did a 2 step paint correction on a friends 01 corvette quarter panel and rear bumper. It was poorly resprayed with single stage paint, and it's showing really bad oxidation. He decided he wanted to keep it until the summer so I told him what his options were, and we decided a coating was the best choice to prevent the oxidation from reoccuring.The paint on this corvette was just really weird and abnormal. The story behind this one is that when he purchased the car it looked much worse so he brought it over to have me inspect it. He rubbed some compound and the majority of the oxidation went away. He was happy with it because he will only keep it until summer. Fast forward to a month later he tells me all the oxidation came back. I told him to let me decontaminate it and let me inspect its true finish. It was indeed a respray because of a bad color match, plenty of dirts, some fish eyes, and orange peel texture was different compared to the adjacent panels. Now I'm thinking if the quality of the work was this bad no way it was a legit 3 stage spray with metallic. Initially I thought it was clear coat failure on OEM paint but it was not the case. This is a by product of an aftermarket refinish. Now I'm thinking the shop had to have most likely mixed the base with little clear and metallic as one and just shot it. Another reason why the job was shady is because on the top of the rear bumper it was resprayed BUT only with clear because of a blend line and the color matched the rest of the car. The middle to bottom portions were untouched that's why my initial combo did Not work and I had to readjust Here's what I had to work with Setting up my test panel to see which combination would yield the results I am looking for Settled on a 2 step paint correction. 50/50. Gloss & Shine is coming back Finished up and coated with Opti Coat 2.0 Letting it cure for 12 hours before letting it be exposed to the elements Process: Wipedown with Optimum No Rinse Clayed with Nanoskin Fine grade sponge w/ONR as clay lube Meguiars DA/Menzerna Super Intensive Polish/Cyan Cutting Pad Meguiars DA/Menzerna Power Finish/White Foam Pad Carpro Eraser for wipedown to remove all silicone, and oils from polish prior Opti Coat Apply Opti Coat (Total Time Spent):1hr 30mins Finished Part 2 of polishing this morning with the rear bumper. The clear was much harder on the rear bumper so I had to adjust the aggressiveness on this panel. OEM clear coats on corvette are known to be rock hard, and it requires a more aggressive approach to level the paint, and will take much more section passes to correct compared to soft clear coat like Hondas. Starting with the top of the bumper Done On this silver metalic color, it was very hard to capture defects with my camera so I only have this finished picture of the rear bumper Very nice pop from the flakes Completed rear end Process used: Wipedown with Optimum No Rinse Clayed with Nanoskin Fine grade sponge w/ONR as clay lube Meguiars DA/Meguiars M101 compound/Meguiars Microfiber cutting pad Meguiars DA/Menzerna Power Finish/White Foam Pad Carpro Eraser for wipedown to remove all silicone, and oils from polish prior Opti Coat Apply Opti Coat (Total Time Spent):3hrs Any comments, questions, or suggestions, feel free to leave a remark. Thank you for viewing. Limny
