Black CTS-V, heavy paint correction and Opti-Guard coating

[RaskyR1]

The owner recently traded up his '05 CTS-V (which I detailed two years ago) for this used '06 model, and as you can see the paint needed a "little" love in order to bring it back to life.

I had hoped to keep this job two a two step correction, however there were far to many deep RIDS which were taking too long to remove so I opted to bust out the rotary and wool pads.

Correction Process:

-M105 via rotary and Solo wool pad
-M105 via DA and Meguiar's MF cutting pads (finished down very well)
-106fa via DA and tangerine LC Hydro pads

Coating Process:
-Foam bath with OPC and CGCW to remove all polishing oils
-IPA wipe-down
-Opti-Coat(Guard) applied with supplied yellow foam applicator to all paint, wheels, trim, and lights. (8cc used)


Before pics

Brinkmann showing swirls






Deep RIDS



Very deep Scratch (too deep to safely remove 100%)







Swirls under the halogens






50/50 after M105 on rotary



Gas cap fail!









Polishing aggressively around gas doors can be tricky! By using some fine line 3M tape I'm able to protect the edges during the heavy compounding while still getting very close to them....much better than using 3/4" masking tape.



This is after the first two steps....look how nicely M105 finished down on the MF pads!









Wet sanding deep scratch (1500/3000)



Not 100% gone, but hardly noticeable. (removed around 8-10 microns)

[RaskyR1]

Finished pics!





































Sorry, MN weather sucks lately and no sun shots could be had.






Sun trying to find it's way out...



















Thanks for looking,
Rasky

[JonMiles]

Great work. The CTS-V is a beautiful car, and deserves to have a shine like that to go along with the horsepower.

[rwright]

Gorgeous man, just gorgeous Interesting combo too, wool - mf - foam. So do you have a new shop yet?

[Flash Gordon]

Turned out very nice Rasky

[SeaJay's]

Great work!

[jbgrant]

RaskyR1,
If this was your car, would be comfortable performing this aggressive of a paint correction more than once in the life of the paint? (Not that it would ever need it again if owned by somebody that cares.)

[RaskyR1]

a shine like that to go along with the horsepower.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Jon! It had some motor work done too.

Gorgeous man, just gorgeous Interesting combo too, wool - mf - foam. So do you have a new shop yet?

Thanks buddy!

Nope. My best friend bought my house and he is going to let me use the garage for at least this summer....not sure what I'll do after that.

Turned out very nice Rasky

Thanks Flash!

Great work!

Thank you!

RaskyR1,
If this was your car, would be comfortable performing this aggressive of a paint correction more than once in the life of the paint? (Not that it would ever need it again if owned by somebody that cares.)

There was/is still plenty of paint on this car, but no, this is not the type of correction you would want to do over an over again. The idea is to do it once and keep it well maintained, which the owner does. Having the Opti-Coat(Guard) on there will also help.

[LuxuryMobile]

Great work on a beautiful black car. Nice to have a client that is able to keep the car up after a correction.

[Flash Gordon]

Nope. My best friend bought my house and he is going to let me use the garage for at least this summer....not sure what I'll do after that.

You sold your house?!?!?!?

That was such a sweet deal you had going there for the first few months of marriage. I was so very envious of you. Now your trapped like the rest of us