Teamspeed.com - 2010 Camaro "Hacked".. full Paint Correction

Chevy Camaro in for a complete correction and winter prep detail.

Car was bought with 8,000 miles on it. Dealer prep and polish job left paint with heavy defects and holograms.

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Some before shots of the finish, lots of swirling, RIDS and machine holograms

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Example of how a hologram carries in the light

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The wash process

-Foam w/ CG maxi suds
-Soak with Optimum Power clean 5:1
-Hand wash using Lusso Auto Bathe

Car was then clayed and dried followed by several IPA wipedowns to remove any remaining protection, oils and clay residue

Measuring the paint with a paint gauge, consistent readings all around

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Hood under the LED light, nice myriad of defects

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After a few test combos I landed on the following using both rotary and DA machnes. M105, M205 and Menzerna powerfinish.

A 50.50 after compounding of some of the hood defects

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Pulled the car outside to check my work...

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Front fender 50.50

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Showing the difference in color between polished and unpolished paint... both are technically "black" paint :giggle:

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Closeup of some of the deeper defects

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The lower panels of this car took the most abuse, 50.50 of lower front fender vs. door

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Spot compounding

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Some of the body panels make for awkward polishing angles, improvisation as always is a staple in the correction process :thumb:

I always open up doors during correction so I can polish all the way to an edge without my pad running onto an adjacent panel, especially one just polished out.

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Some areas required an extra hit during the compounding stage

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Some DA finishing on the trunk, new crimson LC pads are very nice!

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A 50.50 of the trunk, again lots of holograms

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Better pic of some of the deeper defects

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Under the LED

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The rear bumper had some of the worst holograms I have seen on a car and by worst I mean just careless buffing x10! Typical figure 8's pattern going up and down the entire bumper.

Before, holograms and defects under standing halogen and LED lights

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After, same exact light source(s) in the same spot

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All in all the correction process took about 15hrs. After which a final IPA wipedown was given before LSP. LSP of choice was Menzerna powerlock.

Wheels polished with Werkstat Prime followed by 2 coats of Rejex.

Interior did not need much work. All leather was treated with the Leather Masters trio for a clean no shine look. 303 on the plastics and Jetseal on the doorjamps for protection.

After shots of the interior

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