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The owner recently traded up his '05 CTS-V (which I detailed two years ago) for this used '06 model, and as you can see the paint needed a "little" love in order to bring it back to life. 
I had hopped to keep this job two a two step correction, however there were far to many deep RIDS which were taking too long to remove so I opted to bust out the rotary and wool pads.
Correction Process:
-M105 via rotary and Solo wool pad
-M105 via DA and Meguiar's MF cutting pads (finished down very well)
-106fa via DA and tangerine LC Hydro pads
Coating Process:
-Foam bath with OPC and CGCW to remove all polishing oils
-IPA wipe-down
-Opti-Coat(Guard) applied with supplied yellow foam applicator to all paint, wheels, trim, and lights. (8cc used)
Before pics
Brinkmann showing swirls
Deep RIDS
Very deep Scratch (too deep to safely remove 100%)
Swirls under the halogens
50/50 after M105 on rotary
Gas cap fail!
Polishing aggressively around gas doors can be tricky! By using some fine line 3M tape I'm able to protect the edges during the heavy compounding while still getting very close to them....much better than using 3/4" masking tape.
This is after the first two steps....look how nicely M105 finished down on the MF pads!
Wet sanding deep scratch (1500/3000)
Not 100% gone, but hardly noticeable. (removed around 8-10 microns)
Finished pics!
Sorry, MN weather ***** lately and no sun shots could be had.
Sun trying to find it's way out...
Thanks for looking,
Rasky
I had hopped to keep this job two a two step correction, however there were far to many deep RIDS which were taking too long to remove so I opted to bust out the rotary and wool pads.
Correction Process:
-M105 via rotary and Solo wool pad
-M105 via DA and Meguiar's MF cutting pads (finished down very well)
-106fa via DA and tangerine LC Hydro pads
Coating Process:
-Foam bath with OPC and CGCW to remove all polishing oils
-IPA wipe-down
-Opti-Coat(Guard) applied with supplied yellow foam applicator to all paint, wheels, trim, and lights. (8cc used)
Before pics
Brinkmann showing swirls
Deep RIDS
Very deep Scratch (too deep to safely remove 100%)
Swirls under the halogens
50/50 after M105 on rotary
Gas cap fail!
Polishing aggressively around gas doors can be tricky! By using some fine line 3M tape I'm able to protect the edges during the heavy compounding while still getting very close to them....much better than using 3/4" masking tape.
This is after the first two steps....look how nicely M105 finished down on the MF pads!
Wet sanding deep scratch (1500/3000)
Not 100% gone, but hardly noticeable. (removed around 8-10 microns)
Finished pics!
Sorry, MN weather ***** lately and no sun shots could be had.
Sun trying to find it's way out...
Thanks for looking,
Rasky
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