Understated
07-05-2016, 03:15 PM
So this past week I finally got my Cobra back after a long 8 months at the shop. When I got her back she needed some love and attention. Wasn't horribly dirty but had some water spotting and needed a light paint correction. When I first detailed this car 2 years ago I was pretty inexperienced when it came to the paint correction process. I used a basic griots garage polisher that only did a marginal job. The car looked good but was still hazy. At the time I didn't see any swirls so it looked good to me lol. Looking at it now is like looking at it with a new pair of eyes.. lol.
Anyway I cut it with Menzerna 2400 and a Meg's microfiber cutting pad. Cut at about speed 4.5 and then slowed it down to speed 3 to finish the pass. This removed all of the haze and didn't require any polishing after. During the process I discovered that the old girl has tinted clear coat. I've never even worked on a car with tinted clear before.. First time for everything right?
After polishing it all up I started the application process of 22PLE Glass Coat. The instructions say to lay down a section and then wait 3-5 minutes before buffing off the high spots. I waited 3 minutes since the temperature was 90 degrees outside. You can do pretty big sections at a time so that's what I did. It goes on easy and comes off easy. Not much more difficult to apply then Optimum Gloss Coat. The only difference being the amount of wait time before removing the product. I used CarPro's applicator blocks and suede applicator towels to lay down the product.
I like this coating a lot. It gives incredible gloss. The shine is something I've never seen before. When I was done my dad wanted me to do his 2015 5.0. We will get to that next.
Pics after it was all done and coated.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7457/28029180705_b2ab8cbdd6_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7219/27994644196_8241bd4866_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7341/28029196815_d208cbd391_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7326/27994652176_6f945fcc97_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7275/27415439323_c1096e0bb4_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7303/27415461663_f7b1d327ce_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7384/27994663536_85277a11c7_b.jpg
Walk around video and hydrophobic properties:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2v2VBPl3w
GT Walk around:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBcV7nu6oQc
Anyway I cut it with Menzerna 2400 and a Meg's microfiber cutting pad. Cut at about speed 4.5 and then slowed it down to speed 3 to finish the pass. This removed all of the haze and didn't require any polishing after. During the process I discovered that the old girl has tinted clear coat. I've never even worked on a car with tinted clear before.. First time for everything right?
After polishing it all up I started the application process of 22PLE Glass Coat. The instructions say to lay down a section and then wait 3-5 minutes before buffing off the high spots. I waited 3 minutes since the temperature was 90 degrees outside. You can do pretty big sections at a time so that's what I did. It goes on easy and comes off easy. Not much more difficult to apply then Optimum Gloss Coat. The only difference being the amount of wait time before removing the product. I used CarPro's applicator blocks and suede applicator towels to lay down the product.
I like this coating a lot. It gives incredible gloss. The shine is something I've never seen before. When I was done my dad wanted me to do his 2015 5.0. We will get to that next.
Pics after it was all done and coated.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7457/28029180705_b2ab8cbdd6_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7219/27994644196_8241bd4866_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7341/28029196815_d208cbd391_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7326/27994652176_6f945fcc97_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7275/27415439323_c1096e0bb4_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7303/27415461663_f7b1d327ce_b.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7384/27994663536_85277a11c7_b.jpg
Walk around video and hydrophobic properties:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2v2VBPl3w
GT Walk around:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBcV7nu6oQc