roger102
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It took me 2 weeks to prep the bodywork for Silverstone, working evenings and w/e's. The car hadn't been detailed before and there where some fairly deep scratches requiring attention.
I was originally going to wet sand the lacquer, based on it working well for the stone chips on the front when I restored the grill.
However time being of the essence I played safe and went for standard buffing. Glad I didn't, the lacquer is one of the toughest out there and it really did take a couple of days before I understood how to work the compounds to the lacquer over larger areas. Perhaps in an ideal world I would have wet sanded and buffed panel by panel but didn't want to run out of time.
Anyway I decided to finish with a sealant instead of wax. Again a bit of a pig to get on but with a bit of practice it all worked out in the end. Washing is now a completely different experience, feels like the mitt is gliding over glass and the beading is incredible. They say it lasts years so we'll see. The car is either garaged or covered so not totally exposed to the elements but will be interesting to see if it does what it says on the tin....
I was originally going to wet sand the lacquer, based on it working well for the stone chips on the front when I restored the grill.
However time being of the essence I played safe and went for standard buffing. Glad I didn't, the lacquer is one of the toughest out there and it really did take a couple of days before I understood how to work the compounds to the lacquer over larger areas. Perhaps in an ideal world I would have wet sanded and buffed panel by panel but didn't want to run out of time.
Anyway I decided to finish with a sealant instead of wax. Again a bit of a pig to get on but with a bit of practice it all worked out in the end. Washing is now a completely different experience, feels like the mitt is gliding over glass and the beading is incredible. They say it lasts years so we'll see. The car is either garaged or covered so not totally exposed to the elements but will be interesting to see if it does what it says on the tin....