Hey everyone, been quite a long time. Long story very short, shortly after ordering all my detailing supplies I was rear ended and hurt my back. Had to have minimally invasive spine surgery. Was completely out of doing anything more physical than walking for about 2 years. Well, I got the detail bug back and told my cousin to come and see what we can do to his Impala SS. <br><br>This was my first time doing "paint correction", more like buffing I'd say though. Here's the process, we only did the front third of vehicle, hood, front side fenders, front bumper. It got late so we didn't get to finish the front bumper, really only the hood and 1 fender. Oh yea we did the front rims a bit too.<br><br>Pressure wash rinse<br>Sprayed with OPC 5:1<br>Foamed with Optimum Car Wash & OPC<br>2 bucket wash with Optimum Car Wash<br>Pressure wash rinse<br>Foamed with Iron X Snow, (Rims got hit with Trix right before this)<br>2 bucket wash<br>Pressure wash rinse<br>Clayed with nanoskin foam sponge medium and followed up with fine, used nanoskin glide.<br>2 bucket wash<br>Pressure wash rinse<br>Dry<br>Optimum Poli-Seal on Lake Country's Hydro-Tech Foam Cyan cutting Pad with Griots original buffer. It didn't give 100% correction, maybe 80-85? He and I were happy with that considering first time and we weren't looking for perfection. <br>Topped with Optimum Car Wax <br><br>Sorry for the pics, wasn't really going for an album or anything, just some random shots.<br><br>
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<br><br>Some questions. When pressure is applied to buffer, it seems to almost completely stop. We would have to use speed of 4 to combat this a bit. Is it better to apply more pressure to get better cutting results? Or should you just let the speed do the work? I'm going by eye, did the trick of marking the backing plate with a mark to see it's spinning. <br><br>It was a lot of fun, I'm sure with proper lighting and a less crowded garage it could be even more fun! It was night and day the way the hood looked and felt. During the claying we could feel just how rough it was, and when we were done buffing it was so butter smooth. Can't wait to see it today in the daylight. By the time we started buffing it was night time and we only had cheap garage lighting you can see in pics, plus the LED flashlights to check swirls.
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<br><br>Some questions. When pressure is applied to buffer, it seems to almost completely stop. We would have to use speed of 4 to combat this a bit. Is it better to apply more pressure to get better cutting results? Or should you just let the speed do the work? I'm going by eye, did the trick of marking the backing plate with a mark to see it's spinning. <br><br>It was a lot of fun, I'm sure with proper lighting and a less crowded garage it could be even more fun! It was night and day the way the hood looked and felt. During the claying we could feel just how rough it was, and when we were done buffing it was so butter smooth. Can't wait to see it today in the daylight. By the time we started buffing it was night time and we only had cheap garage lighting you can see in pics, plus the LED flashlights to check swirls.
