2000 Pontiac Firebird spring detail

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Afinn4

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I am new on this forum and been really excited about learning how real detailing works. Not just going to wal-mart and buying wax thinking your doing the right thing. haha. I have been learning as much as possible and this forum is a great place to do that. I have been waiting for the weather to be nice enough to pull my car out of winter storage. Everytime I have been home from school there has been snow on the ground, even in late april early may. Prolonging this detail much farther than i would have liked, none the less i had a lot of fun doing a correct spring detail and look forward to learning new tecniques and products to try. This is my first time posting on c&b, this is also my first real detail. I don't have a buffer (yet) so I did it by hand with a microfiber pad and a lot of elbow greese.



Process:



Wash with Z-7 x2

tire/wheel cleaner

steel wool on chrome (exaust tips and wheels)

tires Z-16

clayed with Z-18

alcohol prep-wash

Menzerna IP

alcohol prep-wash

meguiar's mirror glaze 21 synthetic sealant 2.0







Before: only had 1 or 2 washes after out of winter storage

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starting out it was a nice sunny day but a 2 min shower came out of no where



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rear fender before:



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rear fender after:



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the fenders and doors only had slight defects, much easier to remove.



headlight before:



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headlight after:



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didn't turn out in perfect condition, but still very satisfied with results.



the hood headlights and trunk were similar bad condition



front fender before:



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front fender after:



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here is the pad i used:



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i am friends with my neighbor and he does auto body work with insurance company and on the side restores classic cars. i talked to him about helping me buff my car, we took a look at what was actualy there and he said to first try it out by hand and see how much i could actually correct because i might be surprised and if there is any bad spots i couldn't get he will help me buff them out. well it turns out i was very surprised that i was able to correct almost the whole car. there were seldem spots that a little bit of elbow greese wasn't able to correct.
 
Chris223 said:
I didn't think IP was capable of touching GM clear, especially by hand. Impressive. Nicely done.
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thanks, the more heavly "scratched" spots i was still able to greatly reduce imperfections but there are still some there that i will have to get with a buffer. the camera wasn't able to pick up the very small spots left behind. the lighter imperfections were able to completely eliminate though, by hand i was completly blown away as well.
 
Squeaky said:
Excellent job! You have more patience then me to do everything by hand.
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thanks, ya it definitly took some time, but it was time i had so i thought it was worth a shot : )







kwikrs said:
car looks nice. Where in mn are you from?
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the buffalo/monticello area. you live in mn?
 
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