need advice on polishing an 86 corvette. it is white and has been sitting outside for some time and I know the paint is gonna be a little soft. customer wants my extensive detail and will be topping it off with swissvax concourso. below is a list of items that I have to use: menzerna polishes 87 micro polish 106ff 85rd IP 203 SIP power gloss Lake country pads lc purple wool x 5 lc yellow x 10 lc orage x 10 lc green x 10 lc white x 10 lc blue x 10 menzerna auto shampoo menzerna power lock menzerna FMJ polishers makita pc 7424 pc 7424 xp flex 3401 I am writing this request for help as it will be my first fiber glass car to detail and I want to take it slow and do it right to get maximum results. it has a T top on it if this helps at all. any advice would be geatly appreciated. thanks again godoman
Sorry nobody has jumped on this yet. fiberglass is no big deal except of course that the usual PTG we all have is useless in this case. As you would anyway, try the least aggressive approach and work your way up. With a pfw and PG, that is your last resort. Chances are a green pad and SIP will do the job just fine. It's an older car and probably has some decent oxidation to it. You'll do fine. If that combo works, jewel it after with some 85rd and your blue pad. Looking forward to seeing it done. Edit: I was assuming you'd use your rotary too.
thanks for the reply, was suprised to see that people did not jump all over this one because I have read so many times that fiber glass is so sensative and can burn easy. I was thinking of going with the flex and a white LC pad and menz 106ff to start. if the results are not working then I will up it but I am going to take this one slow. I start working on it next thursday but wanted to hear from all of you first. I always use the rotary on the small tight areas and for jeweling the car down. any other input would be greatly appreciated godoman
Do not use the yellow pad on the car, the marring will be that much harder to remove from the paint. Composite cars marring a lot easier and harder to remove the marring. I would use a less aggressive pad and use multiple passes.
yeah, that is what I heard about the fiber glass cars. damage easy and hard to correct. definately going to go with the white LC pad and 106ff. sounds to me like that is a good start and should make quick progress. wont know till it comes next thursday. godoman
ok, so I got the 86 corvette early. the guy got a two week insurance thing just to get it to my house and have me detail it for a full day. first off, the car has been sitting outside under a tree for 7 years. white car and looks beautiful to the sight until you look at it up close and see the dried out paint with cracking in the paint along the back side tail. the interior is so smelly that my garage now smells like a wet dog. thing is gonna need some work and plan on taking my adam's carpet cleaner to it along with the two pc's I have with the carpet brushes to hit it good. couple this treatment with the optima steamer that I have and this will definately rid the car of any smells it has. question I have about the hood though. someone dripped three large black paint spotts on the hood of the car. they are dried all the way through and prob been in the sun for a couple of years. do not know how to get this off and am thinking about wetsanding them off but wanted to know what you guys think first. the rims were sprayed with a cleaner that they cant remember what they put on and they left it on and it stained the rims pretty badly. I took the optima steamer to them for about an hour or two and most came off only to find cleaner stains all over the rims. I have metal polish but have only done exhausts. any of you want to run by me how to properly polish rims? original rims with original good year tires on em. please let me know, want to really blow this guy with what I can do and am keeping it long enough to apply two coats of FJM with 4 hours drying time inbetween and then will wax with Swissvax concourso godoman
