02 blue Vette

[DSVWGLI]

Today I detailed a 2002 blue Vette. I picked this one :grinno: and a half an hour later I was home and ready to go. The over all condition was ok but had bad swirls and scratches. This customer was not in a rush and wanted a really good job ( what I don`t always do good work? ;) ) so I spent 12 hours on his Vette :buffing: . I started with propel yellow pad with 1Z upp but thought I would try the orange pad as it is suppose to be more aggressive. I found after a panel that it was more aggressive. I guess I should listen to Patrick. I thought it turned out pretty nice but I couldn`t get all the scratches out, some were just too deep. He was blown away, said it never looked so good, I love it when they get excited about their cars. Anyways onto the process and pics.



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clay

dry with leaf blower

PC with propel orange pad 1Z upp speed 6 twice ( 3 times on hood & trunk )

PC with propel green pad ssr 2.5 speed 6

WG DGPS 1 coat



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[DSVWGLI]

More pics, they didn`t all work the first time.



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[Rolla]

Nice work but some pics still don`t work. How was the difference between the green pad and the orange? How well did the orange pad work for you?

[DSVWGLI]

Nice work but some pics still don`t work. How was the difference between the green pad and the orange? How well did the orange pad work for you?



There is a huge difference between the green and orange. The orange is propel`s most aggressive pad, the green is a polishing pad. The orange pad is a unique pad because it is very dense but has a close cell foam much like a polishing pad. The yellow pad has more open cell design, feels more aggressive but is not as dense. For an example I can use ssr2.5 with the orange pad and get more cutting from it than a yellow pad and it also will finish up more like a polishing because of the finer foam design. As far as the pics :confused:

[imported_themightytimmah]

Gotta give ya a big :xyxthumbs: for tackling `vette paint via PC. She looks great, in the future you might want to try something like RMG or VM or FTG on the big scratches that won`t come out, I`ve found that that helps alot in my experience.

[Scottwax]

Nice job! The paint looks like it is running over the car!

[lbls1]

Very impressive!

[DSVWGLI]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate your comments. I have to say that was the most labour intense detail yet :faint: .

[C. Charles Hahn]

I`m still trying to convince this guy at an office complex I have clients at that his `03 50th Anniversary `vette coupe needs to be detailed. He daily drives it and I regularly see mud slung up the sides of it!! :wall



Very nice work though; Electron Blue is an awesome color when detailed right!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate your comments. I have to say that was the most labour intense detail yet :faint: .



Comming up soon here I`ll be spending close to 30 hours on a 1980 MGB LE... I still haven`t decided what to charge the owner. The car apparently just sits 90% of the time covered inside a garage, so she wants it as clean as if it were just built yesterday! (only 30K original miles, and AFAIK original paint). :eek:

[imported_themightytimmah]

30 hours??!!?!!? That`d work out to about a grand in my book, I`d really like to see before and afters, cause knowing what can be done in 5 hours, 30 sounds like it will come out amazing.

[C. Charles Hahn]

30 hours??!!?!!? That`d work out to about a grand in my book, I`d really like to see before and afters, cause knowing what can be done in 5 hours, 30 sounds like it will come out amazing.



Well, just keep in mind that I`ll be doing EVERYTHING by hand; this is a 25 year old car with everything 100% original. Before/Afters will be posted indeed; this will be the true Final Exam as the car is black on black :shocked



I`m doing the same lady`s black `01 Aurora 4.0 on Friday :waxing: (I`m thinking she must be a glutton for punishment with two black cars!!)

[lbls1]

I used to have animosity towards the pc/buffer. It is all in knowing how, and the method. Once I got acquainted with the pc, a good polish system, and of course my favorite wax, I couldn`t believe what I was missing!!!



Happy detailing!!

[C. Charles Hahn]

I used to have animosity towards the pc/buffer. It is all in knowing how, and the method. Once I got acquainted with the pc, a good polish system, and of course my favorite wax, I couldn`t believe what I was missing!!!



Happy detailing!!



I dunno if this was directed towards me or not, but I`ve been using a PC for the past 5 years on 99% of the details I do. I also just acquired a rotary to start practicing with. The only reason I`ll be doing this specific detail by hand is that I dont want to take ANY chance of problems arising on 25 year old factory single stage paint, with who knows what kind of history. :waxing: