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BigBlockOlds
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
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Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:37 pm Post subject: Ah, the fruits of hard labor....... |
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Just finished doing a complete wash, buff, wax, etc of my '98 Intrigue. It took me roughly 16 hours this weekend to complete.
My trunk lid looked pretty bad. It had a lot of water spots, scratches, and had a bit of a milky color to it.
So I broke out the 9" buffer, put a wool pad on it and hit the entire car with some fine cut abrasive compound. That worked absolute wonders for the scratches and milky finish.
Then I put on a sponge pad and began to put a coat of Meguire's cleaner prep/swirl remover on the entire car. Buffed that off then went to their polish compound. After that the car was ready for wax. I put a total of 3 coats on it.
I also polished the chrome wheels and sprayed on some tire dressing. And the windows all have a fresh coat of Rain-X.
Here's a few pics:
The pictures don't do the finish justice. This is absolutely the BEST it has looked since I've owned it. And the paint looks 10 times better than my '87's when it was only 6 years old.
Now I'm scared to drive it. I'd hate to see it get dirty. :( |
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Netdewt
Joined: 03 Apr 2004
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Location: Minneapolis, MN
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Dang, absolute show quality... |
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Cutlass95Ciera
Joined: 27 Jun 2003
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Location: Portage, Michigan
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| very very nice! |
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Brando
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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Location: Michigan, USA
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:05 am Post subject: |
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That is...VERY VERY NICE!
Have to wash my mom intrigue too...1998.
It needs one badly. Just bought a 10" Buffer and 3" detail buffer.
Maybe get it as shiny as that one...but it doesn't have the chrome rims, just the alloy ones.
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Brando
P.S. Nice job on the license plate...you buffed it right off! :P |
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88delta88
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:14 am Post subject: |
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you did an amazing job. I know how much work this is... What kind of wax do you like to use?
Has anyone heard anything good or bad about that new turtle wax high gloss? Just saw an ad on TV last night for it. |
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88 Coupe
Joined: 15 Feb 2004
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Location: Southern California
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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HI BigBlockOlds, Hi All
When you can make it look that good, its well worth the work.
Regards, Norm |
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speedy266
Joined: 25 Jun 2003
Posts: 347
Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow man that car looks amazing! so cleannnnnn lol! wow 16 hours eh, it was well worth it, i need to do that to my car need to diminish the swirls as much as possible and bring that deep wet gloss look. Keep her clean! |
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oldsmobile420
Joined: 21 Dec 2003
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Location: pa
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:47 am Post subject: |
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| damn man i think i can c my self great job on datcar |
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digitalfeed
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
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Location: Windsor, Ontario
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:38 am Post subject: |
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| Great job dude! That's looking real nice! |
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