I never thought my Z could look so good again without a repaint! I
detailed it for the first time, ever - first time I've detailed ANY car, ever -
yesterday. Usually I just do the good ol' wash-'n-wax. This time I did the
following:Wash
Mother's clay bar
Meguiar's paint cleaner
Meguiar's polish
Back-to-black on molding
Rock guard cleaned with Simple Green on a brush, then polish on it And then it got too close to dark to apply wax, so that'll happen tonight. Wow. I really didn't believe my paint could look like it was wet
again, like they advertised. How long will the swirls stay gone like this? I know this post is pointless without pics, so here they are: I was wiping polish off the hood when I saw this reflection:
 
Smooth like glass!
 Unfortunately this now points out even further all the little defects - a
hundred tiny rock chips and really ugly old deteriorating moldings. Is
there a way to remove the blob of paint from touched-up chips? You can
see a triangle of three really nice chips in the darkest part of the
reflection on the right side in the first pic. I think there are around 9 just
on the "stem" of one of the sideview mirrors, and around 25 along the
bottom half of the passsenger door. But that's only when you get up close - for now I'll sit back and enjoy the
view. ;-)
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