2004 Red Z06 Corvette Detailed by Tru_Shine

Tru_Shine

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This Vette has had a life of being pampered. Only being driven on sunny days, always being stored in garages, nothing but the best for her. The past couple of owners have definitely taken pride in her, and taken great care of her. But, somewhere along the way there has been a few improper wash jobs causing a few surface defects such as random light scratches, spider webbing and other light defects. The owner wanted it brought back to it's Tru_Shine! in 14 hours straight!



Beginning the prep:



Weapon's of choice



5 gal bucket

Grit Guard

100% Sheep skin wash mitt

Dawn ultra concentrate

EZ detail brush small and large

Chemical Guys Diablo wheel Gel 3:1 ratio

misc wheel brush

spoke wheel brush

lug nut brush

P21s polishing soap

Clay magic blue fine Claybar

other misc bushes





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I began by washing with a Strong dilution of Dawn detergent to really strip off any old waxes, This is a very important step because if the pad is polishing on top of waxes then its not working at its full potential and you wont see the optimum results when finished. After the wash, the car was Clayed using the soapy water as lube.





Here is the car when I arrived.



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I first sprayed the Chemical guys Diablo Wheel Gel to let it dwell and break down all of the wheel grime while I got everything together for the wash.



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after that I presoaked the car knocking off anything big



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Using my EZ detail brushes, I got into all of the tight areas.



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I polished out the tips using P21s polishing soap



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After that, I went back to the wheels and gave them some scrubbin



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This is after all of the waxes and fillers were removed.



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Now I pull the car in and get to taping it up



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Once everything was taped up I began buffing the paint using my FLEX 3401 with the Cyan Hydro tech pad and Meguiar's M105 ultimate compound.



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I used the Rotary buffer with a GlossIt 3" foam backing plate with a Cyan Hydrotech 4" pad to get in all of the small areas



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Followed by the 4" Tangerine Hydrotech pad w/ M205 for the polishing of these areas



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This red was making it very difficult to capture the defects in the light but I managed to get a couple. here is a 50/50 using my Brinkmans duel xenon swirl finder light



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I used the Griot's Garage 3" orbitl polisher w/ 4" backing plate to get all of the areas that the Flex couldn't get.



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I usually start at the Driver fender and make my way arround to the passenger side



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I check each panel using the Brinkmans duel xenon light, look at that clarity!



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The whole roof had some acid rain etching that wasn't buffing out easily, So I wet sanded with 3000 grit to knock off a very fine level of the clear to remove the etching.



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I removed the 3000 grit wetsand marks using a Lake country Purple Foamed wool pad and Meguiars M105



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After the Dusty compounding stage I use my Metro Magic Air to blow out all of the crevices and to get the dust off the car. I attach a vacuum hose with crevice tools to get high psi coming out of the tip.



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The compounding stage is finally done, Now its time to use the new Lake country Crimson hydrotech pad via Flex 3401 and Meguiars M205 Ultra Finishing polish



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I removed all of the tape and applied Black Fire Wet Diamond to the paint using a Lake country Blue finishing pad via Flex 3401.



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So while the Black Fire Wet diamond was Curing I took care of a few Misc defects



One problem was the reverse light lense had a scuff on it that the owner wanted removed



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I polished out all of the tail lights



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I dressed all of the black plastic with 303 aero space protectant



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The owner had request for me to polsh out some scuff on his painted speaker box, So i used my Griot's garage with a 4" cyan hydrotech pad and M105



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Once most of the scuffs were removed I applied some Dodo Juice Super Natural wax with my Auto Glym perfect palm applicator pad.



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After all of that, The owner decided that he wanting the Inside and out of the wheels to be polished.



So I lifted up the car and began to remove the wheels and polish them one side at a time.



I the first time around I used White Diamond Polish with #0000 steel wool to knock down the Real bad stuff. then went back with a foam applicator for the final polish



here are some pics of the wheels (Each wheel received this process)



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I dressed the Fender wells with 303 protectant as well



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It was Midnight before I finished



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I had to come back a few days later to get the final day light pics, So here they are



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Wow, nice job! Thats a sweet car. A couple of questions if you dont care, what kind've rotary is that? and how did you go about wetsanding? did you use an orbital? Thanks
 
Very nice outcome. What do you define as a strong solution of Dawn? I never really measure but am wondering what the optimal mixture should be.
 
tomciob said:
Very nice outcome. What do you define as a strong solution of Dawn? I never really measure but am wondering what the optimal mixture should be.



lol just a whole lot of squeezing, there wasn't a specific amount.



DRT said:
Wow, nice job! Thats a sweet car. A couple of questions if you dont care, what kind've rotary is that? and how did you go about wetsanding? did you use an orbital? Thanks



That is a Harbor freight rotary, it works amazingly. and yes I used a orbital polisher with a 6 in backing plate with foam interface pad.
 
Great work. I am interested though in what type of Presure Washer that was. Looked like it had containment areas for adding a chemical to the water system?
 
MachNU said:
Great work. I am interested though in what type of Presure Washer that was. Looked like it had containment areas for adding a chemical to the water system?



LX1 said:
Im also interested in what pressure washer brand that was.



It is a Pro Grade Troybilt pressure washer from LOWES, It has the brass pump and the dual containers for 2 different types of cleaners. 3000psi 2.7gpm, so far it is awesome!



JohnKleven said:
Fantastic work. You got that rock hard clear looking perfect. Looks dripping wet with Dodo Juice Supernatural on it too.
the car received Black fire wet diamond, the speaker box received the Dodo Juice SN.



dsms said:
Really enjoyed that, high level work in every area, superb job once again!



Thanks Everyone! This car was super fun!
 
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