Tahoe paint correction (DA MF) & Opti-Guard coating

[RaskyR1]

Chevy Tahoe paint correction and Opti-Guard coating

Client recently purchased this vehicle for his wife and wanted it looking new again with some durable protection. The previous owner appeared to have lived on a gravel road and frequent the local swirl-o-matic wash.

Process:
Wash – Foam bath with CGCW and 2BM
Wheels – Meguiars Wheel Brightner
Tires – Optimum Power Clean
Clay – Meguiars Mild Clay
Paint correction step 1 – Meguiar’s D300 and MF cutting disk on the DA
Paint correction step 2 – Meguiar’s M205 and crimson LC foam pad on the DA
Coating Prep – Foam bath with CGCW and OPC followed by a IPA wipe-down
Paint protection – Optimum Opti-Guard (Paint/wheels/lights/trim)
Tire and wheel wells – Dressed with Meguiar’s Hyper Dressing 3:1
Glass – Meguiars D120
Chrome – Optimum Metal Polish

Note: Areas with bad water spots (hood and fenders) were first hit with M105/Surbuf

Before pics

Heavy swirls

Water spots on hood

Side molding were in rough shape!

50/50 after just the D300 compound!

Water spot 50/50

 

[RaskyR1]

After pics!

Moldings came out pretty good…color was still off a bit

Brinkmann

Video showing the Meguiar's D300 compound and MF cutting pad going to work!
YouTube - D300 test spot





Thanks for looking!

Rasky

 

[jlb85]

Chad, that is one BIG vehicle!! How long did it take you?

Outstanding results! The color looks dripping wet with the Opti Guard, which has to be the perfect coating for any SUV!!!

The vid is very nice as well, but you make it look too easy!

 

[RaskyR1]

Chad, that is one BIG vehicle!! How long did it take you?

Outstanding results! The color looks dripping wet with the Opti Guard, which has to be the perfect coating for any SUV!!!

The vid is very nice as well, but you make it look too easy!

Hahaha!

Thanks Jacob! About 18hrs on that bad boy.


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[Elite Pro]

Impressive work! rops:

 

[kingofsorrow]

great work. you really brought the beauty in the paint to life.

 

[fishnugget]

Great job Chad...

I like the design of the Tahoe, the paint looks great too.

I see you did 4 section passes on your video (Great vid btw). Does GMC and Chevy have hard clear? I just bought the Meguiars D300 and cutting pad, I am going to correct my old mans Denali. Will 4 sections passes be the norm using this system? Thanks.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Looks great Chad! GMT900s are a pleasure to work on IMO (of course I'm biased, I own one).

 

[maximus20895]

Hey I just saw this somewhere else

Great job once again, Chad! I always love seeing you before and afters.

 

[Bates Detailing]

Perty! Great job man :dblthumb2:

 

[BobbyG]

Hey Chad,

WOW, that was a ton of work but the end result is absolutely gorgeous! I love the way a candy red glows after paint correction and the Opti-Guard application.

Someones going to be very pleased when they come to pick it up! rops:

 

[panthercz]

Wow that was a big difference! The 50/50 shots really showed a huge difference. Great job!

 

[RaskyR1]

Impressive work! rops:

Thank you!

great work. you really brought the beauty in the paint to life.

Thank you!

Great job Chad...

I like the design of the Tahoe, the paint looks great too.

I see you did 4 section passes on your video (Great vid btw). Does GMC and Chevy have hard clear? I just bought the Meguiars D300 and cutting pad, I am going to correct my old mans Denali. Will 4 sections passes be the norm using this system? Thanks.

Thanks buddy!

I do feel it's on the harder side but these swirls/scratches were shallow enough that they come out with little effort. There were a few scratches here and there that remained, but I easily achieved 90-95% correction in that quick pass shown in the video.

I can't say what your results will be as all paints are different, not to mention the condition. Technique will also play a very big role. I was using heavy pressure with slow arm movement. (The polishing was sped up 4x to shorten the length of the video).

Looks great Chad! GMT900s are a pleasure to work on IMO (of course I'm biased, I own one).

Thanks!

Other than its size, I did enjoy working on that paint.

Hey I just saw this somewhere else

Great job once again, Chad! I always love seeing you before and afters.

Thanks buddy!


I will address your question too.....just got too late last night.

Perty! Great job man :dblthumb2:

Thank you!

Hey Chad,

WOW, that was a ton of work but the end result is absolutely gorgeous! I love the way a candy red glows after paint correction and the Opti-Guard application.

Someones going to be very pleased when they come to pick it up! rops:

Thanks Bob!

Wow that was a big difference! The 50/50 shots really showed a huge difference. Great job!

Thank you!

 

[Bunky]

Nice work. I sure like that color.

 

[fishnugget]

Thanks buddy!

I do feel it's on the harder side but these swirls/scratches were shallow enough that they come out with little effort. There were a few scratches here and there that remained, but I easily achieved 90-95% correction in that quick pass shown in the video.

I can't say what your results will be as all paints are different, not to mention the condition. Technique will also play a very big role. I was using heavy pressure with slow arm movement. (The polishing was sped up 4x to shorten the length of the video).

Thanks for the info. this will be helpful once I get started on polishing :xyxthumbs:

 

[RaskyR1]

Nice work. I sure like that color.

Thanks Al!

Thanks for the info. this will be helpful once I get started on polishing :xyxthumbs:

No prob! let me know how it goes! rops: