I have been reading, thinking and trying to come up with the best strategy for preparing the father-in-laws Red Vette for CSC. However, the Vette is his pride and joy and I want to make sure that it is as pristine as possible and really don't want to mess up the graphics. Some of you may remember my last session with it and for the others here are the pictures of what I'm working with, please pay attention to the graphics as that is the area I'm concerned with.
The place that sold him the cart, put the graphics on and they did a good job. There are no signs of peeling or cracking and it has been kept inside when not in use and I fully condition it about every 6 months. The seats are the easy part, they get Adam's Leather Conditioner with 2 or 3 coatings over several days to make sure the seat plenty of moisture. The windshield is treated with Adam's glass sealant, the tires are done with tire & rubber cleaner and tire shine.
For this adventure, I'll do a strip wash inside and out, get the trim conditioned and then I'f like to use One Step and/or Finishing Polish on it, then hit it Surface Prep and then Ceramic Spray Coating. I know I can use Revive Hand Polish, that is what I used the last time, but I also know I can get it better. It comes down to the risk to the graphics, these are not passenger car level decals, nor are they overly flimsy
The cart is also small enough that I can do the entire thing by hand and I don't really think I could get more than 3/4 of it with the SK 15 anyway - the nano would be ideal and I'll be letting the wife know I need one to take care of her fathers golf cart. 😁 I'll have the SK 15 with me since I'll be doing the father-in-laws Red Equinox and which will get Ceramic Paste Wax, plus I'll have plenty of other supplies for the other vehicles that I need to do.
Thanks for giving this some thought and I'm looking forward to your feedback.
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I have been reading, thinking and trying to come up with the best strategy for preparing the father-in-laws Red Vette for CSC. However, the Vette is his pride and joy and I want to make sure that it is as pristine as possible and really don't want to mess up the graphics. Some of you may remember my last session with it and for the others here are the pictures of what I'm working with, please pay attention to the graphics as that is the area I'm concerned with.
The place that sold him the cart, put the graphics on and they did a good job. There are no signs of peeling or cracking and it has been kept inside when not in use and I fully condition it about every 6 months. The seats are the easy part, they get Adam's Leather Conditioner with 2 or 3 coatings over several days to make sure the seat plenty of moisture. The windshield is treated with Adam's glass sealant, the tires are done with tire & rubber cleaner and tire shine.
For this adventure, I'll do a strip wash inside and out, get the trim conditioned and then I'f like to use One Step and/or Finishing Polish on it, then hit it Surface Prep and then Ceramic Spray Coating. I know I can use Revive Hand Polish, that is what I used the last time, but I also know I can get it better. It comes down to the risk to the graphics, these are not passenger car level decals, nor are they overly flimsy
The cart is also small enough that I can do the entire thing by hand and I don't really think I could get more than 3/4 of it with the SK 15 anyway - the nano would be ideal and I'll be letting the wife know I need one to take care of her fathers golf cart. 😁 I'll have the SK 15 with me since I'll be doing the father-in-laws Red Equinox and which will get Ceramic Paste Wax, plus I'll have plenty of other supplies for the other vehicles that I need to do.
Thanks for giving this some thought and I'm looking forward to your feedback.
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