2006 Vette Finally showed up

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i have had a customer that has wanted me to polish his 06 vette for a while now I finally got it last night. it is a dark blue with a good dose of swirls and we are shooting for 90-95% correction on her Take a look at the process and let me know as this will be my first vette as I a ma stang guy

Wash with Dawn
Clay
Clean engine with Total Cycle Wash
Treat with CD-2
Polish the exterior with Griots with 5.5 surbuff pad and Megs UC
Polish with GG 5.5 green uber pad and Megs 205
Polish Wheels/exhaust with Mothers Billet
Treat with Opt-seal (2 coats)
Top with Opt. Spray Wax
Treat Tires and Int. with Megs Supreme Shine

Will a surbuff plus UC be enough I hear that vette clear is rock hard.
 
:postpics:

As far as whether UC with Surbuf pads will be aggressive enough for you, there's no way we can say without also knowing what type of polisher you're using, and how your technique is.

The best thing you can do is to mask off a test spot and give it a shot. Either it will turn out the way you are expecting/hoping for or it won't; and if it doesn't you'll know you need to step up the aggressiveness scale, or adjust your technique a bit.
 
I will be using the Griots Garage ROB (the new version) but the is about as aggressive as I can get.
 
bodavenport said:
... it is a dark blue ...
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LeMans Blue. Love the color. I have a good friend with the same year and color. It'll look great when you're done.

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Colin
 
cnfowler said:
LeMans Blue. Love the color. I have a good friend with the same year and color. It'll look great when you're done.

Colin
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Ahh yes, LeMans Blue. My uncle has a C5 that color (it's an '04 Commemorative Edition coupe). Looks awesome when all polished out.

As an aside, if you're looking for a beauty wax to use, I found that Surf City Garage's Barrier Reef Wax reacts well to that color. An unlikely/uncommon choice, but I like it! Got it as a freebie in one of my AG orders last year. :props:
 
How aggressive is Megs UC?? compared to other megs products.
Close to M105?? user friendly
 
Starting on her this morning, will post pics when I am done, wish me luck
 
For me, I like UC better than 105, longer working time and a lot less dusting very close in aggressiveness and easy to get
 
Oddly enough, I polished my 2005 Ram with UC and orange 5.5 with Griots and had a difficult time removing swirls. In fact..it didn't, even putting about everything I had as far as pressure, nothing worked. Went to 105 and they were gone. I had the exact same results on my friends Chevy 3500. I've seen many times that UC is comparable to 105..but not in my experience. I do wish Megs would reformulate 105 to have a better working time but not affect the performance at all.
 
stebob said:
Oddly enough, I polished my 2005 Ram with UC and orange 5.5 with Griots and had a difficult time removing swirls. In fact..it didn't, even putting about everything I had as far as pressure, nothing worked. Went to 105 and they were gone. I had the exact same results on my friends Chevy 3500. I've seen many times that UC is comparable to 105..but not in my experience. I do wish Megs would reformulate 105 to have a better working time but not affect the performance at all.
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I love UC!! If I was in your situation, I would have went to a more agressive pad(cyan hydro-tech or surbuf) and stuck with UC. I only use 105 if I HAVE to. It's a real pain to work with, IMO.
 
stebob said:
I've seen many times that UC is comparable to 105..but not in my experience.
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My experience is great with both... I "think" I notice a longer buffing cycle with the M105 but it could be in my head... I would have to do some side by side testing with some controls to know for sure...


stebob said:
I do wish Megs would reformulate 105 to have a better working time but not affect the performance at all.
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I was hoping for an announcement for this at SEMA last year and surprised to hear nothing... maybe this year?

The feedback from the online community to Meguiar's has been fairly consistent from a wide spectrum


:)
 
Michael Stoops (Meguiar's Online administrator) said that Meguiar's will announce their new products for 2011 at SEMA (first week of November). Looking forward to seeing what they have to offer. :props:
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
My experience is great with both... I "think" I notice a longer buffing cycle with the M105 but it could be in my head...
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Same here; I guess I'm not really sure what people are saying about a short buffing cycle from M105, it usually works great for me. Or at least it gets the jobs done I ask it to do.... :props:
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
My experience is great with both... I "think" I notice a longer buffing cycle with the M105 but it could be in my head... I would have to do some side by side testing with some controls to know for sure...
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Not even close, IMO, as well as many others. Interesting. :xyxthumbs:
 
07 z-oh-6 said:
I love UC!! If I was in your situation, I would have went to a more agressive pad(cyan hydro-tech or surbuf) and stuck with UC. I only use 105 if I HAVE to. It's a real pain to work with, IMO.
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I have to say I love how easy UC is to work with, too, but man..it just doesn't do what 105 does..for me. Interesting you mention the surbuf pads. I have a couple and tried them. Either I'm not smart enough to use them correctly as I didn't have much improvement over using an orange pad (swirls were not removed). I read a thread where it explains how to use them. He said to clean it after each pass. Not section pass, each pass. I don't have the patience for that. Any tips?

I know the when I use orange and 105 it does everything I ask of it. I try UC and I'm left wanting..if not terribly disappointed and frustrated. I'd LOVE to use UC more, I just need to figure out it's trick.

Oh, I use Lake flat pads...should I get a couple cyan hydro techs and see how they work?
 
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