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08-11-2016, 12:19 PM | #67 | |
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BRO that's AWESOME! like i said, take your time. i will say it was a learning process using the DA polisher for the first time. i started getting a pretty good feel for it after seeing how it reacts to pressure and the way you hold it. if you want to save your back and knees i highly recommend that mechanic's stool i picked up from Harbor Freight unless you have one already. plus i use the underneath tray to hold the polish, pad conditioner and a microfiber towel. i wasted quite a few microfiber towels because i left them on the car and they kept sliding off to the ground and you know once it hits the ground is no good to use!
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08-11-2016, 07:40 PM | #69 |
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Ordered one pad of each: orange, white, and black but Amazon sent me a bundle of 12 white pads by accident lol so yea I have a ton |
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08-11-2016, 08:19 PM | #70 |
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Now that's what I'm talking about! I was going to order Gary Dean's too but I totally forgot! You can use that as pad conditioner instead...just one spray after you apply the five pea sized product onto the hexlogic pad. Can't believe you bought the same cart and stool you're gonna love it I bet you did like me and stare at all the stuff with a big smile what's the one between the Leather Conditioner and the ButterWet Wax?
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08-11-2016, 08:43 PM | #71 |
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Alright... another 4 more hours into this so I finished up stage 2 and I'm on stage 3 which is the final finish. I'm using CG's V38 with the Black Hexlogic pad. The V38 actually last much longer as you can keep polishing to your liking. Really can't wait to finish this step as Black Light will be next. This will make the paint look wet! Than I'll seal it with JetSeal Sealant.
Total hours: 20
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I'll be looking out for that thread too
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08-12-2016, 09:19 AM | #74 |
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Wow, car looks awesome!!!
GREAT JOB!!!
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08-12-2016, 05:32 PM | #76 | |
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go invest in a pressure washer that will make quick work of getting all the residue off. |
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08-12-2016, 08:13 PM | #77 |
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Will do...it's on the list
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08-12-2016, 08:40 PM | #78 |
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Alright fellows! I'm 95% done on the 3rd step paint correction all I have left is the pillars and the roof. I'll hit it tomorrow but what I'll be doing in the morning is washing the wheels so I can apply Dr Beasley's Matte Wheel Sealant. Oh, i forgot to mention the other night but my CG White hexlogic pad took a $hit so on my way to the gym this morning I stopped by good old Harbor Freight because I couldn't wait for it to be shipped from Chemical Guys and I needed the pad already for later on. HF didn't have any white pads but they did have a blue one which is also a polishing pad. I also ended up picking up an impact gun as I'm in the middle of lifting my Nissan Titan on a 9" lift suspension on 35" mud tires too many hobbies lol! So the HF blue pad to my surprise worked well at first. I managed to hit the rear bumper, both driver's side doors and the fender before the pad did this! I guess for $6 what more can you ask for? It was enough to finish that part of the job.
Total hours: 24
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If anyone's into trucks here's part of the suspension lift. Maxtrac 6.5" Spindle lift, Radflo coilovers, Dirt King UCA's, PRG end links, PRG 1.5" spacer, 4" block, PRG Deaver C-30, CJD Traction Bars, Bilstein 5125's sitting on Fuel Hostage 20×10 -24mm wrapped in 35's Atturo Trail MT'z wheels and tires should be in next week
Here's the wheels I'm waiting for Truck should look like this when it's dine except silver
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So now that im done with the paint correction here's where I started to use the Black light now which is pretty much a glaze that will fill in any scratches that couldn't be corrected. I started with two panels at a time. Let it sit for 20 min than wipe off with a microfiber towel. While im waiting for that 20 min I started to work on the wheels using Clean Slate to remove/strip all the waxes and what not on the wheels.
Okay with the wheels cleaned and stripped it's now time to use Dr Beasley's Matte Wheel Sealant. So let me tell you what a difference it makes. Before I would use just a Meguair's Detailer spray just to detail them and it would leave it glossy instead of matte. Hard to show in pictures but it looks so different to leave them a true matte finish! Meguiars would just make them too glossy.
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08-13-2016, 11:33 PM | #82 |
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So here's the Black Light results. WOW! it's almost glass like. The reflections are just getting sharper and sharper! I wasn't sure how much clearer and shinier can it get when it was already shiney from the previous step? But if you ever try this yourself you'll see what I mean as it's hard to capture with pictures when viewing it with your own eyes will say a million words.
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So up next is JetSeal Sealant which will seal everything up and is good for a year. Suppose to protect the paint from harsh elements like rain, dirt, grime, bird poop and also protect from the sun's UV rays not much difference with getting even shinier with this stuff. I did have to wait 20 min for curing time. While I was waiting I went and started working on the leather interior
CG's leather cleaner. I used the special horse hair brush I bought from CG so I don't damage the leather using to hard of a scrubbing brush Followed by the leather conditioner which I used an applicator pad and just applied to all the leather throughout the car What a difference! The Meguiars all in one leather cleaner/conditioner just doesn't compare! My leather interior looks brand new again. Also smells like new leather
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Soooooooo.....FINALLY! the last step in this long journey is applying the wax....ButterWet Wax which by the way, smells sooooo darn good
I can't put into words what I'm seeing because even when I bought the car the paint didn't look like this! Thanks everyone for taking this journey along with me starting at 8am and finishing at 9pm that brings me to a total of 31 hours! if anyone has any questions feel free to ask I'm no expert but I think I did pretty good for my first time
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Dang it! I know what I forgot to do! Spray the Stripper Scent
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08-14-2016, 05:40 AM | #86 |
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Do it now but let the wife see you do it and also smell it first. You don't want a 'please explain' later on
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Looks fantastic!!!
Now you can't drive it or take it outside for fear of getting it dirty/scratched.....
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