Hey guys, as some of you know, I've been working on a Corvette for the last week (http://www.detailingbliss.com/forum/show-shine/16895-2007-c6-corvette.htm). This car was bought brand new by my Dad in 2007 and it is garage kept. About two years ago, we did a correction job using the PC and some XMT polishes (I was just starting out with detailing). Since then, it has been washed every once in a while and has picked up slight swirling and scratches. Dad has since retired and I told him that I wanted to do his car up really good. I started on Monday and finished today. All in all I have about 22 hours worth of work. I took some pictures today, but the weather was rainy so no sun shots today. I did take some yesterday though...they were just before any final polishing and LSP. I did not take many before pictures because I wanted to get right to work. The process is as follows: Wash: 2BM Lowe's grout sponge Meg's Gold Class Dawn soap via foam gun PakShak WW to dry Clay: Mother's Yellow clay ONR as lube Wheels: P21s gel DD wheel brush Swissvax-like lugnut brush MF towels Paint: Dewalt 849 M105 and Meg's burgundy wool SIP and white CCS 3M UF and blue CCS LSPs: Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint sealant Poorboy's World Natty's Blue paste CG Ultra-Premium MF towels Day 1 started on Monday about 5:30pm (I work full time during the day so I could only work on this for a couple hours each day after work). This is what the car looked like: As you can see, the car was quite dirty so I got straight to work. I started with the wheels first. I let the P21s gel dwell for a couple minutes while I scrubbed the tires and wheel wells. Using the DD wheel brush, I was able to get the barrels cleaned as well. I used the MF towels for the faces. After the wheels, I moved straight to the wash. I foamed it with Dawn to remove as many loose contaminants as possible and then went on with the 2BM and Meg's Gold Class. I rinsed and brought the car in the garage to clay. I used a blower to rinse off most of the water and then used ONR and Mother's Yellow clay. PakShak WWs were used to dry the car. That concluded day 1. Tuesday started with the M105 and Meg's burgundy wool pad via my rotary at 1500 rpms for the heavy compounding. I worked in small sections, hitting each section no less than twice. Some sections required 6 or 7 passes to get the results I wanted and even then some scratches remained, although much less noticeable. One because you can't use M105 in big sections and two because I wanted to make sure I had each section as close to perfect as I could get it before moving on. I did this process around the entire car. I don't have any pictures during this step, but I do have a few after. You can see how dusty the car gets: I finished the compounding on Wednesday afternoon and moved on to polishing with SIP and a white CCS pad. I went with SIP over 205 because I haven't used it in a while and I feel like I'm able to bring out as much gloss as possible due to the longer working time. These next photos were taken during the SIP stage and after the wash. There was no finishing polishing done yet. That concludes the compounding and medium polish. Next up was to bring out as much gloss as possible. For final polishing, I went with 3Ms UF polish via a blue CCS pad on my rotary at 1500 rpms. These pictures were taken after all polishing was completed. The headlights and taillights also got polished. I used my PC at speed 6 and 4" blue CCS pads with Menzerna 106FA to shine them up. After all polishing was completed, I went ahead and applied a coat of Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant. I let it sit on the car for probably an hour and a half because I was tending to other things like a quick vacuum and inside windows. I buffed that off and called it quits for Saturday. I woke up this morning and applied Poorboy's World Natty's Blue paste wax for the cherry on top. I dressed all trim with 303 and dressed the tires with Optimum's Opti-Bond Tire Gel. The wheels also received a coat of Wolfgang's sealant. These next shots were taken after the car was complete. I also tended to all the cracks and crevices around the car. Like I stated before, the weather today just was not cooperating, so sorry for the lack of sun shots today. After the rains cleared, I pulled the car out and snapped a few overall pictures and some reflection shots. Thanks for taking the time to read this thread! My dad came out and was just in awe of the outcome and was very satisfied with the results and doesn't want to get it dirty. Overall, I would say this car is about 90-92% defect free. I could not chase out every scratch, but the ones that are left are not noticeable unless you go looking for them. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions, or suggestions!
Nice job! 90-92% eh? Sure it wasn't 93 or maybe even 94? LOL Looks awesome. Dad must have crapped his pants!
Yeah, my dad was pretty impressed. Thanks! Lol...it could be a bit higher haha. Dad is really happy with it. Thanks Dustin! Thank you Chas.
Yikes...Unfortunately I don't know if my Dad will get the car back. He got rear ended by a truck just the second time out after I detailed it. He is fine though!
