Snakebite64

My stats go like this:

Picked up the 2009 500 14 months ago
The car has 800 miles on the odometer
I have applied 160 coats of polish/wax
That's an average of 1 coat every 5 miles
3-4 hours per coat = 560 hrs spent detailing or 14 full work weeks/40hrs per week.
Married 19 years with no kids so I have lots of time on my hands.

Post up the stats to knock me off

302army187

lol, absolutly nuts.

pictures?

Snakebite64

I am not allowed to post any as of yet I will say the car is freakishly clean though. My last car during appraisal was said to be void of orange peel and the 05gt had 193 coats of polish wax. I already have eliminated the orange peel on the 09=sweet. Since I have started driving I will estimate I have polished/waxed my cars 900+ times, the wifes several hundred. I blame the infantry unit I served with ie clean clean clean and because it was not clean enough clean some more. I will post pics as soon as I am allowed.

shad2009

i should b picking up my 2007 GT from the dealer 2morrow...pending my loan approval from the bank...and when i do(hoping its a nice day out) im goin right to washing, claying and waxing...then onto the interior...that's jst an idea of how much of a neat freak i'll be with mine

stangit9090

Oh, so you wetsanded your entire car? Only way to truely remove any/all orange peel.

Here's my detailing work from this weekend:

My GT and my friends 08 9-3. I was picture happy today.





My fav:



Some of my slow old u
gly gay pos:

Lakers1

That's a lot of work. Bet it looks great. Is that 160 coats of polish and wax combined? That's a lot polishing especially if its being done via machine.

stangit9090

Also, you are aware that you are eliminating clear coat when you're polishing by a machine, right?

I also hope you're stripping the old wax off before applying the new wax. There is such a thing as over waxing.

3-4 hours for wax? Please fill me in on what wax has to cure fo that long. I hope you wax in a sealed, dust proof area aswell. Dust sticks fo wax instantly. Apparently if you're taking 3 hours to wax, that's a lot of dust causing swirls in your paint.

Grabber

I've probably put a good 300 hours into my car. Between both cars, over 500+. Both are daily drivers, and put show-cars to shame in a lot of cases(no offense).

A wax should only take 45 minutes or so max, although, letting it sit for hours to haze or cure won't do any good. Although, I want to see pics of the GT500 with over 500+ hours. Should be a sweet looking ride.

stangit9090

Lol the wax I use is $100 a can and doesn't take that long to cure, idk what kind if wax guy guys are using.

Grabber

Dodo juice, Wet obsession, etc.