Vette tips and tricks......

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a.k.a. Patrick

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OK, so I have heard that newer Vettes are incredibly hard to polish...........So the question is asked to those of you who have detailed a few of them, whats your best kept secret(s)?
 
Cyclo and OHC for me. Orange Cyclo cutting pads and the old version of OHC and heavy pressure took out 95% of the swirls out of the last one I did and still left a nearly LSP ready finish. Corvette clear is at least as hard as Spies-Hecker and CeramiClear paints. :nervous2:
 
a.k.a. Patrick said:
So the question is asked to those of you who have detailed a few of them, whats your best kept secret(s)?
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I think it really depends on the condition of the finish/amount of correction needed and the color of the car. There's combos I like using for black that I wouldn't use on silver, white or yelllow. I try to stay away from using wool pads unless it's mandatory.
 
Take for instance a Millenium Yellow '01' vette, paint in pretty good shape but not perfect,(autopia) what route would you take?
 
Hi Patrick,

Since I have lived with (still have the 04 Z06) 2 C5's over the last few years my experience states that Meg Heavy Cut for any deeper blemishes with a Meg's burgundy cutting pad, followed by Menzerna IP with yellow cutting pad (meg or LC) and finishing with Zaino-PC Fusion using a polishing pad. This regimen is for PC usage @ 6 opm, moderate pressure and as stated earlier ... Patience.



Rotary usage just IP and Z-PC.



Using Z-PC and PC only.

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gben said:
Take for instance a Millenium Yellow '01' vette, paint in pretty good shape but not perfect,(autopia) what route would you take?
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I'd use Auto Magic (AM) GS-1 with a yellow foam cutting pad to level the paint and then AM BC-2 with a blue foam final finishing pad then AM Awsome Gloss or AM Banana Magic with a PC. Works really good on light colors.
 
I use HTEC/OP mix with a yellow pad, then 106ff with a green or white pad pad. All done with a rotary of course.
 
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