Picked up my New Nautical Blue Baby
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jonothehut
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She’s a beaut
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fourrunnerbill
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Looks awesome.
Mr_Bingley
Member
it's a fine line between love and hate, right? lol It really pops in person
97BlackAckCL
Elite Member
I freaking love this paint, when it's clean there's nothing like it
Blue 4ever Runner
New member
Congratulations and yes, you picked an awesome color, I love mine. Right now it's yellow thanks to all the pollen but when it's clean this color really pops.
97BlackAckCL
Elite Member
It's crazy how much depth this paint has
Mr_Bingley
Member
lol my camera phone was too good, it made me really reduce the file quality/size before i could post it so the color shifted way purple and my black driveway turned green
97BlackAckCL
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I thought the same lol
Too Stroked
Member
First of all, congratulations on your beautiful new ride! Second, I detail vehicles at a local Toyota dealership and I have a love / hate relationship with that color. When new, it looks absolutely awesome. Your challenge will be keeping it looking that good because even the slightest bit of marring really takes away from the depth.
I had a customer with that color on a brand new Camry bring it back because three trips through her local (spinning brush) car wash had really messed it up. It took me 3 hours of careful polishing to make it perfect again. Don't make the same mistake.
I had a customer with that color on a brand new Camry bring it back because three trips through her local (spinning brush) car wash had really messed it up. It took me 3 hours of careful polishing to make it perfect again. Don't make the same mistake.
Isn't that the truth. I am just ready to start running mine through car washes. Yeah, there goes the paint.
Mr_Bingley
Member
will something like the turtle wax ceramic stuff help?
Too Stroked
Member
It will help, but not nearly as much as a true ceramic coating. (Note, the spray on / rinse off stuff that claims to "use ceramic technology" isn't a real ceramic coating and doesn't offer nearly the protection.) That said, the spray on stuff is generally better than old fashioned wax.
The big thing one has to remember is that every single time you touch your paint, at some (generally microscopic) level, you are marring it. You may not see the marring right away, but the effects are cumulative and will show up someday. And you may not even notice the effects until you get your paint professionally polished / corrected. But when you do get it corrected, it will look like a whole new color.
Mr_Bingley
Member
Ah yes, Science™ tells us that by observing an object you interact with and subtly alter it and its location...so my baby blue is named "Heisenberg" :dance:
