Shiny

 

Looks great. What type of paint is on the car? Why are you flipping the bird in the fourth picture?

 

The results speak for themselves. I've owned enough black cars to know they show every imperfection. Looks fantastic! I've had good luck with Griot's products also, including their clay bar. A good claying is a good substitute for polishing the paint before wax. Amazing how much tree sap and just air pollution those clay bars will remove. Does your paint now feel silky smooth or at least better? Curious which brand of wax you will use now to seal it up?

 

Oh its as silk as underwear now. I'm going to use the Griots polish and then Griots Best of Show wax. I have their orbital buffer to put it on.

Paint looks good. Those 2X4 cradles need to be turned. That top board is to keep it from rolling off.

Yes sir, good catch, car is off cradles now back on the ground - but you are right I had it wrong. Luckily for me the car didn't go anywhere, I actually wasnt even under neath of it. I ran my air hoses under the door sills with the taillight wiring but having it up in the air sure made it easier on my back and knees.

I thought I saw a shiny bird in that paint. Looks great. Must be one of them 30K paint jobs.....

I doubt it, it was painted in 1990 and 30k then could have bought you a decent house.

Looks great. What type of paint is on the car? Why are you flipping the bird in the fourth picture?

Not sure on the paint, I bought the car this past summer. It was a one family owner which was pretty cool. It's completely original besides being painted once about 30 years ago. In excellent shape - still has the Bill of Sale in the window.

 

I thought I saw a shiny bird in that paint. Looks great. Must be one of them 30K paint jobs.....

 

makes me wonder what I did with my set of dog dish caps,

 

Been using clay bars for years, very easy to do and great results, although it does suck when I drop it on the floor. All I can say about that, is it also works great picking up crap off the floor before I pick it up and throw it into the trash.

 

need to trim the nail on that one finger i saw!!LOL

 

LOL, turned out great, had to put on my shades

 

Paint looks good. Those 2X4 cradles need to be turned. That top board is to keep it from rolling off.

 

Yup, turn the cradles 090*.
I think you started with a good paint job to begin with, it does look killer. Black paint is a Bitch to make look good, you've done it.
What kind of bird can't fly?

 

If you've got it as smooth as silk underwear now and looking that good, I think you could skip the polish step and go straight to the wax. I've got their orbital also. Be careful how many friends and family you show these pictures to. I made that mistake and got all kinds of detailing requests for their cars. 🙄

 

I started using the clay bars a few years back. I had no idea what I had been missing.