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Re: Christmas Detail -2019 Corvette Stingray
haha...I was expecting Christmas lights, or something, on the car. Something more festive
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Re: Christmas Detail -2019 Corvette Stingray
***Update***
Here's what we've done so far,
- Wash wheels and tires first using SONAX & Tuf Shine Tire Cleaner
- Brushes were Speedmaster and Wheel Woollies
- Chemically decontaminate the paint
- Foam gun wash using BLACFIRE Foam Soap
- Rinse car
- Re-foam car to use the foam as a lubricant for the mechanical decontamination step.
- Mechanically decontaminate using the BLACKFIRE Clay Mitt
- Dry with Guzzler Waffle Weave drying towels
- Blow out cracks, crevices plus wheels and tires with the FLEX Car Blower
- Tape-off and cover up the black canvas top
- Perform a Test Spot
- Machine polish with Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover
- Pads are Buff & Shine Uro-Tec yellow foam polishing pads
- Tools = Griot's Garage 6" ROP and 3" mini polisher
- Griot's 2" Backing plate and BOSS pads conversion kit
Here's a Facebook Live video I just took showing the gloss level for the paint after machine polishing.
>>Click on Picture to watch the video<<<
Next up we're going to chemically strip the paint and the apply a ceramic paint coating.
We'll also be sealing the top with RaggTopp Canvas Protectant. It's always good when you have a BRAND NEW canvas top to start FIRST THING and start protecting. This is especially true because this Corvette is a daily driver and it rains a lot here in Florida. (it's warm rain so don't worry about us)
Stay tuned...
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Re: Christmas Detail -2019 Corvette Stingray
A brand new car like that already needed to be polished with a swirl remover?
:-(
Treat it like it's the only one in the world.
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Re: Christmas Detail -2019 Corvette Stingray
Originally Posted by
Bill D
A brand new car like that already needed to be polished with a swirl remover?
:-(
That's the case with most new cars. Once the dealer touches it, the car is full of swirls.
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Originally Posted by
Bill D
A brand new car like that already needed to be polished with a swirl remover?
:-(
Just curious.... did you watch the video? In it, I explained "why" we polished it. Both to remove any minor swirls or other paint defects but also to perfectly clean/remove anything off the paint to prep it for a coating.
For me, standard protocol to install a coating is a minimum of at least one machine polishing step if for no other reason to ensure the paint is clean down to the surface so the ONLY thing exposed is urethane.
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Re: Christmas Detail -2019 Corvette Stingray
Originally Posted by
Mike Phillips
Just curious.... did you watch the video? In it, I explained "why" we polished it. Both to remove any minor swirls or other paint defects but also to perfectly clean/remove anything off the paint to prep it for a coating.
For me, standard protocol to install a coating is a minimum of at least one machine polishing step if for no other reason to ensure the paint is clean down to the surface so the ONLY thing exposed is urethane.
Mike,
I read everything and watched the video, and I had the same question, "a new car needs to be polished with swirl remover?" However, I wasn't questioning the need for polishing, I was curious about the need for swirl remover. I've had two new cars in the past three years, one black and one white. I detailed both as soon as I took delivery and I polished them with Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish and a white LC thin pro pad. I sealed with WG High Gloss Paint Sealant.
So did you use swirl remover because you were coating rather than sealing, or was the finished marred enough that a little more aggressive polish was needed? I'm wondering if I should step up to swirl remover for my next detail?
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Re: Christmas Detail -2019 Corvette Stingray
You aren't kidding. The gloss looks great in the video.
The 2" conversion kit for the peanut looks like something I could use. Eventually
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Re: Christmas Detail -2019 Corvette Stingray
The owner must not have given instructions to not detail it. My last two cars came to me defect free because I told the dealer I wouldn’t buy the car if it swirls.
Treat it like it's the only one in the world.
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Re: Christmas Detail -2019 Corvette Stingray
Originally Posted by
Bill D
The owner must not have given instructions to not detail it. My last two cars came to me defect free because I told the dealer I wouldn’t buy the car if it swirls.
Yes, if you order the car and it comes sold to you already it's not hard to get the dealer to skip their "detailing" and you get it mostly defect free. But if you buy a car that has been on the lot for days or weeks it's has been washed several times already, and using terrible technique which will add swirls. They often skip drying too which leads to water spots.
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