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Quick pic after detailing all day

Quick pic after detailing all day

Postby [SMAN] » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:39 pm

Did a quick pic to show off the shine and reflection of the car. I clayed, paint cleaned, compounded, polished, waxed, and buffed it. The results speaks for itself.

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Postby woa_its_j3ff » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:44 pm

what a sweet camaro..
jk man. great looking detail.
I am planning to clay my car a week before HIN.
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Postby LostSoul » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:52 pm

what do you mean by clayed & paint cleaned compound?what wax did you use?
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Postby (K) » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:00 pm

That's good stuff, it's like looking into a funhouse mirror.
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Postby [SMAN] » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:00 pm

LostSoul wrote:what do you mean by clayed & paint cleaned compound?what wax did you use?


I used a clay bar first. Then a paint cleaner prep, then an agressive compound to get out the deep scratches, followed with a finer polish, and then followed up with 2 coats of buttery wax. I forget the exact brand, but from what i can tell, they use it on airplanes. The rest of the stuff was 3m brand products. I got all this from the paint finishing supply store here.
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Postby LostSoul » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:03 pm

how deep were your scratches?
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Postby [SMAN] » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:07 pm

lets just say i'm going to need to get some panels repainted
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Postby LostSoul » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:09 pm

so the clay bar & the paint cleaner prep just helped it out a little?
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Postby [SMAN] » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:13 pm

LostSoul wrote:so the clay bar & the paint cleaner prep just helped it out a little?


The clay bar helps clean the paint without scratching it. It gets the stuck on stuff off as well as things like the road gunk that discolors the paint. This way the surface is free of debree before you start to polish.
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Postby LostSoul » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:31 pm

i got a meano scratch across in the back were the emblem's are at i think im also gonna have to get repainted too by the way the color of my car is ocean pearl so it's an eyesore!
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Postby LostSoul » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:44 pm

looks good nice job!
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Postby XEusioN » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:00 pm

Lookin good :D
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Postby hksboost » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:05 am

Looks good..
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Postby NVDIS1 » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:38 am

:o looks great!!!!!
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Postby [SMAN] » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:06 am

Thanks for the replies. It is technicly a photoshop of some HDR photography, but that's just to get the colors ab it better and make it really shine. Now i just gotta get a bit more $$$ so i can get the springs from reggie.
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