Orinda Auto Detail - LS460 and Black Fire SRC Finishing challenge!

Orinda Auto Detail

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The goal on this is was to make it presentable for sale. Same customer I OC'd his new Tesla S. When he called and told me he wanted me to clean it up for sale I was expecting wash/clay/seal call it a day being a 25k mile car. When I saw it that changed. So I did what I could with a one step correction(could of used 3 easily). It's not perfect by any means but this is a true showing of Black Fire SRC Finishing polish can do. After what turned into a 3 hours car wash and decon just to get it ready to polish I got to it with my rotary and a white CCS pad. Check it out.
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When it got here
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See how much grime is caked on that emblem. Probably hasn't been washed in 6 months.
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After washing an decon out in the sun. Doesn't look to horrible right? Lets take a closer look...
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Ruff shape, rids, swirls, etchings, all the fun stuff!
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The test spot. SRC finishing with my dewalt, and a white pad. I was very skeptical about this combo getting any where near the results I was going for. This is my goto one step 80% of the time and I have a good ideal of the limits. So I was kinda shocked when I wiped the polish away and saw...
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Amazing black fire goodness? I showed that 50/50 shot to customer this morning and it was a whiplash moment. He almost broke his neck doing a double take.
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The rest of the car was in = bad shape. So I kept working this combo around the car total time polishing was 4 1/2 hours. Then sealed it up with BFWD and...
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Not perfect but considering I was very pleased.


Thanks for looking
Joe Torbati
Orinda Auto Detail
 
Nice Job as always...Joe.

This car brings back memories of my LS. This was before a Hippie in San Francisco with a 1954 converted UPS truck (hand painted flowers all over the truck) decided that his lane wasn't big enough and he had to take mine as well. :(
 
Looks awesome!
You definitely achieved incredible results from one correction step :bigups
Thank you!
Excellent!! Looks great for 1-step.
Thanks Mike!
Nice Job as always...Joe.

This car brings back memories of my LS. This was before a Hippie in San Francisco with a 1954 converted UPS truck (hand painted flowers all over the truck) decided that his lane wasn't big enough and he had to take mine as well. :(
THanks you! You told me about this.... Stupid city drivers... I won't drive my car there unless I have too. I bart it up lol

Wow that looks amazing for a one step Joe.
Thank you! See what you get to lok forward to when the weather clears up!
Great job Joe! I used SRC Finishing Polish on this THREAD http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums...5-mercedes-benz-s550-using-new-blackfire.html . It does have some bite but finishes SO well!
Thanks Todd. Yeah it's pretty awesome, considering this is my goto one step most the time I really didn't expect to get the results I did:dunno:. I've seen cars in similar condition that I didn't even try this on because I figured no way. Live and learn!

turned out very nice joe.
Thanks Steve! I got a hammered black range rover for a full correction here! I don't want you thinking I have a fever or anything with all these non black cars I've been doing.
 
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