I am so glad I came across this thread. I have exactly the same kind of pin-sized pitting defect on my Nova front windshield. After digging through the Autogeek storefront I decided to buy Ceriglass,...
I am just about "done" with the transformational efforts to restore the exterior of my car. So far I have spent a fair amount of time bringing the paint back to life with compound, polish and wax,...
Thank you both for the kind words. It's the least I can do to share photos and video after benefiting from all the great information and professionals on this forum! There is also great satisfaction...
It's been about 9 months since I compounded & waxed the car last summer. Since then I've driven the car a lot and really enjoyed the fruits of my labor, but the...
Thank you! Much appreciated. It is taking some time for me to get used to the look, but I think I like it. It's certainly a lot cleaner than it was before!
I decided to take on a side project and refresh my grill area before doing any more work on the paint. Looking at the photos of my car above you may have noticed the filler panel...
Thanks Gav. It's really still an unfinished project because the whole car still needs to be polished. But the car is looking and photographing like I had never seen before. It came a long way! I can...
To add to the library of incredible paint restorations benefiting from this method, I'll submit my shot at this. Here are some before and afters of my 1970 Nova with single stage paint.
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Sorry for the very late reply. I think I did the right thing using the clay before applying the #7. There was a lot of contamination on the paint and I think it would have interfered with the #7...
I was following the writeup below. There is some discussion on the type of towel to use. I think it's less important what towel you use for the no 7 rub off if you are following up with polish. You...
Great work! I've found a squeegee works really well to get pet hair out of fabric. I have no idea why but it somehow pulls and collects the hair. You just pull it across the surface a few times and...
I am new to detailing and had my first foray into restoring single stage paint recently with my '70 Nova. Mike's articles were very helpful along with watching a bunch of YouTube videos, but I also...
Thank you for the response I am new to detailing and went through the trouble of completely taking off the trim on my '70 Nova to make sure I was able to get behind everything and not worry about...
That's really awesome! I noticed in the photo below you don't have any masking tape on the trim. Am I being too conservative masking mine off when I polish? Do you have any trouble getting all the...
I was recently ignorant to detailing and I would not have known what results I would get from the different options you are offering. For example, I would have no idea what a clay bar or 1 step...
I appreciate all the kind words. The reality is my car still has a ways to go and I think there are some things I will never be able to really fix. You can't see all the imperfections in the photos,...
That's pretty neat. I had no idea you could run polish like that over glass and chrome. Now you've really got me thinking about next steps for my Nova!
Thank you for the continued encouragement! It is great to have the support and knowledge of this forum to guide me. My car is still far from perfect but it's come a long way.
That is really too bad that people don't come back online to show their results. I forgive because many people do not have the skill to do so. There is a whole world of talent out there that does not...
