Who can school me on polishing/paint correction?
Re: Who can school me on polishing/paint correction?
It doesn’t look AMAZING, but it definitely looks better. And I didn’t burn any holes in the finish. Which is nice.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
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Re: Who can school me on polishing/paint correction?
I think it looks pretty good.
The clear coat on the Miata hood and trunk are beat to shit so I plastidipped them years ago. I'm gonna peel it and try to sand and respray the clear and if that doesn't work I'm gonna strip it to bare metal and rattle can it. Good news is I can't make it worse.
The clear coat on the Miata hood and trunk are beat to shit so I plastidipped them years ago. I'm gonna peel it and try to sand and respray the clear and if that doesn't work I'm gonna strip it to bare metal and rattle can it. Good news is I can't make it worse.
2002 Guards Red Targa, Fister exhaust, H&R Sport Springs, semisolid motor mounts
1997 MX-5 track car
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1997 MX-5 track car
Friday at the Track, Chin Trackdays, SCCA WDCR Novice Classroom Instructor, SCDA, Audi Club Potomac, TrackDaze HPDE Instructor
June 16, 2017 Funland GoKart Champion (6:13 p.m. main event)
Willing to risk life for track time
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Re: Who can school me on polishing/paint correction?
Good result! Dark colors -- especially black -- are tough.
FYI, Amazon is my preferred source of mediocre-quality, semi-disposable microfiber towels. Three dozen for 15 bucks shipped (Prime). My use-and-discard rate is probably about 50%; Griot's microfiber cleaner works pretty well on the ones that survive. Most of the car-detail places sell much higher-quality towels, but I always feel like I can't just toss those if I don't feel like washing them.
My spring routine is to strip the car (wash with Dawn), clay it (I mostly use Pinnacle clay and solution), seal with Griot's One Step Sealant (orange or white pad on dual action polisher), and a top coat of wax or glaze. Lately I've been using Zymol Glasur, applied and removed by hand and buffed with a microfiber bonnet on the dual action polisher.
The rest of the year, I mostly clean up the car with detail spray (Griot's Speed Shine) and/or wash the car with car wash soap. The sealant seems to last well enough through our short driving season; I imagine you would have to seal the car more often in your climate.
2000 Cabriolet-vertible, Paladio Pearl (Mirage) Metallic
1986 944, Zermatt Silver, AKA Der HooptieWagen
1986 944, Zermatt Silver, AKA Der HooptieWagen
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Ouch my eyes...Let me get my sunglasses...I don't want to burn my retinas! Seriously that looks AWESOME!!! Great Job! That is a lot of work. I just remember the kid's comment after we got done with similar work right after I bought the car: "It would be easier but there's not a piece of flat metal on that whole car. But it is a sexy Bitch!"
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Waxed the 996, the Cayman, and one of the 914s today:
Mike
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Shiiiiiiiiiny.
Do you guys use the liquid wax?
Do you guys use the liquid wax?
2003 Carrera: Dark Teal Metallic
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The compounds I used are Chemical Guys V36 and V38, both are pastes in squeeze bottles.
The P21S wax is really thin (watery). It goes on really thin, which makes removal suck WAY less than paste waxes...
The P21S wax is really thin (watery). It goes on really thin, which makes removal suck WAY less than paste waxes...
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
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I mostly use various Chemical Guys products too.
Mike
'68 Ford Custom 500; '70 Plymouth Cuda; '71 Ford Econoline; 73 Porsche 914 1.7, '74 Porsche 914 1.8; '74 Suzuki TC185; '86 Suzuki GS450L; '88 Subaru GL104WD Turbo Ltd Edn;; '88 Subaru XT; '91 Lexus ES250; '93 Jeep Wrangler, '99 Porsche Boxster, '03 Turbo VW Beetle; '03 Porsche Boxster; '03 Porsche Carrera C2; '07 Porsche Cayman, '11 BMW 328i, '12 Porsche 991 S, '14 Porsche Cayman, & a mishmash of other vehicles.
'68 Ford Custom 500; '70 Plymouth Cuda; '71 Ford Econoline; 73 Porsche 914 1.7, '74 Porsche 914 1.8; '74 Suzuki TC185; '86 Suzuki GS450L; '88 Subaru GL104WD Turbo Ltd Edn;; '88 Subaru XT; '91 Lexus ES250; '93 Jeep Wrangler, '99 Porsche Boxster, '03 Turbo VW Beetle; '03 Porsche Boxster; '03 Porsche Carrera C2; '07 Porsche Cayman, '11 BMW 328i, '12 Porsche 991 S, '14 Porsche Cayman, & a mishmash of other vehicles.
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Re: Who can school me on polishing/paint correction?
Yeah I'm asking because even with masking tape I always seem to leave a cloudy spot on my black plastic every time I wax. Bugs me every time!
2003 Carrera: Dark Teal Metallic
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On a related note: Took the more shinier 996 for a 100-mile drive yesterday; it f*****g rained on me nearly the whole trip up and down the 5.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.