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    Black Low Mileage Caddy

    Been awhile and thought I would start posting up some of my work again. Have a great client that has several low mileage cars and have been doing some light to medium correction work on some of them. Got this one in about a month ago,


    Looked great in clients garage until I went and picked up. Stopped to get me a bite to eat and thought I would check in the direct sunlight. My jaw dropped!!!!

    This is on the drunk lid, and a repaint. And as you can see another Quality body shop buff! There was Holograms all over the car. And on the trunk at the very back and on the verticle panel on the trunk the paint was also very, very thin!! (I was worried about trying to at least remove some swirls)





    After a rinseless wash, clayed, taped and rims & tires covered as well as the windshield, ready to start lightly polishing.


    Condition of the sides of the vehicle. This is the driver side front door I'll be working on.


    After careful polishing, cleared the finish up nicely!


    Great reflection shot across the hood.


    High powered LED's shining down on the hood after polishing.


    5 High Powered LED's helping me get the paint as good as possible as well as removing most swirl and scratches


    Lighten it up! Great Reflection shine!


    Before


    After a 2 step polishing


    Before, working on the trunk lid using slow speed, light pressure and a mild cleaner polish with a finishing pad.


    After, looks alot better but this paint was very soft and very scratch sensitive


    Top edge around door with light swirls and scratches.


    Cleaned up about 90% or so of light swirls & scratches.


    All polished, IPA wipe down and GTechniq top coat applied. Great Reflections, A nice older low mileage Caddy!!!




    White walls and Caddy spokes!!


    Finished, Black and Slick!




    Thanks for looking, this was one fun polishing job except the trunk lid. I believe the trunk lid was a rush do-over and wasn't mixed right because it was very! very scratch sensitive!!!! Used my 7424XP on speed 4 about 10 lbs. pressure a finishing pad with M205 and then even lightened up on that for the last pass with just the weight of the Porter Cable to keep any DA haze of surface.
    ''USE THE LEAST AGGRESSIVE PRODUCT TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT''
    You Don't Know What You Can Do Until You Try '' TECHNIQUE IS EVERYTHING''
    Test Hoods Are Cheap And Most Of The Time Free
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  • #2
    Re: Black Low Mileage Caddy

    That looks beautiful - great work!
    Originally posted by Blueline
    I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.

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    • #3
      Re: Black Low Mileage Caddy

      Nice to see you back. The caddy came out great.
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      • #4
        IMO this post gets a perfect 10 all across the board! Wow.
        I've got a love for all Cadillacs, especially the older one's in part to their distinct, unique, and bold styling.. The styling on the 76-79 Seville is so unique, that it took a while to finally grow on me.. But as time goes on this perticular model has grown on me.. And the condition you left this black handsome ride is a perfect example of what this classic car should look like.
        Outstanding job!

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        • #5
          Re: Black Low Mileage Caddy

          Originally posted by davey g-force View Post
          That looks beautiful - great work!
          Thanks davey appreciate that!

          Originally posted by The Guz View Post
          Nice to see you back. The caddy came out great.
          Thanks Guz

          Originally posted by Eldorado2k View Post
          IMO this post gets a perfect 10 all across the board! Wow.
          I've got a love for all Cadillacs, especially the older one's in part to their distinct, unique, and bold styling.. The styling on the 76-79 Seville is so unique, that it took a while to finally grow on me.. But as time goes on this perticular model has grown on me.. And the condition you left this black handsome ride is a perfect example of what this classic car should look like.
          Outstanding job!
          Appreciate that Caddy Daddy!! The gentlemen that owns this 15,848 I believe? also has #90 of 200, 1976 white on white Bicentennial Caddy Convertible that I polished out a couple months ago and applied EXO too. May post up on here when I get a free minute if you would like to see it. It has 13,??? original miles, I got to drive it about 60+ ,miles to my garage and boy you talk about a smooth ride!!!

