flyinion
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So, I finally got around to hitting my Z with the some paint correction to get rid of 2 1/2 years of swirls and reduce some of the RIDS plus seal it. So here's what I spent last weekend on.
Prep:
Wash with Pinnacle BWS + Dawn
Mother's Gold clay with ONR clay lube ratio
Buffer used: PC 7424 (old, not an XP) with LC CCS pads in 5 1/2 x 7/8" for all product applications.
Polish:
After multiple test spots with Wolfgang FG + gray and white pads, I jumped up to the Wolfgang TSR with the white pad for the entire car (I anticipate using FG with white or gray in the future now)
Seal:
WG DGPS with blue pad
Wax:
2 coats of Pinnacle SS II with gray pad
Best attempt at capturing swirls/RIDS on light silver paint:
Taped off for polishing:
Window pillar before and after TSR, notice the circled scratches gone:
Wolfgang DGPS after application and after buff off:
After SS II pulled out into the sun:
Previous to this the car was shiny, now it's extra shiny/glossy and walking out from work today I really noticed it in the sun as I walked up to it. With removing the fine scratches and reducing the RIDS along with the general polishing and the DGPS + wax it just took it to the next level.
rops:
p.s. note that the white spots in the last two pics are NOT paint defects. They are sun reflections off various items on the street/houses.
Prep:
Wash with Pinnacle BWS + Dawn
Mother's Gold clay with ONR clay lube ratio
Buffer used: PC 7424 (old, not an XP) with LC CCS pads in 5 1/2 x 7/8" for all product applications.
Polish:
After multiple test spots with Wolfgang FG + gray and white pads, I jumped up to the Wolfgang TSR with the white pad for the entire car (I anticipate using FG with white or gray in the future now)
Seal:
WG DGPS with blue pad
Wax:
2 coats of Pinnacle SS II with gray pad
Best attempt at capturing swirls/RIDS on light silver paint:
Taped off for polishing:
Window pillar before and after TSR, notice the circled scratches gone:
Wolfgang DGPS after application and after buff off:
After SS II pulled out into the sun:
Previous to this the car was shiny, now it's extra shiny/glossy and walking out from work today I really noticed it in the sun as I walked up to it. With removing the fine scratches and reducing the RIDS along with the general polishing and the DGPS + wax it just took it to the next level.
rops:p.s. note that the white spots in the last two pics are NOT paint defects. They are sun reflections off various items on the street/houses.
. I did wash, clay, tape on Friday after work. Saturday was polish and seal. Then finally the SSII on Sunday afternoon. It probably actually had about 16 hours of cure time before I got back out there.
