16 hours on 1963 black split window corvette!

somebody

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Ok here is one of my details from last week that took me around 16 hours but in the end the car turned out great! When I first got to the garage and pulled the car out for inspection I knew I had my hands full. Here are a few pictures of the car before the wash.



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After washing the car with the two bucket method using Dawn soap to remove any previous waxes I found some major swirls!



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I then pulled the car in and looked at what I wanted to start with first. I first started with Menz IP with a LCC orange cutting pad but it wasn't cutting the swirls out. I then with a green pad and it still wasn't putting in a dent. I then decided to go with 3M Polish with a LCC orange cutting pad and it seemed to be doing the job.



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After

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Here are some half and half shots after one pass.

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After finishing the car with two passes the paint looked much better but there was some still swirls so I decided to go with Menz FP with a LCC white polishing pad.



Here are a few pictures of the car out in the sun!



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After pulling it back in I decided on using Zaino Z-5pro 4 times with Z8 grand Finale spray in between each coat.



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continued...:waxing:



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All chrome was done with Never Dull finish and the tires were not touched since requested by the owner.



Thanks,

Brandon

Any questions/comments are welcomed!
 
Thanks for all the comments guys the owner was trilled with the job and I was trilled to work on such a classic:woot2:



-Brandon
 
Beautiful job on a beautiful classic !

Did you use a PC or a rotary ? Are the other toy's in the garage yours ?



Cheers
 
What a lovely car....

Amazing correction :2thumbs:

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to see such cars that i have never seen before...



:thx
 
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