Barry Spice

The trucks sure look great when shiny, but they show every scratch and defect...what works as polish?

I tried polishing compound, scratch out, and even a "nano" plastic polish with less than stellar results.

Seems like the clear coat is extra shiny...or maybe I've just never had a new black truck before...

mraz72

I've read a ton on detailing and even bought some pretty expensive equipment, so here is my opinion taking that into account.

1. You need an dual action polisher, here is a quick list, by no means exhaustive
http://www.performancemotorcare.com/...tion-polisher/
2. you need pads and compound to correct your paint. (by correct I mean remove swirls and minor scratches)
3. after correction completed, wax (seal) the paint. You can also polish and then seal if you feel you need ever more shine

You can also pay someone to perform the above steps, I would expect that to cost 200 - 500

Cheaper, easier way, get a cheap polisher and try an AIO (All in one) compound (correct, polishes and seals in one step). It depends on how much you need to correct your paint AND how often you choose to correct your paint, if done often, I would invest in better equipment.

5.Bro

Welcome to the sb club.

On a quiet night you can hear the paint scratch.

SPOAT

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v8_STX

My last vehicle was black. It was really, really tough to get the paint corrected, and even then, I only got it to about 90% (which was really fine for me because it was a commuter vehicle and a few optical scratches were the last thing I needed to worry about).

I ended up putting in almost 40 work hours (a friend helped me for part of this) over 3 very, very long days into it. I did an a-b with some tape and after some polishing, this is what I had done:



I went over that thing with several different pads, different polish levels and finally, wax (all of which was designed for black paint).

Big effort, loved the results! It wasn't a F150, so I'm not sure if I should post the 1/4 panel photo I took of it.

Wildvan

The chemicalguys and griotsgarage both have great products and some how to videos. It is easy to get obsessed with this. I have a black 911 that shows every defect possible, black cars look great when shinny, but are a pain to keep that way.

mraz72

Autogeek also has good products, that is where I've bought most of my products

Sheepdog812

Sweet Jesus Brother, that's a gorgeous truck!!!

dbmachine

Black on black on black. Very nice