imported_Aurora40
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These shots aren't as great. The sun wasn't in a good place. But here they are anyway.
I went over the whole top half of the car with DACP by PC. I used a yellow polishing pad for it, and a red cutting pad on the areas there were deep scratches. The red pad really worked well, but of course couldn't remove them completely (I'm talking deep...). The car also has a crapload of dings and rubs and dents in it... Oh, I used MPPC by hand on the lower panels. I also used some Gold Class Bug&Tar on the car to reasonable success. Some of the stuff was pretty permanent, and I didn't really want to deal with the 3M stuff since it fades the paint so much and requires some serious polishing. I was going for reasonably quick restoration and protection (though all told it took about 10 hours).
I prepped for this by washing with Gold Class Car Wash because I feel it is stronger than #00. I did the wheels with A2Z, which was awesome, and the tires and wheelwells with APC+ 9:1.
I Enduranced the tires, though they actually are quite matte. Not sure if it's because the tires really soaked it up, or because it rained yesterday?
I went over the car today with Final Detail to bring back the just-detailed look to it since it had been rained on and driven a bit (I did the work on the 1st).
That's my dad's license plate. I haven't gotten around to titling/registering it in the Old Dominion yet... I thought the reflection off the bumper was pretty cool, though.
Oh, and here's another shot of it as it turned 100,000...
I went over the whole top half of the car with DACP by PC. I used a yellow polishing pad for it, and a red cutting pad on the areas there were deep scratches. The red pad really worked well, but of course couldn't remove them completely (I'm talking deep...). The car also has a crapload of dings and rubs and dents in it... Oh, I used MPPC by hand on the lower panels. I also used some Gold Class Bug&Tar on the car to reasonable success. Some of the stuff was pretty permanent, and I didn't really want to deal with the 3M stuff since it fades the paint so much and requires some serious polishing. I was going for reasonably quick restoration and protection (though all told it took about 10 hours).
I prepped for this by washing with Gold Class Car Wash because I feel it is stronger than #00. I did the wheels with A2Z, which was awesome, and the tires and wheelwells with APC+ 9:1.
I Enduranced the tires, though they actually are quite matte. Not sure if it's because the tires really soaked it up, or because it rained yesterday?
I went over the car today with Final Detail to bring back the just-detailed look to it since it had been rained on and driven a bit (I did the work on the 1st).
That's my dad's license plate. I haven't gotten around to titling/registering it in the Old Dominion yet... I thought the reflection off the bumper was pretty cool, though.
Oh, and here's another shot of it as it turned 100,000...
