Spent the day buffing the stang

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fallenauthority

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Got up this morning and spent pretty much the whole day buffing the car. Paint didnt initially look horrible but during the polishing process I realized just how bad it really was comparing the un-polished parts to the polished parts. I am very happy with the results, I spend so much time detailing other peoples cars I rarely get a chance to take care of my own vehicles lol. Anyways, a few pics. Also note that I did not do anything with wheels or wheel wells or anything else. Today was just a paint only day.

 

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#1stangFAN

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how do you buff? ive never done any serious detail work on my car besides give it to a shop one time but i really wanna shine mine up like yours, how did you do it?

BTW beautiful car!

 

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looks good man, I hope you clayed it before buffing.

Very clean non-the-less!

 

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oh9mustang

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Looks Pardy. How did you get those calipers to rust over so fast?

 

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Very nice! I see the sun setting in the back, did it take you all day?

 

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oh9mustang said:

Looks Pardy. How did you get those calipers to rust over so fast?

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i take it you mean the rotors, and that does that every time i wash the car, first time i hit the brakes its all gone. i know your talking to him, just figured i'd throw that out there though haha.

 

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#1stangFAN said:

how do you buff? ive never done any serious detail work on my car besides give it to a shop one time but i really wanna shine mine up like yours, how did you do it?

BTW beautiful car!

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Its a very lengthy process using compounds and polishes. It took me roughly 8-9 hours, but thats with some breaks in between i couldve probably done it in 5-6 if i wouldve just done it straight through.
Of course I clayed prior to polishing
And yes the rotors rust pretty much instantly once water hits them.
Thanks for the compliments guys

 

DarkFireGT

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Looks good. The only color you can really see the difference on in internet pictures is black, but it looks shiny far as I can tell.

 

kooldawg6

mine works really well and can take a fair amount

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Nice work! Hard work too! I'm no pro and don't use power tools...yet and it's a good 5-6 hour day with washing, claying, polishing and waxing. I love how well the VB sparkles when detailed!

Not to hijack, but here are some of mine.



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fallenauthority

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Yea Vista Blue has an awesome shine to it when cleaned up. Great job, especially for just doing yours by hand, kudos lol. I remember the days of doing it by hand, I would feel like my hand was gonna fall off at the end of the day haha.