FlawlessJ
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- Aug 30, 2011
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So to start off with this is my first Show 'n' Shine... Also my first independent paint correction.
This car was a pain!!!! I have always heard Cadillac clear coat was rock hard but my goodness!!! If it's that hard how can it get so many swirls?? Anyhow I started of with a very rough canvas as seen below....
Cadillac Before :: DSC_0220.jpg picture by joryoung - Photobucket
I of course washed it and after realizing it had been recently waxed when I sprayed it down used dawn instead of my regular wash. Followed that up with clay bar to make sure everything went off without a hitch. The trunk was used as a test spot and probably took me well over an hour to make a decision on the best combination for the job. The winning combo for this clear ending up being a rather odd combination of Meguiars microfiber kit used with 105 to cut instead of the compound that comes with it. As we all know the microfiber kit takes a long time! so this cars exterior took me around 40 hours to complete also I used Black Fire to add pop to the metal flake, but the end result looks great in my opinion! Here are the pics.
This car was a pain!!!! I have always heard Cadillac clear coat was rock hard but my goodness!!! If it's that hard how can it get so many swirls?? Anyhow I started of with a very rough canvas as seen below....
Cadillac Before :: DSC_0220.jpg picture by joryoung - Photobucket
I of course washed it and after realizing it had been recently waxed when I sprayed it down used dawn instead of my regular wash. Followed that up with clay bar to make sure everything went off without a hitch. The trunk was used as a test spot and probably took me well over an hour to make a decision on the best combination for the job. The winning combo for this clear ending up being a rather odd combination of Meguiars microfiber kit used with 105 to cut instead of the compound that comes with it. As we all know the microfiber kit takes a long time! so this cars exterior took me around 40 hours to complete also I used Black Fire to add pop to the metal flake, but the end result looks great in my opinion! Here are the pics.
