My baby's all cleaned up. She sure cleans up nice!
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My baby's all cleaned up. She sure cleans up nice!
I've had my car for just over two years and despite two bucket washes, good products, great towels, and blowing her dry it had the usual assortment of light scratches. I picked up a Rupes LHR 15 Mark II some time ago and also decided on buying a 3" Griots Garage buffer. Good thing, because this car is all angles. I could only really use the Rupes on the roof, hood, and half the door. The 3" buffer did the bulk of the work. Took two days to wash, clay bar, and two pass polish with Sonax Cut Max and Perfect Finish but damn she's looking good. That Perfect Finish is good stuff. Stays wet for a long time so you can work with it, and wipes off easily. Pics won't do her justice but here they are...
Normally, the sun in the last pic would be surrounded by a halo of fine scratches. Not today! Now that I'm finished, I'm thinking she looks better then the day I got here. Couldn't be happier with the results.
Mike
Normally, the sun in the last pic would be surrounded by a halo of fine scratches. Not today! Now that I'm finished, I'm thinking she looks better then the day I got here. Couldn't be happier with the results.
Mike
Last edited by mcoomer; 06-24-2019 at 08:31 PM.
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Nice work looking good.
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Sure looks darn good to me.
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Looks great -- congratulations!
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Nice work. Looks great.
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Outstanding work!
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you did an awesome job buddy, as a post owner of black cars i know how difficult they are to work on. but when you are done nothing can beat a shiny clean beautiful black car ( especially a corvette) Congrats!
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I had two black Mustang GT coupes (several years ago) and they looked TOTALLY HOT when clean - but they also show every speck of dirt & imperfection.
You did a great job with your black Corvette. It looks great! (I am still partial to Torch Red on a Corvette, but have to give you kudos anyway.)
You did a great job with your black Corvette. It looks great! (I am still partial to Torch Red on a Corvette, but have to give you kudos anyway.)