Vanity Detailing - 1984 Chevy Caprice Classic

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Color: "Cherry Coke Metalflake"



Process:

Meguiar's Aggressive Claybar

Meguiar's Mild Claybar

Meguiar's Smooth Surface Claybar Kit

Rotary buffer with wool pad, Meguiar's M85 Diamond Cut Compound

Rotary buffer with foam pad, Meguiar's Ultimate Compound

Meguiar's G110 D/A with foam cutting pad, Meguiar's M82 Swirl Free Polish

Meguiar's G110 D/A with foam polishing pad, Meguiar's SwirlX

Meguiar's G110 D/A with foam finishing pad, Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax 2.0 (3x)

Meguiar's NXT All-Metal Polish

Meguiar's Endurance High Gloss Tire Shine





This was a BIG project. Spider-webbing, swirl marks, and deep scratches were in every panel.



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Here's the before pics:



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And after the whole gamut of processes... 9.5 hours later....





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I just got word from the owner that he's letting everyone in his car club, know about the work I did.





Looks like I'll have a bunch of "donks" in my garage over the next few weeks... I hope I have enough metal polish! It takes a LOT to clean up a set of 24's!
 
what a terrible paint job, that orangepeel is terrible.





Great job on bringing that "car" back to life. Can't say I'm a fan of Donks.
 
The camera doesn't show how bad the orangepeel really is. And the clear is so thin over the metalflake, you can FEEL the metal flakes! I found several in my wool pad.





I can't say I'm a fan of Donks either. But I don't discriminate when it comes to money.
 
nice turnaround for sure! just not a fan of the paint at all! someone should sand it down a little! would make the flakes pop,
 
VanityDetailing said:
The camera doesn't show how bad the orangepeel really is. And the clear is so thin over the metalflake, you can FEEL the metal flakes! I found several in my wool pad.





I can't say I'm a fan of Donks either. But I don't discriminate when it comes to money.
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thats what I remind myself when a car pulls up that I'm not too fond of lol.
 
Add me to the list of gee, what a crappy thing to do to a nice old b-body :nono But hey, it's not like everyone likes *my* tastes either!



VanityDetailing- Interesting step-down there, going from M82 to Swirl-X, I never woulda thought to try that.



Didn't the NXT mute the flake any? A pal of mine likes it on his showcar because he thinks it tones down the clearcoat-with-flake effect, making it look more like single stage.
 
If anything, it made the flake pop MORE. It did, however, show how bad the paintjob itself was.





I used the swirlX to smooth out the little bit of hologramming that occurred from the wool pad and M85. It wasn't a *critical* step, but I'm too much of a Type A personality to let the smallest imperfection go untouched.





I honestly did everything possible to fix this paint, save for wetsanding the entire car, which considering how bad the basecoat went down, it wouldn't have mattered much.
 
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