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Old 06-02-05, 09:19   #1 (permalink)
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Latest details v.My kid's car and S10 recovery + Natty's Blue

1995 Chevy S-10. For some reason, this is the second mid 90s S-10 I've done with less than 30,000 actual miles on it that has sat in a field for a few years. Paint had a ton of scratches, swirls and the clearcoat was severely hazed. Interior wasn't too bad, just really dusty. My younger son QEW-ed and clayed the exterior, my older boy cleaned the interior and I did the polishing. I figured if anything would put the Detailer's Pride samples I had to the test, this would be it.

I started with the Super Swirl Eliminator and a Meguiars burgandy cutting pad. The fender is polished, the door is not. I had to use flash because I was doing this at the Pilgram's Pride plant and this was the only real out of the way place. At least we had shade.

BTW, the instructions for SSE say not to exceed 4500 rpm but it worked fine for me on 6. Seems to work a long time before drying and dusting a bit. Dusts about the same as DACP but seems more aggressive. Finishes down pretty nicely.



I then used Detailer's Pride Final Finishing Polish with a Meguiars polishing pad. Very nice product as well, definitely made the paint look noticably wetter. My older boy then waxed it by hand with the new version of Poorboy's EX w/carnauba.

Got a few nice late afternoon sun shots. The owner was stunned at how it turned out and frankly my kids and I were as well. When we looked it over yesterday, I didn't imagine paint that rough would turn out so well. My kids are normally pretty blasse about the cars we do because they are usually in pretty good shape to begin with but they looked pretty pleased with their effort today.







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My son's 1997 Chevy Cavalier. I had polished it out last summer with #80 when his Grandmother still owned it. Paint looked pretty decent for an 8 year old Cavalier but it was garaged until she bought a Corolla this past fall. Only has 67,900 miles on it, should serve him well in college.

Anyway, I polished it with Poorboy's SSR2 using a yellow Propel Cutting pad, Klasse AIO with a Meguiars polishing pad, then finished it out with NXT Paste with a blue Propel finishing pad then topped it with Natty's Blue a couple days later.



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Old 06-02-05, 09:26   #2 (permalink)
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2004 Lexus SC430. Weekly regular. Last wax was in late February when I polished it with Clearkote's RMG and waxed with Optimum Car Wax (which was still holding up pretty nicely, btw...had been a bit drier than normal after March though). Simply waxed with 1Z Glanz Wax by hand.





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2005 Acura TL. 4 weeks old so as you can expect it was in excellent shape. Polished with Klasse AIO and a Meguiars polishing pad and sealed with Poorboy's EX-P by hand.



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I figured I'd use my black car to test Detailer's Pride Waterless Car Wash. It actually works very well but my car was mostly just dusty from the drive to Kentucky and back. Weird thing is, it cleaned the paint well with not visible streaking or marring when checking in the direct sun but it did seem to smear a bit on glass. Nothing a little glass cleaner couldn't handle quickly though.

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I decided to top it off with Natty's Blue Paste (limited run of 150 jars initially). Very deep, clear and wet. I didn't have any more regular Natty's left to compare side by side but Blue looks really, really deep and wet.





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that has to be the luckiest 626 in the world...great work as usual...
 
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That is some nice work you have done there Scott. I can't wait to get better at this and hopefully be just as good as you and the many other vets.
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Great work Scott.
 
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Awesome! Your car looks like it has been dipped in ink. All of the others look amazing as well.

You do all of your machine work with a PC, right? Have you ever tried out a cyclo or rotary?

So what are your thoughts on Natty's Blue?

I like it a lot, and think it works especially well when you mist the panel with S&G and put on a very thin coat. 2 or 3 coats makes a noticeable improvement. At least I can give my pink wax a break for a while . I guess it's nice to have a variety.
 
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Great work Scott...the pics seem very bright this time around but I am more curious about the Blue Nattys now.
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wow, simply amazing work. Love the 626. My camry is black so i know what it takes to get that looking that good.
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Scott,

Your black 626 is looking SWEET!

Very Deep and Very Wet! With all the polishing you have done and with the Natty's Blue Paste, your car has that dripping look of using Souveran as the final topper. A great look for your 626!

Keep posting Scott - I always love to look at the great details you perform on the cars you touch.

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The SSR2 w/ yellow pad didn't lean any micro marring? I haven't tried my SSR yet (damn school) but that seems like a relatively aggressive combo, not crazy but enough that it might mar a little bit.
 
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