2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

[sudsbyhubbs]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

i'm impressed. that's amazing work.

[RDVT4ME]

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Nice follow up Jesse.

It looks awesome.

One thing to point out to others......don't be affraid to experiment and try different products. There is no one solution that works for all cars. As you found out by trying #3 and being extremely successful. This is a great example of that and hopefully many will learn from your excellent write up.

[TimG]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

The gloss is crazy dude!!

Again fantastic work on the vette.


Tim

[Hemin8r]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

looks great my brotha. look up zepelume. made by zep. works great for those door jambs! just spray it and rinse it two minutes after and wola! perfection!

Thanks miajohn.

[miahjohn]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

looks great my brotha. look up zepelume. made by zep. works great for those door jambs! just spray it and rinse it two minutes after and wola! perfection!

[Hemin8r]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

I was finally able to finish up the polishing now that I have my rotory back. The paint came out so much better than I expected. I finished off with #3 rather than the #9 I thought I was going to end up with. I had minor micro marring so I tried #3 which worked out so much better for this paint. I topped it off with some #26.










Reflection shot


I then backed the car out into the sunlight to ensure I didn't have any more holograms / rotory trails






The paint came out looking very wet

[Hemin8r]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

Nice work. Even without the rotary.

Thanks RacerX88. I still saw some holograms under the sun that I need to take out. Believe it or not it's been bugging me like crazy knowing that it's in that condition still.

[RacerX88]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

Nice work. Even without the rotary.

[Hemin8r]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

Thanks guys for the kind comments. My brother & I have agreed on a scheduled day for me to finish her off now that I have my rotory back. I'll post a couple more pics after she's 100% completed on the paint polishing.

[Sydster]

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[Funkster]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

Very nice work. Beautiful Corvette.

[dnoraker]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

I buffed my uncles black '98 Corvette a couple months ago and had the same issue with the last step before LSP. I used rotary and M83 followed by DA and M82 and it maybe left some slight micro-marring. I think the speed was on like 4-4.5. I also had my uncle do that step so when he showed his friends he could say he helped with the buffing. I might try M82 on the rotary on a very low speed next time and compare.

[ShinedUp101]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

Wow, way better than before... looks brand new! The engine bay really POPS!

Great job!!!

[Hemin8r]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

I had forgotten to include the before pics of the engine so here they are


After (again for side by side comparison)

[Hemin8r]

Re: 2004 Corvette Z06 DETAIL (Black)

Jesse,

Try M09 with a finishing pad at slow speed (like 3). That should work to diminish the micro marring. You could also try M86 with a finish pad. Using a brinkman will really show how well you are fixing the micromarring.

When I first polished my vette, I used M83 and a polishing pad. It looked pretty good, but always had a slight bit of haze. I spoke with Kevin Brown and got the tips above and it really made a difference.

Lol, You read my mind Bob. That's exactly what I'm going to use as soon as I get my rotory back. That's what I used on a black Yukon with amazing results. Here is part of my description on that job.

"Some areas required #83 on a 8006 pad followed by #80 on the rotory. #9 then became my best friend also applied with the rotory. #21 was hand applied."