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Posted: 5/18/07 4:55amMessage 1 of 8
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Spotsylvania, VA - USA
Joined: 1/20/2007
Posts: 293
Vette(s): 1977 Silver Coupe

This is e general message for someone in this area that can show me HOW to get the dang car wash brush marks outa the clear-coat. 

 I can't afford to get it repainted anytime soon so I have work with what I got.

Thanks.
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Posted: 5/18/07 5:09amMessage 2 of 8
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Kendall Park, NJ - USA
Joined: 3/9/2005
Posts: 789
Vette(s): 1981 - 59 Beige over Cinnebar leather. Edlebrock top end, 2200 stall w/shift kit, 3:55s, Mufflex maniback exhaust, nice stereo, 16 in AREs w/BFGs
2 things - VETTES NEVER HIT A CAR WASH.  I have 1st hand seen fibreglass flexing from a carwash
 
Griots catalog, they have a scratch/swirl removal series of products.  It works
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Posted: 5/18/07 5:36amMessage 3 of 8
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Frederick, MD - USA
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Vette(s): 1969 convertible L71 427/435 4-speed black interior
I agree...on both points.

Keep your Vette out of the automatic car wash and Griot's Garage has outstanding products.   
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Posted: 5/18/07 6:43amMessage 4 of 8
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Spotsylvania, VA - USA
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I didn't put it there. This is from the previous owner. 
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Posted: 5/18/07 9:03amMessage 5 of 8
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Old Hickory, TN - USA
Joined: 5/26/2003
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Vette(s): 1978 L-82 Silver Anniversary hotrod. /////////////
There is a 3M product available from your local body shop supply house called "Finesse It". It is a very fine polishing compound, pretty expensive, but it'll get the job done. I use it with a 7" high speed buffer with a lambswool pad. Do one area at a time (half a hood, etc.) gently. Use a pretty fair amount of the stuff to prevent burning the finish. The stuff works so gently, there is little chance of burning thru the clear-coat.

Dave
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Posted: 5/18/07 1:08pmMessage 6 of 8
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North Charleston, SC - USA
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Vette(s): 1975 L48 AT AC T-top
If you have never used a wheel...don't start learning on your Vette. It is very easy to burn the finish. Then you have a bigger problem than you started with.

Scott
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Posted: 5/19/07 4:47amMessage 7 of 8
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I was thinking more in line of a rubber block, pad, and elbow grease, I'm not to good with the buffer. Tried it, and........huh? ....whoops.  I have to stay away from anything dangerous.  Small area at a time.
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Posted: 5/19/07 6:03amMessage 8 of 8
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Old Hickory, TN - USA
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Vette(s): 1978 L-82 Silver Anniversary hotrod. /////////////
Finesse-It will work by hand if you have a LOT of patience, which I have none of. If you run out of it, a random orbital buffer is a whole lot safer than the 7" wheel I mentioned...

Dave
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