My Quest on Silver

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imported_Dave KG

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[quote name='Dave KG']Silver paint... great for hiding all manner of defect, but never really makes the jaw drop in the same way some other colours can... Well I've been trying for a while on my silver car, various product combos etc to try and get a jaw-dropping look from silver. I know it will never produce the dazzling reflections of a black car, but I reckon if its glossy and liquid looking enough it'll catch a few backward glances, so with this in mind, here's my latest attempts...



Previously the car was glazed with Pinnacle XMT Carnauba Finishin Glaze and topped with two layers of Pinnacle SignatureII spit-shined using Meguiars Last Touch, this was two weeks ago... Today I tried a little experiment. Liking the lovely glossy finish CG Instawax left and the finish of XXX wax I went for a kind of spit-shining method using the pair of them... First off a layer of XXX wax was applied using the PC and a Meguiars W9006 finishing pad. The residue was not buffed off, instead Instawax was sprayed on top, and then a second layer of XXX applied and then the residue was buffed off. The results as I went round the car I was really enjoying, a very glossy and liquid look to the paint which I did my best to capture:































 
I reckon the method has worked a treat on silver paint, and I'm a little further forward in my quest for the holy grail on silver. I wouldn't choose to spray Instawax direct onto paintwork if I could avoid it though, makes a right mess of surrounding trim so will mask up thoroughly next time.



The rest of the car received a quick detail too: Wheels washed and sealed with NXT Tech Wax, tyres and trim with #38. The completed shots:



























I wasn't going to bother with this today with the car going into the bodyshop on tuesday, I'm probably just asking for it to be wrecked, but hopefully it wont be and I couldn't resist... I'm getting there with my quest, still some way to go and I reckon there's more to come from this paint! Its an enjoyable challenge![/QUOTE]
 
Thank you for the kind comments guys! :thx



themightytimmah said:
Wow - I've gotta give that a shot on mine. Did you apply the second coat of wax via hand or machine?
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By machine as by hand I was finising it very difficult to work the XXX over the Instawax mist to get the normal wax haze ready for buffing off. :buffing:
 
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