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Old 01-07-2009, 06:06 PM
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This car has been sitting for a while, the owner accidentally shut the garage door onto the rear bumper and wanted me to get out the scratches for him and decided to just do the entire car. It was in pretty rough shape, I spent a total of 3 days on this one..Enjoy! PS. I got the scratches out of the bumper..

Products:

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum No Rinse
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Meguairs M105/PFW Wool x2
Menzerna SIP/Orange
UK 3M Ultrafina/ UK 3M Finishing Pad
91% Isopropyl Alcohol
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu

LSP:
P21S "100%" Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

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Once I got it cleaned up, this is how it looked under the halogen lighting..











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Now for some nice 50/50 shots!

After M105x2/SIP










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Some full sun shots after M105/SIP..












During the polishing stages..




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Finished:
















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Few finished overall car shots..














Sunset reflecting in the garage..
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Your the man, I hope to one day be that good.
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Seriously awesome work Billy!
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Thanks!
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nice job - I like the last image -


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