[Charlie Stylianos]

Kind of technical, kind of gratuitous, but mostly Holy Cow!!

I thought the paint on Brown Car was decent, but not anything to gawk at with swirl marks, oxidation, a few scratches, dings etc.

Last year at Hershey I stopped by the Car Care Specialties table and picked up their recommended combo of P21S paint cleaner and Blitz wax, but haven’t had the time to go through the process of a good paint detail until yesterday.

Vu was gracious enough to lend a helping hand and show me the detailing ropes.

We met at 9:00am and started with a thorough wash with Dawn and warm water to remove all dirt and any wax followed by a quick squeegee and towel dry.

Next came the grueling task of using a clay bar on each panel to remove any imbedded contaminants. Made sure to keep the paint and bar moist with Griots Speed Shine. The paint felt smooth as glass once completed.

The next step was the application of the P21S paint cleaner with a Porter Cable random orbital buffer and removal the excess with a soft flannel cloth. We tested the P21S on the front fender and all swirls and oxidation were gone, leaving a highly reflective, deep shine. We didn't feel we needed to use the 3M Hand Glaze (as recommended by Car Care ) as the P21S and the Porter Cable took care of most of the superficial scratches.

An application of Blitz Wax with the PC buffer (again removing the excess with a flannel cloth), a quick dressing of the rubber trim, and we were done at 2:00 PM.

It's a lot of work, but definitely worth it. Don't know how the concours guys do this.

BTW: The interior looks just as good....Thanks Vu!!


Applying the P21S with the buffer:



Completed look:


Interesting reflection shot:



And a nice rear view: