SweetJazz

Another installment of paint OCD, SweetJazz style! I have not polished my car in over 18 months. No worries since the paint still looked better than when I first drove it off of the dealer lot. Gloss was really off the chart this time. The sun was filtered by some high clouds so I could not get a clear sun shot.

DETAILS

1. WASH: CA Duster with a 70% IPA wipe-down. The car was recently washed and smoothed with clay.
2. UTENSILS: Flex XC3401 VRG with 5.5" Green LC CCS pad, Speed 5, for paint. Porter Cable 7424 with 4.0" Green LC CCS pad, Speed 5, for rear bumper, paint above doors, and side/rear skirts.
3. POLISH: 1 x Menzerna Nano Polish (PO106FA).
4. WAX/SEALANT: 1 x Wolfgang Fuzion and 1 x Wolfgang Deep Gloss Spritz Sealant.
5. TIME: 10 hours.

PICTURES

stogie1020

Looking VERY nice!

NHB is such a character builder!

CU2MIKE

Nice job!
Nothing beats a clean NBP (Or black cars in general)

skyfox23

Hands down the cleanest swirl free NBP TL on here...period, nuff said

Great Job as always Sweet Jazz

thewrangler99

hats off to such a nice detail job. paint looks flawless.... looks like car was never driven lol!

Steven Bell

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NBP is SO difficult to maintain....you nailed it, my man!


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SweetJazz

Thanks. My back and shoulders agree.

Thanks.

Much Thanks. I have to keep up with Jesstzn's and TSC17's TL.

I wish I could garage it sometimes. I am coming up on 55K miles.

Thank ya my friend.

MD03CL-S

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looking good man! boooootyful!

How has that wolfgang fuzion been holding up over the years? I remember your post when you first got it. Still worth it?

princelybug

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03tLsNBP

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wish my NBP was that clean!

VQPower37

freshhh

pttl

Very nice. Really impressive!

I did my car (NBP) 3 weeks ago. I thought it looked great....did it on an overcast day. When the sun came out the next day, it revealed that I basically made the car clean but swirly.

Next weekend I'll be polishing it again... ooofff.

vp55

iTrader: (6)

Wow, the paint looks great. Do you have any problems with the clear bra when polishing and do you recommend it?

BTW..do you have any high res pics?

SweetJazz

Thanks, I sill love the fuzion wax. It was pretty expensive at the time but there many good sealants at an affordable price. The foundation is in the polishing. The wax/sealant is the icing on the cake.

I have been there a few times myself. Pick up a Brinkmann dual xenon light (~$25) to check your work every step of the way. That light has been a tremendous help to me.

I do not recommend polishing the clear bra since I have had a bad experience a while back. There are some people that recommend it for the 3M product but it is very unforgiving if you mess up. I recently replaced mine after 4 years and 50K. I will only use products like Plexus or a good Quick Detailer. I have been told that waxes/sealants tend to dry out the material. Of course, a CA Duster is a must for my daily paint maintenance. The original pics are like 3-4MB each. I can try to send one via e-mail.

PortlandRL

In a word....AWESOME!

v|nsan|ty

Nice that paint looks so wet.

ChrisJ

Looks awesome...

NBP is such a great color but such a pain to maintain...Mine is garage kept and it even gets dirty in the garage...lol

omnuts

wow, a nice fresh coat. Yea, NBP looks really nice after a wax but attracts dust/dirt quickly

SweetJazz

I use an antistatic Quick Detailer and that helps plus I park in a garage.

vp55

iTrader: (6)

^thanks for the pic. What QD do you use?

SweetJazz

My favorite is Finish Kare 425 (FK425). You have to order it online.

exceldetail

Without a doubt, Stephen owns NBP.
And Dale owns the White Pearl.

SweetJazz

Thanks Patrick.

conan777

Simply Awesome. Great work!

SweetJazz

Thanks Conan.