ptaylor_9849

Sik07Gt, don't worry. You will not burn your paint with an orbital polisher.

SikO7GT

it's meguiars nxt 2.0 Tech Wax!! It's a purple tin can thing!! Mine didnt come with microfibers or glove so maybe it's a different one..... but remember to apply very thin coats dont apply it thick or it will never dry!!

Rubrignitz

Ptaylor - sorry to get off-topic but do you have a pic of your 07 GT polished like that? I'd like to see it if you have one. Man that vette looks great.

SikO7GT

Well i heard that if you use a cheapo type polisher/buffer you will burn your paint when trying to polish!! I heard the porter cable one is the best!!!! What kind do you use??

MELLOWYELLOW06

Theyll show you the whole process. We clayed the car, Scratch-x to get scratches out, polished car, Nxt wax, and he cut and buffed the hood as a favor to see how good the fiberglass hood looked. I didnt want to drive the car anymore once he was done. I dont remember the whole process, order or product names but Mike will show us the process and hook us up.

BTW, this is my old hood with out the twist style hood pins.





This is the hood before we started:

zporta

damn that looks good...how long does this whole process take?

Branomano06GT

Dude most of my car looks like that well actually mainly the hood it's not too bad in some places but my hood looks like that now that is def what my car needs =)

degeze

+1...this is what I use and it makes the car smell so dam good .

ptaylor_9849

I've only had my GT for 2 months now and unfortunately, the weather here is too cold to polish it. The abrasives would not break down properly in the cold and I would do more harm than good. I use the Makita 9227 rotary polisher and a Porter Cable random orbital polisher as well. The orbital is better for beginners because it's safer and won't burn paint. However, there's no substitute for a rotary when you know what you're doing. A rotary will remove defects faster. It will break down polish better. It will burnish the finish like no other. But it will burn paint in the wrong hands. Here's a couple before and after shots of one of my winter beaters.

BEFORE


AFTER


BEFORE


AFTER

zporta

i use tech wax and it works well...