Clayed, Polished, and Waxed up the truck today
Mar 15, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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Clayed, Polished, and Waxed up the truck today
Well I did my twice a year cleaning on the truck today... I thought I would post up some pics and enjoy it while it lasts, cause black paint only stays clean for a few hours until it is dusty again..
Anyways I was able to find my favorite polish yesterday, I have been looking for this particular brand for awhile, it is a little expensive ($14) but IMO it is the best and a must with black paint, absolutely no swirls marks!!!!
I still need to polish up my wheels and hopefully clear coat them this time.... Yep I am one of the dumbasses that striped off the clear coat and polished up the factory wheels.... I also need to ditch the mirror caps and get some different tails, but that will be sometime later..
Mequiars Claybar, then 3m machine polish, then Mequiars Gold class wax (2 coats)...
Anyways I was able to find my favorite polish yesterday, I have been looking for this particular brand for awhile, it is a little expensive ($14) but IMO it is the best and a must with black paint, absolutely no swirls marks!!!!
I still need to polish up my wheels and hopefully clear coat them this time.... Yep I am one of the dumbasses that striped off the clear coat and polished up the factory wheels.... I also need to ditch the mirror caps and get some different tails, but that will be sometime later..
Mequiars Claybar, then 3m machine polish, then Mequiars Gold class wax (2 coats)...
Mar 15, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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i went to buy some 3m stuff yesterday, all they had were liter bottles @ $45 each. im getting some stuff from a guy on gmfullsize.com gonna do the same thing next weekend i hope. mine looks bad, and when white looks bad thats real bad.
youre truck looks great, what type of machine did you use.
youre truck looks great, what type of machine did you use.
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Mar 15, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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I use a regular 10" buffer/polisher... It works great for putting on wax and polish... It cuts the time roughly in half if not more than doing it by hand and it uses less polish and wax.... All that took me like 3-4 hours...
I usually buy new mits for the buffer each time I do this... But they get plenty of use during the six months I have them... I usually do this twice a year to mine and my GF cars, then usually another coat of regular wax sometime inbetween...
I usually buy new mits for the buffer each time I do this... But they get plenty of use during the six months I have them... I usually do this twice a year to mine and my GF cars, then usually another coat of regular wax sometime inbetween...