          Thanks again guys for the kind words. Appreciate it!
          ''USE THE LEAST AGGRESSIVE PRODUCT TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT''
          You Don't Know What You Can Do Until You Try '' TECHNIQUE IS EVERYTHING''
          Test Hoods Are Cheap And Most Of The Time Free

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          • #6
            Ok lots to say after reading your post^

            1st of all, that Bicentennial Eldorado has lived a blessed life for it to not only have that few original miles on it, but to fall into the right hands when it was your duty to polish & wax it! That's awesome. I'd love to see some pix, my friend. BTW, was the paint on it clearcoat or single stage? 13,000 wow..

            It's funny how special that 76' Eldorado was set to be.. So special that it was to be the last fleet of convertable Eldos ever... But then just 8yrs. later Cadillac just decides to release the 1984 Eldorado Biaritz Convertable expecting all the world to love it.. Well those owners who were promised they had purchased the last convertable Cadillacs ever were beyond furious! Lol. They even sued Cadillac and I don't blame them.

            However, I have a special place in my heart for the early 80's Eldos. My 1st car was an 82' Eldorado Biaritz that I purchased for only $1,300. It looked just like this 1 in the picture.. Except mine had a stainless steel roof & white leather interior. Great looking cars when they're in good condition.

            This here's an 85'



            Now as far as the Seville you polished, you mentioned 15,848.. Is that how many miles it currently has on it? Or what # it was?

            Btw, from what I recall, those 1st edition Sevilles from 1976-1979 were the best selling Cadillacs of all time. And just think of how rare it is to see 1 looking like that today...

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            • #7
              Re: Black Low Mileage Caddy

              That caddy turned out awesome! Great job.
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              • #8
                Re: Black Low Mileage Caddy

                Originally posted by exploreco View Post
                That caddy turned out awesome! Great job.
                Thanks exploreco, appreciate that.
                ''USE THE LEAST AGGRESSIVE PRODUCT TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT''
                You Don't Know What You Can Do Until You Try '' TECHNIQUE IS EVERYTHING''
                Test Hoods Are Cheap And Most Of The Time Free

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                • #9
                  Re: Black Low Mileage Caddy

                  That's a great turn around!

                  You're really turning out some fantastic work and I'm loving your posts showing the before and after pics!

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                  • #10
                    Re: Black Low Mileage Caddy

                    Originally posted by Selectchoice View Post
                    That's a great turn around!

                    You're really turning out some fantastic work and I'm loving your posts showing the before and after pics!
                    Appreciate that buddy, thanks for the kind words!
                    ''USE THE LEAST AGGRESSIVE PRODUCT TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT''
                    You Don't Know What You Can Do Until You Try '' TECHNIQUE IS EVERYTHING''
                    Test Hoods Are Cheap And Most Of The Time Free

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                    • #11
                      Re: Black Low Mileage Caddy

                      Great work, Daniel, that Caddy came up looking great. Amazing what just some M205 can do when worked right, huh?
                      Michael Stoops
                      Senior Global Product & Training Specialist | Meguiar's Inc.

                      Remember, this hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need therapy.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Black Low Mileage Caddy

                        Originally posted by Michael Stoops View Post
                        Great work, Daniel, that Caddy came up looking great. Amazing what just some M205 can do when worked right, huh?
                        Always appreciate your comments! Can't wait to try M205 out with the DFC5 Cutting Disk & then step down to DFP5 Polishing Disk!

                        Hopefully that S-10 hood I'm having a body shop fix and Paint black with some extra clear (and not to worry about orange peel that I wouldn't it)on will be here when the disk will be available, Going to be a great test/ review & just playing around, can't wait!!!!

                        By the way, my wife has been asking what I want for Christmas ? How about 1) 6-pk of each DFC5 & DFP5 / and the DBP5 disks & the DBP3 for my rotary

                        With my 7424XP / Flex 3401 / M205 and the methods for being able to control the aggressiveness of you pads/disk and product, M205 & the New Disk is going to be a game changer indeed!!!!!!
                        ''USE THE LEAST AGGRESSIVE PRODUCT TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT''
                        You Don't Know What You Can Do Until You Try '' TECHNIQUE IS EVERYTHING''
                        Test Hoods Are Cheap And Most Of The Time Free

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