Wet-sanded, Polished, Waxed - Perfection!

My buddy wanted to practice his detailing on my VX; with my blessing, I turned him loose! He wet-sanded and polished the entire truck, being VERY careful not to leave swirl marks (low-speed orbital buffer) including the roof, then I waxed it with old-fashioned 100% Carnuba wax. Here's the results - paint looks a mile deep! ZERO orange peel, ZERO scratches - looks better than a new Bentley! Not bad for 68K miles, eh?
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Very nice indeed. Did he do any work on the hood insert??

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Originally Posted by lasturbo

Very nice indeed. Did he do any work on the hood insert??

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Yes - no wet-sanding, but a LIGHT orbital polishing at very low speed, then I waxed it. This VX has been garage-kept since new, so the hood insert and cladding are like new. I use 303 on the cladding, for the record...

Thanks!!!!

WOW! Looks incredible!

But he rubbed so hard he rubbed the Isuzu logo off the back door.

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Originally Posted by circmand

But he rubbed so hard he rubbed the Isuzu logo off the back door.

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And good riddance TO it!:bwgy: Actually, I'm responsible for that one. I lowered the garage door one day when the VX wasn't ALL the way in; one of the sheet metal hinge edges came down and cut a nice gouge in the "I" of Isuzu, so off they all came!

And so hard that he rubbed all the blue out of the Dragon Green...:bwgy::smilewink:bgwo::bgwb:

It looks fantastic.

I use a low speed buffer on mine as well. Used some SwirlX on my hood insert over the weekend and then a good coat of NXT 2.0 wax and it looks so much better than before.

It looks fantastic. Tell your buddy that there is a Proton in Virginia in dire need of his talent.

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Originally Posted by tom4bren

It looks fantastic. Tell your buddy that there is a Proton in Virginia in dire need of his talent.

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Actually, he LIVES in Charlottesville...

I really NEED to learn how to do this. If I can buff out even 75% of my tree scratches, I will be that much better off. Then I just need to have a couple dings fixes, and have my hood and tailgate resprayed and my VX will be looking sweet.

Does anyone know of a good how-to online for wet sanding and buffing cars? I want my tree scratches GONE.

Bart

That's only 90 minutes away. May hafta look him up sometime I'm headed that way.

Joe,

The Proton is looking great.

All shined up and nowhere to go. It's time to bring it back to Cars and Coffee and let others appreciate it. Last week's was totally packed, it was full by 7 AM. We'll have to meet up there sometime.


rickshaw
Gene

Proton in Hagerstown MD that needs a buffing too - I think all of us are having a little cladding envy. I really just want to have my cladding painted a nice sexy black. Let's have a buffing party - I will bring the captain morgan.

Wow, that really does have a deep shine, you were even able to capture it in the pics, looks fantastic!

How long have you been using 303? Do you feel it gets washed off really easily by rain/water? Any other tips/observations about it? It looks so nice, rich and even on the cladding, perfecto!