2003 Black Z06-another polishing marathon

[gmblack3]

Another stellar job from you man! Car came out great! :bow

Thanks Thomas!

Wow that black vette was truly hammer and Bryan rescue it!!!!!!!! Great recovery!!!!!!!!:bow

Thank you Angelo!

:bow



Another winner.

Thanks Lee!

Looks great! Seems like I see a lot of C5 Vettes in about the same state this was in. Anyway, looks like you brought it back to new. I'd love to see some of your work in person and maybe get some pointers for my own car. Maybe we could meet up some time.

Thanks DigTheRide! Every black one I see is in this shape. A few of us in the Atlanta area get together for lunch every month or so. I will send you a PM.

amazzzzzzzzzing results!!!!!!!!! Looks better than new!!

Thanks David!

Helluva turn-around. Great work!!!

Thanks mshu7!

gmblack3a- You're really doing some incredible work!



2-3X with the black/Strada combo sounds very aggressive I wouldn't expect the yellow/3M ECC to be exactly a *mild* combo, if the ECC is liked the older PI-III ECC.



The Presta 1500/green wool sounds like a very good middle step.. I was hoping to get by with OP for this step as I don't really want to buy yet another product :think:

Thanks Accumulator!

One limitation of wool, is that sometimes it won't get these hard clears "hot" enough. I am going to take some yellow foam with me tomorrow, as I am doing just another black vette. I will see if more heat might correct faster. The p1500 and green edge wool is very easy to use. The P1500 is not expensive at all. Just shop around.

Another gorgeous Vette detail Bryan!!! :xyxthumbs

Thanks Mike!

Nice job Bry, as usual. That second pic looks awful!

Thanks Puckman! More then a few areas where like that and some where just average bad.

I forgot to ask; what tape is that you're using?

Its called flashbreaker tape and its used for composite repairs. I got lucky last year and picked up 10 rolls for under $100 shipped on ebay. I have not seen anymore since on ebay. Usually its $15-17 a roll. Each roll has 70 yards so it will last a while.

Man That paint looked jacked up!

Nice work.

That car would make some of the cream puff detailers heads spin. They wouldn't know what to do. :LOLOL

Thanks! Sometimes when I first see a car like this, I wonder what I am going to do. :lol

Holy Crap that paint was bad!:wow:



Thank God you saved it from further harm!!!:lol



That's one hell of a job and it looks 100% better!!!:bigups



Have a Heineken on me for that turn around!



Deanski

Thanks Deanski! I had a few after this one.

Very nice Z & job Bryan! Wool is the only way on these cars! Did the Red Clay marr it pretty bad? Did you switch from 777 to Red Hot? Red Hot's alot lot stronger? How much did you cut it?

Thanks David! Yes the red clay marred it up pretty good. No matter when polishing, but I would never use it unless I was polishing. I still have some 777 that I use mostly for interiors, I use the red hot 1:4 or 1:6 on the exteriors. Just depends on how dirty the wheel wells and tires are.

WOW! that is some great work!

Thanks John!

 

[Accumulator]

One limitation of wool, is that sometimes it won't get these hard clears "hot" enough. I am going to take some yellow foam with me tomorrow, as I am doing just another black vette. I will see if more heat might correct faster. The p1500 and green edge wool is very easy to use. The P1500 is not expensive at all. Just shop around.

Yeah, my local place has the Presta, I'm just trying to avoid "new product madness"



Thanks for the additional info; I just got some wool pads from another Autopian and I'm trying to figure out what to do/expect when I use 'em.

 

[imported_artikxscout]

wow... you should've just wetsanded the whole car! Great job man.

 

[gmblack3]

Yeah, my local place has the Presta, I'm just trying to avoid "new product madness"



Thanks for the additional info; I just got some wool pads from another Autopian and I'm trying to figure out what to do/expect when I use 'em.

A few new polishes never hurt anyone. :rofl

wow... you should've just wetsanded the whole car! Great job man.

Thanks scout! I think you are right!

 

[blucpe]

outstanding job bryan. i can beleive you when you say you were their 13 hrs. as vette clear is like granite. :goodjob

 

[Junebug]

Thanks for including how long it took, I think some customers believe we can work miracles in a coupla hours. Great job on that Vette!