2005 Vette

[Autobrite]

The doors and dash had a white chalky substance on them. Cleaned with APC 4:1 and treated with HD 2:1. Conditioned the seats with Gold Class conditioner. The carpets were vacuumed and steamed. Clayed the door jambs and topped with M21.

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The exterior was in pretty good shape. Washed the car with ONR and the rims were cleaned with Wheel Brite 4:1. No real paint correction was needed. There was however some residue left from a protective film the customer had on the front of the car that needed to be removed using 3M adhesive remover. After that was done I clayed the car and polished with M205 and an LC white pad. Topped it off with M21. The tires and plastics were dressed in ASD. I cleaned the engine with Super Degreaser and dressed up with HD 2:1. Cleaned and polished the tips with megs Mag and Wheel.

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The left over residue.



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Thanks for viewing.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: 2005 Vette

What in the world was that on the interior pieces? Was it stained or did look like it was badly sun damaged? Either way...... nice save!!!

Rest of the car looks pretty darn good, too!

[Autobrite]

Re: 2005 Vette

What in the world was that on the interior pieces? Was it stained or did look like it was badly sun damaged? Either way...... nice save!!!

Rest of the car looks pretty darn good, too!

Not sure exactly what it was but it was kinda chalky. It would come off if you rubbed on it with your bare finger tips. The only thing that I could think of is that it was something the owner had cleaned with. Thank you for the nice comment.

[Driven Auto Detail]

Re: 2005 Vette

Tracy - Lookin' great man! I've seen that chalky stuff on other Vettes and an Acura TL. It's something to do with the type of material, what what gets applied to it, I believe. I've never been able to figure it out. Sometimes it even looks chalky after cleaning and so I always make sure to dress those areas to "moisturize" that material.

Anyway, great work as usual!

[Golden]

Re: 2005 Vette

Almost looks like fire extinguisher powder! Very nice save indeed!

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: 2005 Vette

Tracy, great work once again. The interior was a mess. Great save. The exterior looks fantastic. Bet the owner was thrilled to get that residue removed. Way to go.

[Tuck91]

Re: 2005 Vette

Nice work Tracy!

That red is glowing.

The interior came out great as well.

[Shizane2002]

Re: 2005 Vette

Absolutely amazing. I bet it was fun doing that on a Corvette Good work!!

[yalerd]

Re: 2005 Vette

Really nice save on the interior! And the exterior look great as well.
Good job

[Markus Kleis]

Re: 2005 Vette

What in the world was that on the interior pieces? !

I said that exact same thing when I saw those pictures!

[TimG]

Re: 2005 Vette

I said that exact same thing when I saw those pictures!

+3

But it looks great on the afters. Good work,Tracy

[aris]

Re: 2005 Vette

Awesome work......

I see your truck in the back round and i liek it better then the corvette..haha

[Dan Fisher]

Re: 2005 Vette

Did I see a clear Film on the nose of that Vette ? If so how did you address the cleaning of it and what did you use or is it a removable one ?

[Autobrite]

Re: 2005 Vette

Tracy - Lookin' great man! I've seen that chalky stuff on other Vettes and an Acura TL. It's something to do with the type of material, what what gets applied to it, I believe. I've never been able to figure it out. Sometimes it even looks chalky after cleaning and so I always make sure to dress those areas to "moisturize" that material.

Anyway, great work as usual!

Thank you Mike. I used HD 2:1 to dress those areas but was wondering if some sort of leather conditioner would have been better.

Almost looks like fire extinguisher powder! Very nice save indeed!

Thank you Golden.

Tracy, great work once again. The interior was a mess. Great save. The exterior looks fantastic. Bet the owner was thrilled to get that residue removed. Way to go.

Thanks J.A. He was pretty happy with it.

Nice work Tracy!

That red is glowing.

The interior came out great as well.

Thanks Nick.

Absolutely amazing. I bet it was fun doing that on a Corvette Good work!!

Vettes are pretty good to work on.

Really nice save on the interior! And the exterior look great as well.
Good job

Thank you

I said that exact same thing when I saw those pictures!

Thanks Mark

+3

But it looks great on the afters. Good work,Tracy

Thanks a lot Tim

Awesome work......

I see your truck in the back round and i liek it better then the corvette..haha

LOL, Ya i actually like my truck better too.

Did I see a clear Film on the nose of that Vette ? If so how did you address the cleaning of it and what did you use or is it a removable one ?

There was a clear film on the nose but the owner had already moved it prior to bringing it to me. However on the clear films like that I treat them just as they were paint. I will clay and apply wax to them. I usually don't run my rotary or DA across them though.

[cnfowler]

Re: 2005 Vette

The chalky look is for the people that don't like a high gloss appearance. I use talcum powder as an interior dressing - it reduces glare. Not sure about the UV protection, though.


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Just kiddin'