Help 99 Artic White Vette

[T's 99]

I have a 1999 Artic White Corvette, 50K miles second owner, paint is in great shape, a few nicks etc.
Never had a whie car before, what do I need to do to make this baby shine ? NXT ? wax then polish ? Help!

[travisdecpn]

I would clay first no matter what. Then depending on whether or not you have a PC try a product like #80 Speed Glaze. If you are working by hand you may try steps 1 and 2 in the DC system. Follow either of the procedures with 2 layers of NXT.

[1BadMach1]

I just settled on system that I really like and have done three cars that have turned out well.

I wash with Megs NXT wash (2 bucket) then I clay the car. I then go over it with #9, two coats of NXT and your done. I do use Scratch X where it is needed after the clay process, but other than that nothing more.

[rdarwa]

I do the same thing. I only clay and #9 if it needs it.

[1BadMach1]

Yes you are right, I guess I should have said that. Speaking of that, how often do you clay. I have only clayed the Stang once.

[T's 99]

Thanks guys, will give it a try & let you know how I did.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Help 99 Arctic White Vette

Originally posted by T's 99
I have a 1999 Arctic White Corvette, 50K miles second owner, paint is in great shape, a few nicks etc.
Never had a white car before, what do I need to do to make this baby shine ? NXT ? wax then polish ? Help!

Hi T's 99,

Welcome to Meguiar's Online!

It's hard to get a lot of reflectivity out of white paint, but you can get a lot of gloss out of it. In order to increase gloss you simply need to insure the finish is as smooth as possible, and this would include everything mentioned above,

• Wash
• Clay
• Clean the paint with a paint cleaner like ScratchX or Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner, or use a cleaner/polish like the #9 Swirl Remover 2.0 which also has a cleaning effect.
• Apply two thin coats of wax protection like the NXT Tech Wax

After that simply maintain the finish with regular washing using a car wash formulated for cars and products like Quik Detailer.

Mike

[T's 99]

Thanks, Mike
You read so much about wax etc its hard to figular out which ends up!
Then you add color, white vs black, oop's now thats a different deal again