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A friend at work moved to Chicago in January and needed a place to store his car over the winter. Since I have a 4 car garage and at the time, only 3 cars, I had the room to help him out. Ever since he bought this car, it was hard to look at since it's a black car and swirled bad, real bad. I never had the time or place to last summer, so now is the perfect time to take care of it. My plan was never to make it perfect, since it will be driven up to Chicago, but I wanted to improve the condition it is in now.
Here is a perfect example of how the picture angle can hide how bad the paint really is:
Paint looks great, right? This is how the paint really looks:
First order of business was to clay bar the entire car. To the touch, the paint felt okay, but after testing with the front of the car, I decided the whole thing needed claying.
Front:
Rear:
Next I taped the car and covered the roof with plastic to keep from having to clean product splatter from the cloth.
After a test area, I decided that M80, would do the trick. The rear trunk and fenders needed a 2nd pass. The speed glaze removed much of the swirls, but there were some deep scratches that only a more aggressive product or a rotary buffer would touch, but I'm not worried about those.
The car is not perfect, but perfect paint + black car = a car that is never driven. It is a huge improvement, and my friend said it looked better than the day he bought it.
These first were from Monday, just before it rained. I wanted to wash the car to get rid of any buffing dust that was on the car.
Yes this is a reflection shot of the house next door.
A few swirls, but about 98% fewer than when I started.
I'm sad to see the car go, but now I have an extra spot in the garage.
Here is a perfect example of how the picture angle can hide how bad the paint really is:
Paint looks great, right? This is how the paint really looks:
First order of business was to clay bar the entire car. To the touch, the paint felt okay, but after testing with the front of the car, I decided the whole thing needed claying.
Front:
Rear:
Next I taped the car and covered the roof with plastic to keep from having to clean product splatter from the cloth.
After a test area, I decided that M80, would do the trick. The rear trunk and fenders needed a 2nd pass. The speed glaze removed much of the swirls, but there were some deep scratches that only a more aggressive product or a rotary buffer would touch, but I'm not worried about those.
The car is not perfect, but perfect paint + black car = a car that is never driven. It is a huge improvement, and my friend said it looked better than the day he bought it.
These first were from Monday, just before it rained. I wanted to wash the car to get rid of any buffing dust that was on the car.
Yes this is a reflection shot of the house next door.
A few swirls, but about 98% fewer than when I started.
I'm sad to see the car go, but now I have an extra spot in the garage.
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