1968 Camaro-Paint Correction, Tampa

I worked on this Camaro about 4 years ago.  At that time I only preformed a light polish and paint protection.  This time around the work was a lot more extensive.  The 15 year old lacquer paint had water spots minor swirls and was very hazy.  The wheels had water spots and tarnish.
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The first step in the correction process was M105 and purple foamed wool.  With just one step I saw huge improvement with the paints clarity. 


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The rest of the correction was done with optimum hyper polish with white pads.  Last step was Sonax nano polish 3/6 with black pads.  The car was then washed to remove all polishing dust.  No LSP had been applied at this point.


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The next step was to get the wheels back into shape.  For that I use Meguiar’s Heavy, Medium, and fine cut metal polish. 
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Lastly I applied Optimum opti bond to the tires.  For the paint I used Chemical Guys blacklight and 2 coats of DoDo juice blue velvet.


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Excellent paint correction but damn, astounding work on the wheels!


It's really "all in the details".
 
JuneBug said:
Beauty!

Very nice work, would love to see more, interior and engine pics please.


Thank you.  The car is pretty much a garage queen so the interior and the engine did not need alot of work.  I dont think I even took any pictures of the inside or the engine.  I might have some from the last time I worked on the car.


 
Scottwax said:
Looks absolutely stunning! 


thank you


 
Justin Murphy said:
Excellent paint correction but damn, astounding work on the wheels!


It's really "all in the details".


thank you
 
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