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  • 2010 Black C6

    I was suppose to have the car from Saturday to Wednesday but his FL trip got cut short because of weather so I finished by Monday morning for him. I do it as a hobby after work and i'm kinda slow still. I didn't get to take the pictures like I wanted to due to time frame so please excuse the cell phone pictures. I like detailing when I get better at it Ill work on the picture taking part. Note I need a inspection light.

    Couple of before pics.

    Water spots rear driver fender



    Swirl mark




    I have more before shots but they all show what those two pics show water spots and swirls over the whole car. Add to that bugs and dirt.

    I didn't get pics of all my test passes but I did snap a few. After starting with my usual test spot swirX yellow pad, it helps me adjust speed and work size two things I have problems with. I learned what people mean when they say hard clear. I went to D300 on a MF pad and did a couple of test spots trying to find the pressure, speed and # of passes I had to do. I started with my normal 6 passes per section 4 med to hard and 2 med to light depending on the paint and I couldn't find the corrections I was looking for. I ended up with 4 hard passes then wipe section mist pad with D155 and do 4 more med to hard passes. A few sections required one more section pass of 4. These test spots are just some random I snapped.

    Before, also all these test passes are D300MF just different pressure speed and passes.



    after









    After finding what worked I worked a couple of panels then called it a night. Next day tried to get a couple before after sun pics D300 only



    After D300 this is some of the results.

    Hood Passenger fender refelction


    Rear driver fender where those water spots were.



    Last black I did A jeep I went straight to D301 and called it a day it looked great but I wanted to try a step in between this time I went UP on the yellow pad

    Here it is after D300MF UP yellow. Did the UP help I think It added gloss and darken it I could be just trying to justify the extra step to myself. Waiting on D301



    D301 I almost skipped it and went to my LSP but I love how D301 follows up on D300 and its so easy to work with so I couldn't talk myself into skipping it. Plus I wanted to try topping it with a free BFWD sample I got. Here is the D301.



    I have been having a small streaking problem with ULW and wanted to try the BFWD on a black car so I topped the D301 with and let it sit for a couple hours. BFWD easy to work with came off with out a problem. I found that with BFWD and NO.845 I used last week what people mean when they say thin I now think my problems with ULW was from me not the wax. I thought I was thin but now I know I can go thinner. BFWD and tucked away for the night.



    Four hours later woke up and went and wiped wax off here are the results first in shop







    Then outside







    Big nasty water spots gone. Same driver rear fender from before pics



    Thanks for looking.

  • #2
    Re: 2010 Black C6

    Nice work !

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    • #3
      Re: 2010 Black C6

      Great work and nice reflections!

      You're right, the UP probably was a redundant step..
      Originally posted by Blueline
      I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.

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      • #4
        Re: 2010 Black C6

        Thanks, I had a feeling I was wasting some time but you don't know till you try.

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        • #5
          Re: 2010 Black C6

          Big improvement! Nicely done!
          2011 Car Crazy Showcase SEMA Team

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          • #6
            Re: 2010 Black C6

            Nicely done, especially since your planned work days were cut short by the owner!!

            Do you think you could see a difference between Blackfire and Ultimate Wax, if had used both side by side on this car?

            "fishing for swirls in a sea of black"
            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
            David

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            • #7
              Re: 2010 Black C6

              I honestly couldn't say all my ULW use has been on lighter colored cars but I have a black F-150 I might be doing soon that I'm gonna give ULW a try on and might do a side by side comparison. If I was trying to make money at this I don't think I could justify the price difference between ULW and BFWD. As a hobby I think I'm gonna keep a bottle of both around.

              The owner was very happy it was a freebie and he thought I was just gonna remove some water spots and wax it like he paid detail shops to do so many time, teach him to doubt me again. Working on the under promise over deliver thing.

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              • #8
                Re: 2010 Black C6

                Wow incredible gloss and reflection. Great work. Cant believe you only slept 4 hours and then got up and went at it again.
                Practice doesn't make perfect, the dedication to achieve perfection makes perfect. "Smack"
                2011 Jet Black 328i Touring
                2007 Jet Black 335i Sedan

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                • #9
                  Re: 2010 Black C6

                  I wouldn't really call those 4 hours sleep I wasn't even that sleepy. It is not as crazy as it sounds I normally take a nap in the afternoon and do my detailing at night so its not as hot. I don't do it on work nights like I did this weekend.

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                  • #10
                    Re: 2010 Black C6

                    Wanted to say thanks everyone it's hard to judge your own work sometime without bias.

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