2000 Chevy Camaro SS - 2 Step Paint Correction by Mr. Sparkle Detailing - Long Island

[Gurge]

Client stopped by the shop a month ago looking to do something special for his son graduating college. Junior drives a 2000 Chevy Camaro SS which was mechanically in great shape, but pretty swirled up. I did some test spots on the spoiler to demonstrate what a 1 or 2 step correction was capable of (yes I did the rest of the spoiler for him so it looked uniform).

After thinking things over, a few weeks later I got the call and we booked a 2 step correction. Goal was 90% correction or better

Getting started....

The ever popular covered in foam photo




Decon with CarPro TRIX and Speedy Prep Towel (med)

Vehicle was dried, and much tape applied. All the plastic trim, some edges, and of course the pinstriping running the length on both sides. Had to use the fine line tape on those.







Prepare yourselves. Inspection under LED lighting.









Did some test spots and decided I was going to do what we'll call a 2 1/2 step

Makita rotary + LC Purple Foamed Wool + Megs M100

residue left on the surface followed my

Rupes or Flex + Megs MF pads + M100
Rupes or Flex + LC Tangerine + M205


Basically cutting the surface twice with m100 just refining things a bit on that second pass with the less aggressive pad / tool

Some looks at the test spots (shooting for 90% or better - there were some leftovers that resisted all of the above polishing)








Fender before



Fender After




Here I am polishing paint in the most glamorous fashion. You can also see how the pinstriping really broke up the panels and forced me to use 3in pads in a lot of areas (PC was used with the 3in pads)




There was also a black painted area running along the roof

before





after





Car was pretty dusty after all that. So it was washed again, then protected with Blackfire Wet Diamond sealant






The weird hood reflections with swirls removed





Couple more for good measure










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[JHL88]

good job man, def. gave that fbody some justice

[LatinFG2]

Nice work! That came out pretty good.

[mwoolfso]

Nice work Brian. I was wondering when your next review would be published. hehehe

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Very nice work. Car looks much better.

[Chris@AutoCleanse]

Beautiful turn around, excellent results achieved. What kind of shop lights you working with?

[Pureshine]

Great save

[Sharks1212]

Looks great

[Gurge]

Nice work Brian. I was wondering when your next review would be published. hehehe

Thanks! Currently booked about 3 weeks in advance so I haven't had much chance for writeups.

[Gurge]

Beautiful turn around, excellent results achieved. What kind of shop lights you working with?

for general use I have t8 fluro lights overhead in the daylight spectrum along with some CFLs along the walls

for paint correction I have single diode LED flood lights mounted around the garage (again - daylight spectrum)

check my old threads. I have one describing the shop and it goes over the lighting amongst other things