mgm2003
New member
1997 GP -120K on the clock.
This is a neighbor’s car (daily driver) and it sits outside 24 x 7.
It sees a dealership tunnel wash & dirty shop towels once a week.
Here's a before shot:
I was asked to wash/polish/protect the paint.
Wash:
-Bubble Bath / Foam Gun
-Amazing Roll off & brushes on the wells
-TOL Tire Cleaner & wheel brush
-Meg’s WB on the rims & wheel brush
-Zaino Clay on a few spots.
The paint was swirl city & there were about a dozen RIDS. I leveled the RIDS, but did not remove them. The swirls are history.
Polishing Tools & products:
Compound --Cyclo & LC orange med-cut pads (3 sets):
I used the ‘Sean Busch’ Extreme Cut/Optimum 50/50 mix.
This stuff makes short work of swirls. It’s virtually dust free and doesn’t ‘gum’ up the pads like most compounds.
Polish: Cyclo & LC white polish pads (2 sets). BF Scratch Resistant Clear Finishing Polish
I tossed the BF cap, and replaced it with one from PB’s (MUCH Better!)
Protect:
Z6 Wipe Down
Z5 Pro (zfx’d) x 1 applied via PC & finishing pad on all exterior surfaces. I let the ‘base' coat dry for 30 minutes, while I cleaned out the jams, vac’d & dressed the tires & wells. The wells were done with CG’s VRT cut 1:1. I applied a second coat of Z5Pro right on top of the dried ‘base’ coat. I felt like experimenting a littleJ.
Final Wipe down & touch up’s with Z6.
This evening I plan to apply another coat of Z5Pro and attack the interior.
Here are a few after shots in between on/off rain showers.
(The driver side lens cover is toast. The seals are cracked and it has about 2 years worth of condensation build up)
This is a neighbor’s car (daily driver) and it sits outside 24 x 7.
It sees a dealership tunnel wash & dirty shop towels once a week.
Here's a before shot:
I was asked to wash/polish/protect the paint.
Wash:
-Bubble Bath / Foam Gun
-Amazing Roll off & brushes on the wells
-TOL Tire Cleaner & wheel brush
-Meg’s WB on the rims & wheel brush
-Zaino Clay on a few spots.
The paint was swirl city & there were about a dozen RIDS. I leveled the RIDS, but did not remove them. The swirls are history.
Polishing Tools & products:
Compound --Cyclo & LC orange med-cut pads (3 sets):
I used the ‘Sean Busch’ Extreme Cut/Optimum 50/50 mix.
This stuff makes short work of swirls. It’s virtually dust free and doesn’t ‘gum’ up the pads like most compounds.
Polish: Cyclo & LC white polish pads (2 sets). BF Scratch Resistant Clear Finishing Polish
I tossed the BF cap, and replaced it with one from PB’s (MUCH Better!)
Protect:
Z6 Wipe Down
Z5 Pro (zfx’d) x 1 applied via PC & finishing pad on all exterior surfaces. I let the ‘base' coat dry for 30 minutes, while I cleaned out the jams, vac’d & dressed the tires & wells. The wells were done with CG’s VRT cut 1:1. I applied a second coat of Z5Pro right on top of the dried ‘base’ coat. I felt like experimenting a littleJ.
Final Wipe down & touch up’s with Z6.
This evening I plan to apply another coat of Z5Pro and attack the interior.
Here are a few after shots in between on/off rain showers.
(The driver side lens cover is toast. The seals are cracked and it has about 2 years worth of condensation build up)
