Nothing better than the feel of a freshly clayed body panel

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Honestly, from what I heard the Midwest is supposed to be even drier this winter. Not sure about you guys out east though...
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Bl4z3 wrote:
And if u let the buffer sit in 1 place (or Area) to long you heat up the paint surface and soften it to the point where swirls are created also. We are both right. But the best philosophy to me is never to swirl it in the first place then you Never have to worry about covering anything ;) :P

No, that's called "no more clearcoat" :wink:
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Good job Craig! Looks good!
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Lookin' good! Now if I only had the money, talent, and time to do that to my own bonne! My black paint shows tons of swirls and scuffs! :(
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I agree with that, when I work on cleaning up my vehicles it is totally relaxing for me as well. The music and the time to myself and my thoughts really makes me feel a lot better.
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Im obviously late to this post, MAN those are some great results for a hand wax!! Nice work man. I agree with Ryan, come on over to the Autogeek site, if anything else you can get some good deals on your hand applied Meguiars products AND have some fun!!!
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Well, I think I found a new mirror, ha!! It looks that good. Keep it up!! That paint is just so gorgeous!

I can vouch for Ryan, he helped with me with my Bonne back in '09, and with only spending a few hours, the black paint never looked better (and unfortunately hasn't since) - and it was even heavily neglected by its previous owner.

I should probably run the clay over it again (it's been a couple of years), once I get the Bonneville running again.
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