Tried a new sealant...

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So I decided to strip the wax off the car, and start over. Mostly because there has been some road construction, and I needed to get all the damn tar off the paint. :mad:

Anyways, after a long day, I finished with 2 coats of Jetseal 109, and today topped it with a coat of Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0. These are different than the carnauba wax I normally use. They do provide a different look, almost more "sterile" than carnauba's "warm" look.

Still don't know if I'm going to top it with a wax yet.

Here's the pics of the results:

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thanks. it was overcast during most of the photos, so the finish doesn.t show as well as it should. just got done taking a few more. will post them up in the am
 
You car is like mine but older, it even looks older cause of the eyelids hahaha Now all you gotta do is get an actual Mach 1 lip ;)
 
Pete, you know everyone already knows your license plate LOL







Looks great bud
 
Very nice. in a couple of the pictures it looks like your passenger side eyelid is popped up on the outter part, maybe just the angle of the pic
 
Frogman said:
So when do you want to do my rusty Pinto, Pektel? :D
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hehe, bring it over, and I'll give you an estimate :D

Missing Linc' said:
You car is like mine but older, it even looks older cause of the eyelids hahaha Now all you gotta do is get an actual Mach 1 lip ;)
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I'm not a fan of the Mach 1 lip on my car, just because it seems too big for my taste. I prefer to be more subtle. I'm not even sure I'm going to keep the one on there now.

Ls208 said:
Very nice. in a couple of the pictures it looks like your passenger side eyelid is popped up on the outter part, maybe just the angle of the pic
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Must just be the angle. They are fully attached!

Here's the other pics from yesterday evening:

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LS is the $hit. After so many years, the styling still catches me. The wax job looks amazing.
 
Damn that looks good. I've got to do something about my car. You are making me feel guilty!
 
what is the condition of your paint to begin with? is there very many pits on the front of the car or not? it doesnt look like it but with that color it would be hard to tell in a picture. just considered doing my car, but my paint isnt the best condition (orange peel everywhere) and some pretty heaavy pitting on the bumper
 
My paint is in better than average condition, although it does need to be polished again.

I wetsanded the car with 2000 grit back in april, to knock down some of the orange peel (it was terrible on my car), so my reflections are a lot sharper than they were.

What a lot of people don't know is that orange peel in intentional by the car manufacturer. By adding that little bit of texture, it will hide defects in body panels. The downside is, your reflections are blurry. The orange peel also helps with absorbing imipact from things like small rocks. If the surface were ultra smooth, and a rock hit it, the paint may actually spiderweb, like your windshield would. So while the glass like finish looks better, there is more risk involved in trying to acheive that mirror finish.

Now, my car already has over 140K on the clock. I would never wetsand a new car if it wasn't absolutely necessary. You need a certain amount of clearcoat, or else it (the clearcoat) will fail. I sanded down just a little bit, and I'm not overly concerned with it lasting all too long (5 years or less). But by then the car will have 200K+ miles on it anyways.

I do have the pits in the bumper, but you are correct that they hide better on a lighter color. There is really no way to fix it, short of repainting the bumper.
 
Lookin good! I just really tried out Jetseal the other week on that Jag, friggin love the stuff. Is that windshield post 501/Aqua? Looks nice. Debadges looks good too. So are you gonna be ordering 109 or do you have some left over?
 
KD00LS said:
Lookin good! I just really tried out Jetseal the other week on that Jag, friggin love the stuff. Is that windshield post 501/Aqua? Looks nice. Debadges looks good too. So are you gonna be ordering 109 or do you have some left over?
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Yessir, I actually went around and did all the glass with dg501/pc/black pad and followed it with DG Aquawax while the deep gloss paint sealant was curing. I think that's even easier to remove than the jetseal was. Although, right before applying that wolfgang sealant, I took a morphine pill to ease my back pain. Everything seemed easy and painless after that. :D

I still have some jetseal left. I probably only used a half ounce or less per coat. Thanks again for the sample!
 
Lookin' good as always. I wish my paint was in that good of condition... Guess that's what I get for buying mine with 100k on it already. (and from an owner who didn't upkeep on the paint)

My front bumper is a mess of pits. It is like sandpaper. But I am getting an LSE bumper when funds permit. What should I do to protect it? I have toyed with the idea of getting that clear plastic film for it... but afraid of it looking cheesey
 
pektel said:
So I decided to strip the wax off the car, and start over. Mostly because there has been some road construction, and I needed to get all the damn tar off the paint. :mad:

Anyways, after a long day, I finished with 2 coats of Jetseal 109, and today topped it with a coat of Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0. These are different than the carnauba wax I normally use. They do provide a different look, almost more "sterile" than carnauba's "warm" look.

Still don't know if I'm going to top it with a wax yet.
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Ok so does this buffer you use the polish your car spin fast enough the burn the paint? Or is it at just the right rpm? Because your car does shine and I would love to see it in person, but you are on the whole other side of the United States from me. You car is a 2000 model, right?
 
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