1994 Chevrolet Corvette Paint Correction

FromG2Z

Friend/client of mine wanted his baby buffed and corrected, so I took this beast on. It only has about 30k miles for an almost 20 year old car. Great shape overall. Problem is, it was swirled all to heck. Little did I know that I was going to take on the hardest clear coat I have ever buffed...

Turns out, I had to go over it twice with an M105/IP orange pad combo. Even then, there were still some really deep scratches still remaining. I didn't want to cut too far as I still have to invest in a paint gauge on of these days. Nevertheless, I stopped at about 95% correction.

Thanks to all the forum members that responded to my initial inquiry earlier this week of how to tackle this project.

Total hours invested: 10

Equipment/Process used:

ONR wash
ONR spot clay

Flex 3401
Menz IP - orange CCS pad
M105 - orange CCS pad
85RD - gray CCS pad
PC
EZ Creme glaze (love this stuff) - blue CCS pad
Jetseal 109 (again love this stuff) - red CCS pad cured for 8 hours
Supernatural (might be my favorite LSP...so versatile and sooo wet looking)
Wheels dressed with OCW
Tires dressed with Sonax Tire Gel


PICS (these are UNALTERED)

BEFORE PICS:

Friend/client of mine wanted his baby buffed and corrected, so I took this beast on. It only has about 30k miles for an almost 20 year old car. Great shape overall. Problem is, it was swirled all to heck. Little did I know that I was going to take on the hardest clear coat I have ever buffed...

Turns out, I had to go over it twice with an M105/IP orange pad combo. Even then, there were still some really deep scratches still remaining. I didn't want to cut too far as I still have to invest in a paint gauge on of these days. Nevertheless, I stopped at about 95% correction.

Thanks to all the forum members that responded to my initial inquiry earlier this week of how to tackle this project.

Total hours invested: 10

Equipment/Process used:

ONR wash
ONR spot clay

Flex 3401
Menz IP - orange CCS pad
M105 - orange CCS pad
85RD - gray CCS pad
PC
EZ Creme glaze (love this stuff) - blue CCS pad
Jetseal 109 (again love this stuff) - red CCS pad cured for 8 hours
Supernatural (might be my favorite LSP...so versatile and sooo wet looking)
Wheels dressed with OCW
Tires dressed with Sonax Tire Gel


PICS (these are UNALTERED)

BEFORE PICS:

as it arrived Monday night...













IN PROGRESS 50/50 PICS:







AFTER ORANGE PAD POLISHING ONLY:







AFTER GRAY PAD POLISHING (no glaze):

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