What did you do detailing wise today?

CerceS550 said:
I`m finishing up one of these today in red. Paint was super hard and has some issues. I have some videos of the rear decklid and it looks like the paint is shrinking into the fiberglass


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enjoying your IG posts! GM paint is typically medium-hard but it gets a bit harder on the c6 cause of the fiberglass.

shoot me that video! interested to see. sometimes you can find the rear deck lid cracking if people aren`t careful when they go to slam the lid
 
roof is ready for some essence and a couple layers of coatings...
still have to cut into the bumpers, hood and passenger side

hoping to have all this done by saturday but who knows, I still have crazy ideas of using a bottle of exo v3 then a bottle of exov2 on top of csl...but I have a separate crazy man idea...so who knows how this will turn out but the roof is done, sorta :)

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512detail said:
roof is ready for some essence and a couple layers of coatings...
still have to cut into the bumpers, hood and passenger side

hoping to have all this done by saturday but who knows, I still have crazy ideas of using a bottle of exo v3 then a bottle of exov2 on top of csl...but I have a separate crazy man idea...so who knows how this will turn out but the roof is done, sorta :)
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I don`t know if my bottle of essence is bad but I had to polish out the vette again last night because the essence stuck to it. I couldn`t get some of it off even with OPT paint prep.


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CerceS550 said:
I don`t know if my bottle of essence is bad but I had to polish out the vette again last night because the essence stuck to it. I couldn`t get some of it off even with OPT paint prep.


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edit...wow..never had that issue

how long did u work it in?
 
512detail said:
edit...wow..never had that issue

how long did u work it in?
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Used very little product on a carpro gloss pad and did one pass which I usually go left/right-up/down-left/right as a pass. And I was working in a 1.5x1.5 foot section since it was being difficult. It`s an older bottle that someone gave to me.


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CerceS550 said:
Used very little product on a carpro gloss pad and did one pass which I usually go left/right-up/down-left/right as a pass. And I was working in a 1.5x1.5 foot section since it was being difficult. It`s an older bottle that someone gave to me.


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my bottle is about two years old or so (from when I purchased it) ... I`ve never seen that happen ... well at least it was a smaller vehicle and not a truck or suv, right?
 
CerceS550 said:
Just try the essence on a small spot. I should`ve quit after the test spot.



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oh, I`m not worried about it smearing or anything..I just used my essence a week ago...I think I`m just feeling lazy and don`t want to 3 step my car, lol
 
I guess I`ll have to do a test spot and see if essence adds any noticeable gloss on top of the PA finishing polish- which leaves some really nice shine
 
512detail said:
oh, I`m not worried about it smearing or anything..I just used my essence a week ago...I think I`m just feeling lazy and don`t want to 3 step my car, lol
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I`ve used it on the hood of two different cars in the last couple months and had no issues doing the whole hood and wiping it off after. This 06 Vette it just stuck



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CerceS550 said:
I`ve used it on the hood of two different cars in the last couple months and had no issues doing the whole hood and wiping it off after. This 06 Vette it just stuck

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I wonder if anyone else has had this issue

that`s really strange....for me, essence is as easy to remove as any Poorboys product
 
That looks a lot better very organised. Now at least you can see that you have a problem. Is that 5 bottles of PA high gloss and 3-4 CSL and 3 EXO 4 wetcoats.
 
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