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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 05:12 PM
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How to get silver to shine good again ??And not dull there is a big difference with all different colors b... Believe me ....
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 05:20 PM
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Silver is a hard color to get to "Shine" ... but I suggest you try this in the Car Care Forum ..
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After giving my car a good wash I give it a coat of Meguiars NXT followed by a little "gloss enhancer". When I'm finished the car looks great - the metallic silver paint takes on an almost "metal flake" appearance in the sun. Let's face it, silver will never glisten like some of the other colors but it can still look awfully darned good.





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ZAINO...atleast 4 coats
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After giving my car a good wash I give it a coat of Meguiars NXT followed by a little "gloss enhancer". When I'm finished the car looks great - the metallic silver paint takes on an almost "metal flake" appearance in the sun. Let's face it, silver will never glisten like some of the other colors but it can still look awfully darned good.





nice ride, im putting my third coat of zaino on tomorrow, 3rd in 3 weeks....
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I use McGuires Gold and am completely happy with the appearance. The metallic Flake really comes through.
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Originally Posted by mpuzach
After giving my car a good wash I give it a coat of Meguiars NXT followed by a little "gloss enhancer". When I'm finished the car looks great - the metallic silver paint takes on an almost "metal flake" appearance in the sun. Let's face it, silver will never glisten like some of the other colors but it can still look awfully darned good.


Looks awful shiny to me!

Here is mine:
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Looks awful shiny to me!

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Originally Posted by HOUTEX
ZAINO...atleast 4 coats


No Zaino on mine yet but that's all I used on my Z28 and it was silver.
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Welcome and check out the car care section. BTW, nice username.
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I found Z2p to work best on silver.
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I found Z2p to work best on silver.
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