Making Champeigne shine

[2k2blackWRX]

So I did my girlfriends Camry the other day and I think it turned out great.



But It seemed they were more floored by tthe perfect looking interior and the exterior wasnt as great as I could get it I felt.



Now heres what I did:



I used meguiars fine cut cleaner on the whole car with a yellow polishing pad on the PC. Then I looked over the entire car to see if it had any hazing which it seemed like it didnt so I could skip to the wax.



I tried using #7 (using the methods described on here to apply and remove) and followed up with #26. After It was all buffed off the paint looked great but I think it could have looked better.



Now don't get me wrong, she and her mom loved the paint, loved how smooth it was and told me it hasnt looked that good since they bought it. But I want something more.



I am an avid zaino user but I decided to try something new on her car. Now I want to know what you guys use for colors such as a champeigne color. Its like a gold/silver I cant explain it.



So thats all just looking for info.



Bryan

 

[JasonC8301]

Well is this the color? This is a 1992 Camry, I just call it beige or a light sand like color.

More info here



http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7814



HTH,

Jason

 

[Rob_K]

#7 & #26 really give a dark color a nice liquid shine but on lighter colors, that just doesn't seem to stand out. It just seems to blend.



You need something that has a hard reflection like Zaino, #20, S100/PS21S or Pinnacle Paste Glaz. I'm sure I missed a dozen other products.



On light colors you want to accent the sharp edges and reflection while on dark colors you want the curves to be liquid and the paint to be deep.

 

[Jngrbrdman]

The first car I tried Blackfire on was my wife's champange Accord. I was blown away by the apperance of it.

Its hard to get champange to really look good, but my best success has been after I've polished out all the swirls and put a layer of Blackfire or Platinum on it and then topped it with a good carnauba a day or two later. Durability aside, I think that the results were what I was looking for. Reflections and depth were improved better with a Platinum or Blackfire base than with a Klasse base. Its an odd color that I'm glad I have because its been interesting to experiment with.

 

[2k2blackWRX]

Thanks for the advice.



I think my gf is gonna flip If I tell her I want to strip all the wax off and put something different on. But thats EXACTLY what im gonna do. Then when I do my brothers black heavily swirled cougar I am going to use #7 and #26, I would use #20 but I can't find a shop around here yet that has it. They are all sold out.



The Color is pretty much the same as Jason C and JngrBrdMan showed. I will do what she will let me haha.



She thinks im nuts. I just bought a full turboback exhaust for my WRX and she thinks im crazy, now when i buy a carbon fiber hood cause mine looks sandblasted and then wheels and lowering springs she will think ivelost my mind.



Oh well strayed off... Ill try some Zaino, I need to get some blackfire and platinum and some s100 ... but I need money, not to mention im afraid to go into a harley dealership to buy wax haha.



bryan

 

[KCPreki11]

#7 with machine topped by S100 or SEPC/AIO/S100.



The #7/S100 combo has a deeper/wetter look while the latter is a lot more reflective.