Corvette Paint Correction

[MirrorDetailing]

Customer had been wanting me to do some work on her vette for the last several months. Everytime we planned it out she had something come up on her end and had to cancell. Well, finally everything worked out and she was able to drop the car off with me this weekend. Went with my Mirror Package as she wanted her vette to shine.



Paint was not in bad condition, normal amount of swirls around the whole car. Driver side had a number of holograms in the paint from pervious bodyshop work.



Anyways...the pictures...For the befores, dont mind the parking job...Customer decided to be different and park partially in the yard. :lol



Process:



Wash: CG Citrous Wash'n'Gloss

Clayed w/ Pinn Ultra Poly Clay w/ ONR Lube

Blow Dried

Taped w/ Meguiars Auto Masking Tape



Buffing:

M105 w/ Uber Yellow via Dewalt 849

SIP w/ Uber Orange via Dewalt 849

Micro Finish w/ Uber Blue via Dewalt 849



LSP:

WGDGPS, Sat on Body for 45 minutes, Cured 10 hours

Rims w/ CG Wheel Guard

CG XXX Hardcore as final LSP



Windows w/ Stoners Invisble Glass

Interior Wiped Down w/ 303

Tires w/ Natural Shine

Front Plastic Valiance w/ Refinish Restore



Before:

Paint before. Friday was overcast the whole day, so was not able to get the sun on the paint for some befores. So bright *** LED light has to work.

After everything done. Sitting in the garage waiting on Melina to come pick it up. Could not do any 50/50 shots of the paint as blue is a real hard color to capture the defects against each other on.

Front plastic piece at the bottom of the windshield before and after...

Now after everything was fully done. Pulled it outside as Melina said she was ten minutes away. So while I was waiting...

 

[MirrorDetailing]

Then my favorite shots...

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Nice work! Absolutely hate the way those wheels look on the car though....

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Stunning finish there. Excellent job. What did the owner say?

 

[JohnKleven]

Great work on a car that can be a difficult correction. That Corvette paint can be hard as a rock.

 

[MirrorDetailing]

Nice work! Absolutely hate the way those wheels look on the car though....

Thanks. I was not a big fan of the wheels either when she first put them on. But the more I see them, the more I think they go well with the car. Its not your useal Heads/Cam car thats meant for all out power. This one is more for looks.

Stunning finish there. Excellent job. What did the owner say?

She was very happy.



Her responce on a forum she is on.

Looks great tho! Excellent job Mike. Thanks a mil! :thumb:

Thanks everyone! Mike is the man! Even tho he HATES ME! I'll replace that plant Mike. LOL

By plant if you notice the driver rear before, as she was backing up through the yard, she ran over a plant lol.

Great work on a car that can be a difficult correction. That Corvette paint can be hard as a rock.

Yeah, I have done enough vettes to know the clear is hard as a rock. Luckly M105 and a Uber Yellow with the Dewalt at around 1600-1800 rpms cut through the swirls/scratches with ease.

 

[white gecko]

Nice to see a Vette very well taken care of! Great job on the correction!