Most Difficult Paint EVER: $100k `90 Corvette ZR1 with 84 miles. Yes, 84 miles. HELP

[ahheck01]

The paint on this `90 ZR1 was just trashed by the dealership it sat at for years. The new owner is incredibly excited about the car, but he thought the paint looked horrible BEFORE I stripped the glaze that the dealership put on it. Now the whole car looked like the left side of this before/after shot I grabbed.







This paint is incredibly weird. A microfiber pad makes it even foggier no matter what speed or polish I use.



I use a white LC hydro pad with m105, D300, or m205 at any speed above 3.5 on my Griot`s v3 DA, and it looks like the paint is incredibly oxidized when I wipe the residue away.



Then I slow it way down to around 2 and move the pad quickly, and it clears up as you see in the photo. It doesn`t matter which of those polishes I use, it`s the white polishing pad at speed 2 that is the only combo that lets me wipe the residue away to a clear finish below.



So that`s great, found something that works - BUT...



I`ve tried Klasse AIO and Meguiar`s high tech #26 as LSP`s - both have the same effect: immediately fogging up the paint again. It`s like I can`t even wipe them off, they just instantly bond with the paint in super-foggy mode.



I`m a bit concerned - what`s the point in spending 30 hours getting the paint looking perfect if I can`t put anything on it to protect it??



Any experiences you can share would be amazingly helpful and appreciated!

[IHA Mark]

Not sure what to tell you here buddy. That is beyond bizarre. Paging Ron Ketcham!

[ahheck01]

Not sure what to tell you here buddy. That is beyond bizarre. Paging Ron Ketcham!

Today I discovered that Klasse AIO applied with my fingers does a pretty decent job, but still leaves some holograms from the buff job. This is insane. RON!!!!



Edit: Then if I top the AIO with anything (Sleek, High Tech #26, etc), it gets foggy again. :think:

[Scottwax]

Maybe something like Opti-Seal would work.

[MrCLRider]

Hydro2 comes to mind for situations like this



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[Thomas Dekany]

Do you not have another finishing polish? How about maybe 301? With foam, of course.

[JimmyS5600]

I work on a lot of Corvettes and never ran across a condition like that,very strange. Hope you find

something that works.