Black Chevy Tahoe paint correction by Tru_Shine

Tru_Shine

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Ok, This write up wont be as thorough as usual, I had this car for a weekend and had to work on and off the whole time. But needless to say, It was completed and looks amazing!



This clear coat was hard as rock and I had to go over each panel 2-3 times to get the correction that I needed.



The owner LOVES Meguiars products and had like 100 layers of wax and ultimate quick detailer spray on the Tahoe. Which means I had to DAWN wash the thing 2-3 times to knoxk off most of the wax that was on there.



I did't take any washing pics because of time constraints. but here was my process



Dawn wash 2-3 times

Grit Guard w/ 5 gal bucket and 100% sheep skin washmitt

wheel cleaner: Diablo wheel gel from Chemical guys

EZ detail brush to clean wheels.

Clay magic blue clay

misc brushes that you see in all my other write ups.



Here are some Before Sun shots



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Here is a 50/50 after about 2 passes with purple foamed wool pad and Meguiars M105 compund.



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I took me a few different combo's until I finally found the right one that Cut the paint the best. PFW pad w/ M105 via Flex. some tight areas required me to use my 3" Griot's Garage orbital.



After the Cutting stage I polished the paint using Meguiars M205 Ultimate Polish with a LC hydrotech tangerine pad



I used the Flex 3401 VRG polisher with:



Lake country Purple Foamed Wool pad

Lake country Hydrotech Cyan pad

Lake country hydrotech Tangerine pad



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The paint was seal using Black Fire Wet Diamond.



Here are some Final Sun Shots. 97% correction was done, this paint was very hard and needed the big guns brought out to level out the paint correctly.



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Very nice work. As the owner of a big GM SUV, I can totally appreciate the time and energy...and on black, no less! Well done. I have no doubt the customer was ecstatic.
 
ckylesworld said:
Yes I love it. Its like new. I am the second owner. I DID NOT put all those swirls in it. I intend to keep it lookin good.







Good thing you found the right guy to get it looking good! It looks awesome now!



Great work Eric! Did you use 105 on the cyan pad as well?
 
Thanks everyone!







audicoupej said:
Good thing you found the right guy to get it looking good! It looks awesome now!



Great work Eric! Did you use 105 on the cyan pad as well?



yes I used PFW/ M105 and Cyan/M105 to cut, and then polished with Tang/M205
 
Man your write ups are unreal. I have to admit I'm jealous of your work. I know it's a lot of work, especially in this heat, but it must be fun making these cars POP!
 
What is the stuff that you used to clean in between the "TAHOE" letters? I have a brown film on my white tahoe that I cannot get out. Thanks
 
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