HELP! Corvette clear - ceramiclear?

**Alfisti** · 10-28-2007, 03:33 AM

I`m in the process of doing a black corvette C5. I`m having a hell of a time polishing some serious marring out of it. It`s taking me forever to do a 2x2 area.

My question is whether it has ceramiclear or similar because this stuff is impossible!

I`m using #83/orange pad with a BO6040.

I don`t have any of the ceramiclear polishes.

I`m also worried because next I have a strrreeeeeeecccched Hummer H2, followed by a regular H2, followed by a Yukon with Viper engine.

I`m unfamiliar with these American paints and am struggling.

Any suggestions? Heeelp! :nervous2:

**gmblack3** · 10-28-2007, 05:41 AM

They are not ceramiclear, but as you see are very hard. IMO you need a true rotary to do serious defect correction on a corvette. Even with a rotary sometimes a orange pad is not enough on a vette.

**Alfisti** · 10-28-2007, 06:01 AM

Yeah, I hear you.

I`ve switched to a Megs yellow, and while softer (but open cell foam), seems to work the polish better than the orange, which is a closed cell foam.

I tried to finish off with #80 but, again, not satisfied. I switched to Menzerna Micropolish and wow!

You know, whenever I have polish trouble I go back to Menzerna and it bails me out. I don`t know why I move away from it in the first place. :nixweiss Probably just thick.

Is the H2 made by GM? I guess what I`m asking is whether it has the same hard paint as the C5.

Any other advice anyone has with US cars? Yukon?

**gmblack3** · 10-28-2007, 06:19 AM

I have never detailed a hummer, the clear will be on the hard side but not as hard as the vette. Same for the yukon. Yes the menzerna polished always work well.

**Patman** · 10-28-2007, 08:26 AM

I`ve also got a black C5 and the paint is definitely very hard, but it`s not ceramiclear though.

The one thing about a black Corvette is that it`s impossible to get the paint to be 100% perfect, after 30 hours of polishing mine I`ve come to realize that it`ll never be showcar perfect. But it`s my daily driver, so I have to make sure I leave some clearcoat behind for protection!

**todd@bsaw** · 10-28-2007, 11:13 AM

For help on the Hummer and Yukon... those should be much easier than the `vette. The H2 is made by GM (you`ll notice that it looks almost exactly like a mix between an escalade and a yukon on the inside). I have always found GM paints to be very easy to work on. If you have ever worked on a newer Saab... same paint (or very similar process adapted from GM).

**Alfisti** · 10-28-2007, 01:39 PM

I have always found GM paints to be very easy to work on.

I assume you use a rotary.

Thanks for your feedback guys. I may be back for more during the week.

**ptaylor_9849** · 11-02-2007, 07:10 AM

I have a black C-6 corvette and I tried many polishes before I found the magic bullet. For me, it`s Menzerna SIP with an orange pad via rotory. It has just the right amount of bite that removes all marring without hazing and clouding the finish. Only use a little bit of product, like 2 or 3 pea sized drops. Any possible leftover hologramming can be removed by 106ff. I know you don`t have these products but if your gonna keep detailing vette`s I suggest you buy some.