Nick240sx: 300ZX Detail - Paint corrective

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Nick240sx
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Here is a full detail of a 1996 300zx! The pics show the car after it was washed and clay barred, most of the pics in the sun to show the swirls and rids in the paint. It may look brutal but this car is in EXCELLENT shape, it just looks even newer now! Car was dropped off last night and sent home around 9 this evening.

Paint correction (In order this time)Menzerna Intensive polish - Cylco Buffer - Orange padsMenzerna Final Polish II - Porter Cable - White pad Menzerna Finishing Touch Glaze - Microfiber applicatorOptimum Opti-Seal Sealant - Microfiber applicator - 2 hour cure timeCollinite's 845 Insulator wax - Microfiber applicator - 1 hour cure time

WheelsMenzerna Final Polish Optimum Opti-Seal SealantCollinite's 845 Insulator wax

On to the pics! Showing the paint before polishing

Exhaust BeforeExhaust After

Wheel BeforeAfter

On to the 50/50 photos!In sunlight

50/50 of the wing

Trunk haze

The finished photos!


DJ Raijin
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looks great!

I really need to clean my car hardcore but it keeps raining on the weekends

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Wc240
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major improvement

Nick240sx
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Thanks guys!

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i was wondering do u use any kind of buffer or anything like that sort is or is it all by hand?

Nick240sx
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I use a mix of buffers, between a Porter Cable 7424, a Rotary, and a Cyclo. You can't achieve that kind of swirl removal by hand, the only hand applied parts of the detail are the sealant sometimes, and always the wax.

Sal329
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Great work, I really like the 50/50 pics. Opti Seal is a great sealant, I like to use Shag Rags from Ragshack to apply that and OCW. What did you use on the muffler?

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Pieceofsand
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is that your car or was it someone elses' car that you done? o.0looks great by the way, i just bought a buffer, i'd like to play around with it.why did you need two different buffers?

mcsniper703
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I am wondering what kind of product I need to do polishing and sealant by hand manually? I dont have buffering machine. I also wondering what kind of clay bar is recommend because I use Meguiar gray clay is not aggressive. My car is black Altima thanks.


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