1968 Firebird Convertible - Remove Swirls & Create a Flawless Finish

3,342 views · Published 13 July 2012 · 2:36:43 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: Autogeek · 2012 · Autos & Vehicles

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Mike Phillips leads a team of people, both people brand new to car detailing, a few enthusiast detailers and a couple of professional detailers on step-by-step, how to remove the swirls on a 1968 Firebird Convertible and create a true show car finish.

For this project they used,

Products
Optimum Hyper-Compound, Optimum Hyper-Polish, Optimum Car Wax, Optimum Power Clean, Optimum Leather & Vinyl Protectant, Optimum Metal Polish.

Tools
Flex 3401 Forced Rotation Dual Action Polisher
Griot's Garage 6" Random Orbital Polisher
Porter Cable 7424XP

Pads
Lake Country 5" Hybrid Pads
Lake Country 5.5" Hydro-Tech Pads

Glass
Diamondite Glasswork Restore

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Video and Pictures: 1968 Firebird Detailing Class

You can find the high resolution before and after pictures.  

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