RPD - 2006 Chevy Cobalt SS

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by SilverGTV8, Sep 28, 2011.

  1. SilverGTV8

    SilverGTV8 Jedi Nuba

    Been a slow summer for detailing for my friend and I. Between vacation and family functions neither of us has had much time to even wash our own cars!

    We got out of the rut with this 2007 Chevy Cobalt SS with 40k miles. A friend of ours picked this up as his daily driver and wanted to give it a bit of attention.

    Overall the car was in decent shape, paint had a faded appearance, there was some heavy marking around the driver door shut (someone’s ring is my guess) and various scratches around the car, and of course the regular spiderwebs in the paint.

    After 17hrs of work the car looks better then new and ready for continued duty as a daily driver. Most of the heavy scratches were removed, those that weren’t were severely diminished, and a nice LSP combo applied the owner should be able to keep up with over the next few months to prepare it for winter duty.

    Thanks for viewing, comments always appreciated!

    Wash
    CG Citrus Wash + Gloss
    Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
    Westly’s Bleach White
    Swissvax Wheel Brush
    Uber Wheel Brush
    Uber Fender Brush
    MF Wash Towel.

    Prep, Compounding, Finishing
    Porter cable XP
    Flex
    Menzerna PO203
    Menzerna 106FA
    Menzerna PowerLock
    Mequier’s NXT 2.0
    ONR clay bar dilution
    CG Extreme Shine
    Mother's Clay
    Orange Lake Country 6" pad
    Uber Orange 5.5" pad
    Uber Green 5.5" pad
    Uber Black 5.5" pad
    Uber Orange 3” pad
    More MF towels
    3m Painter's tape

    Process
    Wash, light clay, tape.
    Hood and front fenders: 1-2 pass’s 203 w/ orange, 1 pass 106FA with white/green,.
    Front fenders back: 1 Pass PO203 w/ orange, 1 pass 106FA w/ green
    Entire car: Powerlock w/ black, NXT 2.0 applied by hand, wiped down with Slick
    Wheels – 106FA w/ 3” orange, NXT 2.0, CG Extreme Shine

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  2. hamza7

    hamza7 Welcome to Detailing

    I love this car, you guys definitely brought the gloss back, these cars are one of my top choices in the coming year or two for my first car.
     
  3. apadilha-pe

    apadilha-pe Virgin Detailer

    Incredible!
     
  4. cnut

    cnut DB Forum Supporter

    Nice work!
     
  5. Danny

    Danny Nuba Guru

    great work looks alot better!
     
  6. SilverGTV8

    SilverGTV8 Jedi Nuba

    Thanks for the comments!
     

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