imported_GregCavi
08-10-2006, 06:24 PM
Hello everyone. I did this detail for a member on the corvette forum. I would like to thank gmblack3 for the referal. Travel time on this one was about 2 hours both ways (I got a little lost lol) but I was happy to make the trek.
This corvette fought me the entire day and I still was only able to get it about 90-95% perfect. I talked to Sean about this the day before he did his first corvette. His finding were the exact same as mine. I had trouble minimizing the holograms, and have from the more aggressive polishes. So i couldnt get it totally perfect and that bothered me but I know it was many times better than when I started.
My process was as follows:
-Clean dust off with FK1 #425
-Meguiars Mild clay #425 as lube
-HTEC/OPT polish 50-50 via meguiars cutting pad (tight areas) and LC orange light cut on flatter areas @ 1700 (HARD CLEAR!!)
-To cut some of the holograms the only combo I could get to work was OCP via orange light cut @6 on PC
-To cut the haze left from the OCP and light cut I used menzerna po85rd via finishing pad @1500
-THe po85rd which usually finishes flawlessly still left some light hazing and holo`s so I then found out that super slow passes with po85rd and finishing pad @900 does the trick. This combo still left a tiny amount of haze but after trying many combos during the day I knew this was as good as it was going to get.
-Z6 wipedown
-Z5pro zfx`d and z8`d, let sit for 30 mintues, buff off on wheels, paint and glass.
-Z8 on wheels paint and glass
-Z16 on tires and trim
-Meguiars Hyper Dressing in wheels
-OCW on rear chrome plate
-#00000 steel wool on exhaust, then ocw
I learned a lesson from this and that is that corvette clear is the most difficult paint I have worked on thus far. I had to keep my cool during this one and really think of which pad/product/speed would yeild the best results.
The entire detail was done under my pop tent but as 2-3 pm rolled around the right side of the car and eventually trunk and hood got a nice shot of warm sunlight.
Before:
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/1.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/2.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/3.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/4.jpg
After:
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/5.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/6.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/7.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/8.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/9.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/10.jpg
This corvette fought me the entire day and I still was only able to get it about 90-95% perfect. I talked to Sean about this the day before he did his first corvette. His finding were the exact same as mine. I had trouble minimizing the holograms, and have from the more aggressive polishes. So i couldnt get it totally perfect and that bothered me but I know it was many times better than when I started.
My process was as follows:
-Clean dust off with FK1 #425
-Meguiars Mild clay #425 as lube
-HTEC/OPT polish 50-50 via meguiars cutting pad (tight areas) and LC orange light cut on flatter areas @ 1700 (HARD CLEAR!!)
-To cut some of the holograms the only combo I could get to work was OCP via orange light cut @6 on PC
-To cut the haze left from the OCP and light cut I used menzerna po85rd via finishing pad @1500
-THe po85rd which usually finishes flawlessly still left some light hazing and holo`s so I then found out that super slow passes with po85rd and finishing pad @900 does the trick. This combo still left a tiny amount of haze but after trying many combos during the day I knew this was as good as it was going to get.
-Z6 wipedown
-Z5pro zfx`d and z8`d, let sit for 30 mintues, buff off on wheels, paint and glass.
-Z8 on wheels paint and glass
-Z16 on tires and trim
-Meguiars Hyper Dressing in wheels
-OCW on rear chrome plate
-#00000 steel wool on exhaust, then ocw
I learned a lesson from this and that is that corvette clear is the most difficult paint I have worked on thus far. I had to keep my cool during this one and really think of which pad/product/speed would yeild the best results.
The entire detail was done under my pop tent but as 2-3 pm rolled around the right side of the car and eventually trunk and hood got a nice shot of warm sunlight.
Before:
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/1.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/2.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/3.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/4.jpg
After:
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/5.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/6.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/7.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/8.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/9.jpg
http://www.pinnacle-detailing.com/z06/10.jpg