the residue and applied a coat of #21 via PC. As the sealent cured I went to work on the interior, cleaning all the surfaces with APC. After vacumming I shampooed the carpets and floor mats and applied dressings to the apporiate surfaces.
Interior afters...
1) After I washed it and clayed it, it had significant marring and tons of RIS (random isolated scratches). These where not visible until close inspection
2) The owner is excepting a baby (actually the baby should be here already) so I wanted to step it up. No infant can cruise in a less then perfect Vette.
3) The paint was significantly harder then other C5's I have worked on. Infact I am convinced that the 2001-2004 Vette's have the hardest clear coat known to man, but yet it still picks up light scratchs easily. WTF?
Total time: 8-9 hours
Products used:
Meguiars Hyperwash
Meguiars Washmitt
Grit Guard
Absorber
Raggtop protecent
EagleOne Foaming Tire+Rim cleaner
Meguiars All Wheel Brush
Meguiars #84 Power Compound
Meguiars #83 Dual Action Cleaner/Polish
Meguiars #80 Speed Glaze
Meguiars pads: 7006 Maroon Cutting pad
8006 Foam Polishing pad x3
9006 Final Polishing pad
Meguiars G100c (PC 7242)
Hitachi rotary buffer
Meguiars #21 Synthetic Sealent
Meguiars #26 Hi-Tech Yellow wax
Meguiars Blue level Detailers Clay, professional grade
Meguiars NXT Window cleaner
Meguiars HotShine Tire Spray
Meguiars Hypershine, cut 3 parts water, 1 part dressing
Meguiars APC, 7:1
Meguiars Natural Shine protectent
Meguiars Exterior Trim Detaler
Meguiars NXT All Metal Poylsh
Asorted microfiber, applicator pads, Q-tips, carpet brushes, ect...
Day one, morning:
I met the owner, Carl, early (remember he on his way the hospital for his child) so I got an early start before my son woke up.
Washed with a two bucket method, clayed and dried...
Some pictures of the moderate swirling...
The marring was much worse in person then the pictures depict...
So I pulled the Vette inside and started working some areas. Here is the area after buffing with #83. You can see there is still hazing and light marring, though it looked much better.
I was running into problems with this paint, as it was so hard that I made this post here...
By now the morning was and I had another detail to do... Also it was Halloween, so my 2 1/2 year old needed to go trick-or-treating...
Day one, late night...
I had just gotten in from trick-or treating with my son, so it was back to work.
Picking up the rotary and a 7006 cutting pad, I went to work making two to three passes over Corvette with #84.
Then I switched to a 8006 polishing pad and made one pass with the #84. It was about 1 a.m. by now and I was beat so it was off to sleep.
Day Two, Morning
Again I started early, making one pass over the entire car using Meguiars #83 and 8006 pad with the rotary.
Some early morning pictures...
Then I decieded to finish down using #80 Speedglaze on the PC... A picture of me in action, polishing out the mirror wit the PC...
This really seemed to do the trick, as after polishing with the M80, the surface was liquid wet and deep...
and virtually flawless
I wiped off the residue and applied a coat of #21 via PC. As the sealent cured I went to work on the interior, cleaning all the surfaces with APC. After vacumming I shampooed the carpets and floor mats and applied dressings to the apporiate surfaces.
Interior afters...
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