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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 04:35 PM
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Did some polishing

Did some polishing on mine yesterday since it was a rainy nasty day . It made quite a difference on the 16 yr. old paint . Can't get all the scratches out , but at least now they are shiny !!

front fender done ...

front door done ...

at this rate , I may be done by Christmas .
 
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Old Nov 16, 2019 | 08:57 AM
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Your Way ahead of me. I need to begin my 90K mile Scheduled Maintenance Service & all I've managed so far is to Think about it!!!!
 
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Old Nov 16, 2019 | 04:03 PM
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Your Way ahead of me. I need to begin my 90K mile Scheduled Maintenance Service & all I've managed so far is to Think about it!!!!
Got the hood tailgate done today and found time to install my new brush guard from the same vendor as my big truck !!



one more side and top to go ...

 
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Old Dec 29, 2019 | 05:48 PM
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Due to rainy day , I was able to get back to polishing . Hopefully will finish up tomorrow !

quite a few more scratches on this side , sanded some down with 2000 grit ...

 
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Old Jan 1, 2020 | 09:40 PM
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With all of the scratches buffed out, your gonna have to take that nice brush guard off, cause you can't go there now, with it all polished up!!!! lol
 
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Didn't think about that !!!
 
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Very nice job!!! What did you use for polish? Thanks,. Tim
 
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Very nice job!!! What did you use for polish? Thanks,. Tim
3M rubbing compound and machine polish . Used a porter - cable polisher and also used Pinnacle paste wax . It doesn't look brand new as some of the scratches were pretty deep , but it looks much better than before .
 
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Looks good.
 
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