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Old 08-20-2006, 01:58 PM   #1
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PC, Poor Boy's 1/2 & Zaino = Wow!

Came up on the 5-year anniversary for my Box and finally got on it with the Porter-Cable. Had been bothered by the spiderwebbing on the car since a free "customer service" car wash at the dealership back when she was still new.

Had tried all sorts of products and techniques up to this time but nothing really made it the way I wanted it to look. After trying out the P-C on my daily driver it was finally time to take it to the Boxster. I went really slow to start (Poor Boy's SSR 1 with a white Lake Country VC pad) but that was taking forever... switched over to SSR 2 with a yellow pad and then followed up again with the SSR 1/white combo to finish off. Topped it off with a coat of Zaino and here is the result.

I'm really happy with it - the only problem is now everybody wants to touch the car - it's hypnotic! Even the dragonflies in the yard have taken a peculiar liking to it now and continually dive and hover over the surface (seems like a pond to them?).

I'm also amazed at how soft the German paint is. When people do touch the car, the surface is now so perfect that the slightest scratch is obvious. And touching with anything but the right stuff causes scratches... but I'll live with that for the great look... at least I now know how to get rid of them quickly!

Starting with a sample of the before... note the cloudiness on the hood...
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Same shot, same location after...
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Old 08-20-2006, 02:03 PM   #5
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Finishing with the money shot.
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Old 08-20-2006, 03:47 PM   #6
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Great Job - Looks Outstanding!


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Old 08-20-2006, 07:44 PM   #7
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Looks excellent, fresh and ready

What kind of car is to the left of the picture? It was peeking out trying to get photographed

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