3 Day Correction on 98 Corvette

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turnipgreen

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On another forum someone posted that they used a hand wringer to remove the water from their drying towel. The one they used is at:
http://www.wisementrading.com/washing/wringer.htm

I've seen one guy many years ago using an old washing machine wringer and always wanted one. I'm just wondering if any of you guys have used such a thing and if so what model, where from, etc? The guy posting on the other forum vouched for this one being sturdy.
 
I would imagine they would work pretty well, but they are a little pricey. I think Brad B. mentioned you can get them for better prices at janatorial supply places.
 
well, it's cheaper than griot's anyway:

http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?L1=L1_1000&L2=L2_1003&SKU=85650

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My dad has the old wringing washing maching!! He won't give it up!! Parent's go out antiquing all the time, told him to keep an eye out for another one. He's been using his for 20 years now.
 
Turns out the first link I posted is for a store that is about 20 minutes from me (I didn't figure anyone useful would be close, so I didn't even look). The shipping on this thing is actually worse than tax, so I might make a drive and take a look. They are offering me an additional discount if they don't have to ship.



Another expensive toy...
 
Hey guys, when I got the call for this one, it was scheduled for a basic wash/clay/sealant detail. However, once the overcast clouds had parted and the claying was done, I saw a shocking amount of swirls and RIDS. Silver is great at hiding that stuff, so seeing it SO easily without having to hunt with an artificial light source told me this car needed some serious work!

After talking it over with the client, we rescheduled it to be be dropped off the following week for a 3 day correction, shooting for 90%+ correction. Menzerna SIP and LC orange did almost nothing to the heavy swirls and RIDS. Usually this is a great combo for the hard corvette clear coats, but it just wasn't enough here.

Here's the process I ended up with for the correction:
-Makita Rotary with twisted ply wool pad + Meguiars 105
-2nd hit with twisted ply wool pad and Meguiars 105
-PCXP with Lake Country orange flat pad and Menzerna SIP

This removed the vast majority of the RIDS (random isolated deep scratches) and all swirl marks. There were a fair amount of RIDS too deep to be compounded out and would require wetsanding to remove. After the compounding, the Menzerna SIP cleaned everything up very nicely and left a great gloss.


Process:

Exterior
-Foamed with Dawn
-Rinsed and Dawn wash
-Sonax Full Effect on wheels
-Daytona EZ detail brush
-Swissvax Wheel brush
-Clayed with Z18 and Optimum No Rinse as lube
-Tires with Meguiars water-based dressing
-Convertible top treated with 2 applications of Raggtopp



Interior
-Vacuumed
-Leather with Megs APC 10:1
-Adam's Leather Conditioner
-Stoner's Invisible Glass on windows
-vents and console cleaned with various brushes/qtips


LSP
-Zaino ZAIO via PCXP and LC black pad
-Zaino Z2pro
-Zaino Z6



I started taking the pics after the initial wash and claying. Here goes...








Extremely heavy RIDS and swirls

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50/50 shot

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More RIDS on the rear decklid

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After 1 stage of compounding

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Even more severe RIDS and swirls on the hood. It was really bad here.

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After 1 stage of compounding

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Other side of hood, more scratches and swirls

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Corrected

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After compounding was done, it was taken back out for a wash to remove polishing oils and compounding dust.

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After washing you can see the oils were removed as the paint shows total lack of beading.

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Finished pics...

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A few quick interior shots....


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Sun pics

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Thanks for looking!
 
Jeff -

A beautiful turn around of one of the most scratched cars I have ever seen!!
Holy Brillo Pads, Batman !!! What were they washing this car with ? :)

Amazing work, inside and out !! I really like that you used Zaino products on it- I really like to use them every now and then too.

I bet the Client fainted, right ? :)

Excellent work Jeff, we are all proud of you !

Dan F
 
Thanks for the kind words Dan! Durability was the objective with the LSP as this is a daily driver. The clients wife said I had it repainted lol. They were almost speechless when I pulled it out into the sun. They loved it.

Thanks!
 
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