Just another black vette....

[gmblack3]

2003 black Z06-Do corvettes come in any other color? I can't remember what its like to polish any other color vette.



Interior, no pics.

Vac

All surfaces wipedown with IZ cockpit premium.

Z9/10 leather products for seats

IG for windows.



Process QEW wash

Clay with Zaino Z-18 clay and Z6 50/50 for lube.

Polish with Mequairs 105 compound/yellow edge wool/1700 3-4x

Final polish with 3M Ultrafina/3M blue foam pad/1700.



Moved car outside into 32°f temp and 20MPH winds.

Foam lance w/ PW and 3oz of Z7 in a 32oz bottle filled with water.

Wash with sheepskin mitt.

Clean wheels (PB SnR) and tires (AM red hot APC)

Rinse off everything including icy foam water combo with pressure washer.



Car returned to 51°f garage to let light ice melt. Did not want to dry off car with any ice on it, no need to marr a freshly polished surface.



Applied 2x of:

80% Z5pro/20% Z2pro/2 shots of Z8 and 4 drops of ZFX. Total mixed 3/4oz.



I est the surface temp of the paint was in the 40°f area. Each application of zaino took approx 20-30 mins to cure. I applied it very thin as usual.



Z8 wipedown.



Bret showed up when I was finishing up polishing. He took some pics of my fun in the cold, dried the car, Z-16 to the tires and polished the tips with deepfinish chrome. Thanks Bret!!!

Yes this side of the car turned to ice. :shock:

Don't be hating my Frans Klamer era ski jacket.

 

[Marj]

Nice work. Boy you sure look cold. Its the exact opposite here in the summer, where you just can't wait to get back into the garage because its so damm hot.

 

[jdubb12]

I hate detailing in the freezing like that it seems to take forever, good job though.

 

[dsms]

Very nice turnaround, the finished trunk shot looks super wet. How did the M105 and Ultrafina combo work for you? Im thinking of that as an alternitive to SIP/106.

 

[Way2SSlow]

Looks great Bryan. Do you carry both buffers with you or do you switch from E2K to a backing plate? It would sure be cool to get the UF blue pad E2K style wouldnt it? Do you usually run UF that fast (1700)?

 

[imported_artikxscout]

how did water not freeze while drying? Great job

 

[Brian_Brice]

Awesome Bryan!!!



But whose that Eskimo standing next to the igloo?

 

[SilverLexus]

Glad the Vette turned out better than that jacket.

 

[gmblack3]

Nice work. Boy you sure look cold. Its the exact opposite here in the summer, where you just can't wait to get back into the garage because its so damm hot.

Thanks BC! Fingers got a little chilled, but the rest of me was fine. Yes we have that fun here as well in the summer.

I hate detailing in the freezing like that it seems to take forever, good job though.

Thanks Jdubb! Just the wash in the cold, can't really complain.

Very nice turnaround, the finished trunk shot looks super wet. How did the M105 and Ultrafina combo work for you? Im thinking of that as an alternitive to SIP/106.

Someobdy out there needs to step up big, before I quit using the M105 and UF combo.

Looks great Bryan. Do you carry both buffers with you or do you switch from E2K to a backing plate? It would sure be cool to get the UF blue pad E2K style wouldnt it? Do you usually run UF that fast (1700)?

Thanks Wade. Actually I got my megs 66 backing plate stuck on the metabo, I'll have to take some tools to it I guess. So I used the hitachi with the E2K and yellow wool and the metabo with the UF. I think the 3M video says you can run it at like 1800 or maybe 2000 max, check the video first. With the megs 66 cushioned backing plate and the 3M 8" blue pad, it runs as smooth as glass at 1700.

how did water not freeze while drying? Great job

Thanks scout! The car was moved back into the garage to thaw out.

Awesome Bryan!!!



But whose that Eskimo standing next to the igloo?

Thanks Brian!



Ugly SOB isn't he? :spit:

Glad the Vette turned out better than that jacket.

The car would of turned out better then the jacket with a can of pledge. :chuckle:

 

[Wren]

Man I bet that coat was cool back in the 80's :rofl



Way to tackle a detail in 30 degree weather! Turned out very nice, good job!

 

[KMHAWAIIDH]

Nice work! I hate those cold days. Just did a car half in the sun, half in the shade. Such a pain.

 

[imported_rydawg1]

Another superb job by you Bryan!



Great product/pad combo, now that we all figured it out together. It's getting to easy now. :rofl



:kewlpics of the jacket:Geezx

 

[Scottwax]

Excellent job as always, you really cleaned up the paint well.



That's pretty nuts washing it out in the freezing cold like that. :wow:

 

[stilez]

Killer work all around.



I had big problems with a black Z06 a couple years back. Glad that 105 is out there to help now.



I feel your pain with the cold. jsatek and I were ONR'ing a 550i last weekend and it was 16*.

 

[Gen2]

Really cannot imagine how it feels like to wash a car in such a cold weather since I am staying in a tropica country. The vette looks really good, even covered with all the foam during the wash, you still can see the nice sky reflection on the bonnet. In the garage the car looks simply flawless, GREAT JOB :2thumbs: .

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Excellent work as always! :bow

 

[1 Clean WS6]

Beautiful work Bryan!!! :2thumbs:

 

[gmblack3]

Man I bet that coat was cool back in the 80's :rofl



Way to tackle a detail in 30 degree weather! Turned out very nice, good job!

Thanks Wren! I think I bought the jacket in the late 80s, while in the USAF in Germany. Who would of thought 20 yrs ago, I still have it and it would come in handy.

Nice work! I hate those cold days. Just did a car half in the sun, half in the shade. Such a pain.

Thanks Kmhawaiidh! Not sure if it ever got much over 40° during the day or not. With the wind it did not feel like it.

Another superb job by you Bryan!



Great product/pad combo, now that we all figured it out together. It's getting to easy now. :rofl



:kewlpics of the jacket:Geezx

Thanks Ryan! I think I still had 8 hours of polishing into this one. But I am sure it would of added 2 hours or so if I used my prior process.

Excellent job as always, you really cleaned up the paint well.



That's pretty nuts washing it out in the freezing cold like that. :wow:

Thanks Scott! good thing it was only one hour out in the cold.

Killer work all around.



I had big problems with a black Z06 a couple years back. Glad that 105 is out there to help now.



I feel your pain with the cold. jsatek and I were ONR'ing a 550i last weekend and it was 16*.

Thanks Sean! There where still a few deep RIDS that would not budge even after 5 passes of M105. They would of required wetsanding. 16° now that is damn cold.

Really cannot imagine how it feels like to wash a car in such a cold weather since I am staying in a tropica country. The vette looks really good, even covered with all the foam during the wash, you still can see the nice sky reflection on the bonnet. In the garage the car looks simply flawless, GREAT JOB :2thumbs: .

Thank you Gen2! The good thing about washing the car outside was that I had no more polishing to do.

Excellent work as always! :bow

Thanks Thomas!

Beautiful work Bryan!!! :2thumbs:

Thank you Mike!

 

[jgendron]

'How do you stop the water and soap from freezing onto the car when it is outside? Do you use hot water to rinse it off?'