Black Corvette

[sstruck]

Recently a friend bought a black 99 Corvette . The previous owner buffed the whole car with a rotary buffer and left lots of swirls and spider webs . They did not even clean up the splatter on the windows , lights , etc. What
recommendations do you have for fixing this mess ? I have a rotary and PC and am very familiar with roatry and have had good results in the past , but this has to be as near perfect as possible . Thanks

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Black Corvette

Because you don't know what the other guy used to instill the swirls into the paint you don't know how deep they are and you probably don't know how polishable the paint is.

Polishable meaning how how easy or hard it is to remove below surface defects out of the paint. Polishable is a range between

1. So hard it's extremely difficult to remove small particles of paint in an effort to remove a below surface defect.
2. So soft that just the act of wiping the paint with a clean, soft microfiber polishing cloth instills swirls and scratches.

The best of both worlds is a paint system somewhere between these two extremes. A paint system the average person can work on, by this we mean a paint system soft enough they can work defects out of the paint but hard enough to resist scratching through normal maintenance procedures while still providing long service life.


Anyway what you want to do is a couple of Test Spots to see what it will take to remove the swirls, we would usually try the least aggressive approach just to see what you can do. For example, give M80 with a W-8006 foam polishing pad on the G100/PC and see what this combination will do.

Another option would be to tackle the entire car with M83, with a W-8006 polishing pad and a rotary buffer and if this combo will remove the swirls then use it and then follow with the G100/PC using a less aggressive product to remove any swirls you leave behind and then go to wax.

Check these two threads/options out...

Switching from 3M to Meguiar's - Rotary Buffer Questions?

Using the G-100 to remove swirls with the Professional Line


Hope this helps and good luck...