Black mustang owners

[lizz.blackstang05]

What do y'all do to your car? I am going to be putting mine in a local car show and was just wondering. I have swirl marks in my finish. I was thinking about washing it with dawn to strip the wax then clay bar, swirl mark removal, polish then wax. Would this be a good idea? Thanks for your advice in advance.

 

[28ONE]

I've done this...intially it's alot of work but my paint is in excellent condition for being an 06

http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84488

 

[lizz.blackstang05]

I've done this...intially it's alot of work but my paint is in excellent condition for being an 06

http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84488

I know it will be a lot of work but I'm willing to put a lot of work into it and whats the best way to get the rock chips out of bumber and Hood or any kind of scratches?

 

[HitandRunDriver]

Rock Chips - Respray or Dr Colorchip repair kit.

Swirls, follow this - http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84488

 

[28ONE]

I've use Dr Colorchip but not too impressed with it. As soon as I started polishing my paint, it came off. Ford touchup paint is what I use now. The ideal way to get rid of chips and scratches is to repaint. You have any pics? Scrathes on the clear can be fixed to a certain degree, into the paint forget about it...

 

[JCCNY]

Do you have a rotary or dual action polisher? They're pretty much needed to accomplish any kind of decent paint correction.

 

[lizz.blackstang05]

I usually do everything by hand because everyone says buffers can damage paint but I might use one for this

 

[28ONE]

I usually do everything by hand because everyone says buffers can damage paint but I might use one for this

You're gonna need a machine to do paint correction...dual action polisher won't damage the paint

Read this:
http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40276

 

[lizz.blackstang05]

You're gonna need a machine to do paint correction...dual action polisher won't damage the paint

Read this:
http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40276

I figured tthat much llol does the mequirs scratch remover 2.0 work or no?

 

[28ONE]

I figured tthat much llol does the mequirs scratch remover 2.0 work or no?

I've only used m105 & m205. I'm sure it would work but really depends how bad your swirls are

 

[00blkvert]

The meguires 2.0 will be better then nothing but the results from a full paint correction will be well worth your time and money

 

[lizz.blackstang05]

Okay thank you all for your advice

 

[joeymustang]

I've only had my car for 4 months so I'm paying attention to this...subscribed!

 

[BEAST]

If the surface is bad I would have a professional do a full correction and seal, to get you to a maintenance phase and not a correction phase. I ran through some epoxy 9 days after driving off the lot. I took it to a well reputed guy and it was worth every penny. I got a deal at $600.

Before with epoxy on car, covered approx 80% of all flat surfaces.

After a full 2 stage correction and coating with CQuartz

" That thang got a Hemi!?! "

 

[BEAST]

Black will drive you insane keeping it nice and daily driving it. I am to scared to try a correction on a black car.

" That thang got a Hemi!?! "

 

[lizz.blackstang05]

Black will drive you insane keeping it nice and daily driving it. I am to scared to try a correction on a black car.

" That thang got a Hemi!?! "

Haha it does drive me crazy, was thinking about getting a professional to do it

 

[lizz.blackstang05]

Also mine is not bad I just want it as shiny as all of yalls lol

 

[NaS197]

Is it stock paint? You might be able to get away with 3000 wet grit on an DA hand sander and then doing a compound/polish (don't wax it after sanding it, it needs time to cure again from being awakened so to speak) after about a month I'd do a full 2 bucket wash, polish & wax to make it stay nice.

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[NaS197]

This is a fender I just got done painting, clearing, wet sanding w/1000, 2000, soft pad 3000. Then compound & polished.

Before:

After:

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[Bullitt 3309]

For chip repair here is a great guide.