ihaveacamaro
05-11-2015, 10:41 AM
First off, I want to say a sincere thanks to Ron for letting me use his garage and time and supplies on detailing my Camaro. It`s very much appreciated!!
It`s been a while since I polished my own car and not having my own garage anymore, I asked for Ron`s help and he agreed :)
My car had some mild to moderate swirling after a couple years and I wanted to get rid of those and apply a coating for its longevity.
Here`s a pic similar to how it came. Not so dirty, but a few bugs. Note this is the next day so you won`t see swirls in this pic. In fact, it was difficult to capture the swirls in the camera so no before pics, but they were visible to our eyes.
http://i.imgur.com/wqooNEQh.jpg
Process was wash with blackfire waterless, poorboys bug remover, didn`t really need claying because I clayed three weeks ago, Ron used his flex and orange flat pad and fg400, I used my Rupes 21 and cyan hdrotech pad and fg400. No polishing was needed as you`ll see.
Here`s Ron doing his thing:
http://i.imgur.com/Opcq4mv.jpg
We didn`t have time to hit the wheels, tires, trim, interior etc so we focused on the paint.
After compounding, the paint was LSP ready. FG400 is amazing stuff!!
I apologize for not taking better before and after pics, but here`s some after compounding pics:
http://i.imgur.com/9UGZUI4h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3lRHDO2h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FKPlMFNh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/D8HLJioh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2k6Ah6Dh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ciTrbPwh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eVNaVclh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sAdX1Ykh.jpg
After compounding, we washed the car. DP coating prep polish to remove oils and then gloss coat was applied.
At this point, it was dark out so here`s a far pic to show you what it looked like in the sun (immediately after compounding) and some night shots.
http://i.imgur.com/BZzsyynh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pNx0sdOh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0XgBs0hh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jraD90Qh.jpg
I`ll get some after shots in the light as soon as I get a chance!
Thanks for looking!
It`s been a while since I polished my own car and not having my own garage anymore, I asked for Ron`s help and he agreed :)
My car had some mild to moderate swirling after a couple years and I wanted to get rid of those and apply a coating for its longevity.
Here`s a pic similar to how it came. Not so dirty, but a few bugs. Note this is the next day so you won`t see swirls in this pic. In fact, it was difficult to capture the swirls in the camera so no before pics, but they were visible to our eyes.
http://i.imgur.com/wqooNEQh.jpg
Process was wash with blackfire waterless, poorboys bug remover, didn`t really need claying because I clayed three weeks ago, Ron used his flex and orange flat pad and fg400, I used my Rupes 21 and cyan hdrotech pad and fg400. No polishing was needed as you`ll see.
Here`s Ron doing his thing:
http://i.imgur.com/Opcq4mv.jpg
We didn`t have time to hit the wheels, tires, trim, interior etc so we focused on the paint.
After compounding, the paint was LSP ready. FG400 is amazing stuff!!
I apologize for not taking better before and after pics, but here`s some after compounding pics:
http://i.imgur.com/9UGZUI4h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3lRHDO2h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FKPlMFNh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/D8HLJioh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2k6Ah6Dh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ciTrbPwh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eVNaVclh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sAdX1Ykh.jpg
After compounding, we washed the car. DP coating prep polish to remove oils and then gloss coat was applied.
At this point, it was dark out so here`s a far pic to show you what it looked like in the sun (immediately after compounding) and some night shots.
http://i.imgur.com/BZzsyynh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pNx0sdOh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0XgBs0hh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jraD90Qh.jpg
I`ll get some after shots in the light as soon as I get a chance!
Thanks for looking!