Wet sanded, ploshed and Rejexed part 2
04-24-2006, 01:53 AM
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Wet sanded, ploshed and Rejexed part 2
I posted this process a few months ago I have some better pics and photobucket now. This weekend I had some spare time so I went over the entire car with 3M swirl removed again and gave her two coats of Rejex. I'm really impressed with Rejex, have used NXT and Ziano, but feel Rejex is easier to use with similar or better results. It also worked great on my polished wheels and really brightened them up vs. Mothers or Semichrome alone. We will see how it lasts. Now the paint is virtually flat, with almost no orange peel. My original intent was to polish out a few minor scratches on the hood, the hood looked so nice, I wound up doing the whole car. I'm really impressed how good GM paint looks with a little polishing. Maybe they add a little more or different clear coat than other cars? The pictures really do not show the added shine / depth just nothing but hazy days here at the coast for the last 4 months. I hope this post help anyone who has scratches, etc.
I like 3M professional polishing products only because I'm familiar with them. I know there are many other new and great products out there, would enjoy hearing about and seeing some pics on other products used on Corvettes.
Process I used:
1) Clay bar the entire car.
2) Wet sand with 2000 grit Norton wet/dry sandpaper with a small about of car wash soap in the bucket. Rotate and replace the sandpaper and water in your bucket frequently, I used almost 1/2 a sleeve of paper.
3) Polish with 3M medium polishing compound, with a lamb's wool cutting pad on a rotary buffer at 1200 rpm. Take your time, less compound is "more" work in 12" X 12" areas. I spur a natural wheel often even 3 square feet or so, keeping your polishing pad clean greatly reduces swirling.
4) Polish with 3M fine polishing compound, with foam cutting pad on a rotary buffer at 1200 rpm. I rinse the pad every two panels or so. Take your time, less compound is more, work in 12" X 12" areas, Blow off then wash car to remove all polishing residue and dust after compounding stages.
5) Polish with 3M swirl remover and a foam polishing pad on rotary buffer at 1200 rpm. This is a critical step, take your time and slowly work the polish into the paint working in a 12" x 12" area. Make 2 passes. Again less polish is more. Total of three passes.
6) Polish by hand with 3M Imperial hand glaze, 2 coats
7) Apply your favorite wax, 2 coats, I like to wait a day between applications. Used Rejex , like I said I'm impressed
I like 3M professional polishing products only because I'm familiar with them. I know there are many other new and great products out there, would enjoy hearing about and seeing some pics on other products used on Corvettes.
Process I used:
1) Clay bar the entire car.
2) Wet sand with 2000 grit Norton wet/dry sandpaper with a small about of car wash soap in the bucket. Rotate and replace the sandpaper and water in your bucket frequently, I used almost 1/2 a sleeve of paper.
3) Polish with 3M medium polishing compound, with a lamb's wool cutting pad on a rotary buffer at 1200 rpm. Take your time, less compound is "more" work in 12" X 12" areas. I spur a natural wheel often even 3 square feet or so, keeping your polishing pad clean greatly reduces swirling.
4) Polish with 3M fine polishing compound, with foam cutting pad on a rotary buffer at 1200 rpm. I rinse the pad every two panels or so. Take your time, less compound is more, work in 12" X 12" areas, Blow off then wash car to remove all polishing residue and dust after compounding stages.
5) Polish with 3M swirl remover and a foam polishing pad on rotary buffer at 1200 rpm. This is a critical step, take your time and slowly work the polish into the paint working in a 12" x 12" area. Make 2 passes. Again less polish is more. Total of three passes.
6) Polish by hand with 3M Imperial hand glaze, 2 coats
7) Apply your favorite wax, 2 coats, I like to wait a day between applications. Used Rejex , like I said I'm impressed
Last edited by torch2000vert; 04-24-2006 at 05:09 AM.
04-24-2006, 02:03 AM
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Damn that looks good. I just dont trust myself with a rotary buffer to attempt this.
04-24-2006, 03:59 AM
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04-24-2006, 09:41 AM
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Looks good, but you better be careful wet sanding your car. If you do it too often, you won't have any paint left to polish. Some guys on Autopia did a test on the wet sanding/buffing procedure and how much paint was removed in the process. They took a Mercedes door that had just been repainted not too long before and measured the amount of paint on it. Their conclusions was you could only wet sand once before removing too much paint
