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    Exclamation When you lose money but it’s ok

    This 2011 Camaro only has 30k miles but it was pretty beat up. Customers budget wasn’t where I wanted to be with work needed, so I set out to do a simple 1 pass polish and top with Zymol’s Atomic Graphene Shield. BUT then I messed up and did a test hit with a yellow wool pad on the hood, and knew that what this black Chevy needed. Sure I could have used clear cut to really get after it, and maybe I’ll tell myself that for a while, but she just picked it up and couldn’t stop dropping F bombs! She’s owned it since new and didn’t think it could look this good. 10 hours well worth it.

    Fully decontaminated with Iron X and a clay bar, machine Griots 21 with Rupes yellow wool pad with Car Pros Fixer, then a QUICK polish with a white soft foam pad with reflect.

    Starting from the beginning
    4AA39BFC-B490-4F4F-ACDB-71693B20E4B4 by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    67DD1E31-8DD8-43E5-A891-D7FF83A4C120 by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    This really made doing the interior easy!
    760B5389-9FAA-4112-A103-DFB64ACD75CA by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    If it works right?
    127DD516-3F9A-4BF4-A700-1BA31D31C9CA by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    This is why I couldn’t just do a one pass polish.
    CBA1DA00-0F1B-4F49-9C0B-7957D18A4C6D by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    E2431907-7A20-4C4E-957F-65CF4DB72E3D by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    ”coating” going on, really very easy product to use.
    21655F68-44EA-4DDA-A71E-B7DFFDFFA6B8 by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    Gloss level check
    E54A8ECD-991F-4389-BBC4-FE3050F3FFC9 by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    A819B9F5-AD21-4156-8E43-F503105CC152 by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    9A4863F2-BFBB-41F1-AB46-716F1C54B90F by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

    451B3BCB-A476-493A-9EC1-7C62875EDC2B by John Wilkinson, on Flickr

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    Re: When you lose money but it’s ok

    •From the pictures:
    -the Camaro looks great!


    •Along the same lines:
    -I’d have to see an array of photos of this
    “F-bomb dropping” female to see if losing
    money on this job would be worth it, or not.

    -After all:
    “Every Picture Tells a Story” (‘don’t it?’)
    ~Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood


    Bob
    "Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
    ~Joaquin de Setanti

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    Re: When you lose money but it’s ok

    Where's a picture of the owner?

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