What Color? Why?

[WhipE350]

Originally Posted by jaykay

...okay here is a quick snap

Jay, your paint from what I can tell in that pictures seems to be well polished. Gotta get you a better camera . Are you pleased with the finish in a low winter sun or in a high bright spring or summer sun?

I remember when I first got my car (it's a 2000 also) the paint was actually in great condition but had a lot of scratches from improper washing and drying. Since I hadn't done a lot of buffing I started with a 2 foam random orbital pads using a gentle compound and then a polish and of course finished with a hand wax. Took me about 12 hours and the car looked awesome. Basically the process had rounded all the edges of the scratches so they weren't obvious without looking at it just right...however my car enthusiast friends notices them. I bit the bullet and went with a medium cut working it long enough to break the beads down. It was so scary, the car turned a cloudy white! I then went to a fine cut, the repeated the other two steps I had done previously...the difference was simply amazing...I got so good at it if there was a tough spot I could come back and do it again.
I have noticed after several washings that I'm starting to see a small amount of cobwebs in the bright high spring sun. I'm now working on mastering getting rid of the cobwebs with polish...I haven't determined yet if now I'm only hiding the cobwebs or actually eliminating them.
Well I've blabbed on long enough...this is how anal perfectionists spend free time. It is nice though at the couple of events I've gone to folks have noticed how nice it looks. I've got a long way to go to get the point I would use a rotary buffer like those show cars...but then I don't want to strip off so much paint that I lose uv protection.