2008 Black Infiniti G37S - Only 3 months old and Swirled up already!

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rlguy28

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Car was bought in early May of this year so it was a little over 3 months old. From my past experience with this G37 in black, I knew to expect some swirling but wow, I must say that this has been the most swirled up car I have worked on and it was only 3 months old.



Apparently it was taken to another detailer when it was first bought and apparently did not do a good job. I figured it was clayed but it was full of bonded contaminants. So on with the process:



Wheels, Wheel Wells, Tires

Pressure Wash rinse

Meguiars APC+ on wells and tires

P21s Gel Wheel Cleaner on wheels

Tire Brush

Wheel Brush



Wash & Dry

Pressure Wash Pre-Rinse

Foam Cannon Pre-Wash

P21S Total Auto Wash Citrus Degreaser

2 Bucket Method /w Grit Guard and Genuine Lambswool Mitts

Sheet water with hose - makes drying easier as there is less water on the car afterwards

Microfiber Waffle Weave Towels



Clay

Chemical Guys Gray Clay

Optimum No Rinse QD strength

Foam cannoned the car again to remove leftover contaminants



Paint Correction

Makita 9227C Rotary Polisher

Menzerna Super Intensive Polish PO83rd

Menzerna PO106ff Polish

Lake Country 6.5" Orange Pad

Lake Country 6.5" White Pad

Cyclo 4" Green Pad

Cyclo 4" Orange Pad

IPA Wipedown on all panels



Trim

Black Wow for plastic trim

303 Aerospace Protectant for rubber weather stripping



Interior

Rigid 5.5 hp shop vac

303 Aerospace Protectant

Prima Nero





LSP

Zaino Z5 Pro with ZFX accerlator - 2 coats

Zaino Z6 QD spray in between coats

Zaino Z8 Grande Finale - Final Wipedown



Before Pics taken right when car was dropped off

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Products used for wheels, tires, and wells

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Getting the foaming trigger for the APC really does help its cleaning power. Notice the brown tire gunk coming off.

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Rinsing off with pressure washer

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Can't forget the wheel wells. Wells were sprayed with APC first and left to dwell for 5 minutes.

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Foam Cannon Pre-wash

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After Claying half of the trunk lid

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After Claying quarter of the hood

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Now let's see what she looks like after everything has been stripped off.

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Swirls, Buffer Trails, water spots...you name it...its on there

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Front Fender

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Trunk Lid

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Rear Quarter Panel

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Remember, this is only 3 months old....One of my fav shots to show how bad the condition was....:eek3:

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Car is prepped for polishing. I raised the hood to allow better access to the edges without fear of burning the paint on the fenders

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I proceeded to tape off the emblem and lettering after the photo was taken.

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Ok now onto the 50/50s...



Hood 50/50s

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Trunk Lid 50/50s



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Polishing the other side with Menz SIP and Orange Pad...I tape over the edge of uneven surfaces such as the rear wing to protect the edge from being burned by the rotary.



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Scuff on the rear bumper

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Scuff is removed

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Deep scratches on the rear bumper

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Scratch on left was removed but scratch on the right was too deep to completely polish out without removing alot of clear coat. It needed to be touched up and wet sanded to be fully removed.



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Front fender before shots

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Paint looked gray from all the swirling

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Taped off and ready for 50/50. Photo taken accenting only blue.

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Another photo highlighting red

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Polishing out the fender.

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fender 50/50s

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Close-up 50/50 of fender

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Inspecting my work after IPA wipedown

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Fender completed

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Noticed the nice lighting reflecting off the tarp so I took some photos

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And now to the after shots



BEFORE

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AFTER

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BEFORE

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AFTER

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Front Fender

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Rear Quarter Panel

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Swirls, buffer trails, water spots removed

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Damn that Infiniti looks awesome!



I love the 50/50's. Looks like you just peeled a layer of clear coat off perfectly.:woot:



Keep up the great work!
 
Great work, and nice job on the documentation. Those cars get in bad shape quite easily, but they look incredible when they're properly polished like that one is now.
 
IME, the black paint on the 350z and G35/37 is super easy to work on. I was able to correct paint that looked like that before, and make it match that after with 106ff and PFW only (As a funny test).
 
Great job on an awesome car. I also really enjoyed your documentation. Nice photography as well. Is that car from Canada or did they just change out the spoiler?
 
Lumadar said:
IME, the black paint on the 350z and G35/37 is super easy to work on. I was able to correct paint that looked like that before, and make it match that after with 106ff and PFW only (As a funny test).
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The Infiniti paint seems to highlight the filling properites of 106ff very well. The paint is very easy to make look good because of this effect.... Of course the paint looked much worse then you thought.



IME, that is some of the hardest paint to finish out correctly. The defects come out easy enough, but to finish down flawless is very difficult.



Great thread btw. I just ate a bowl of cereal and read the thread which equals a great time, IMO!
 
TH0001 said:
The Infiniti paint seems to highlight the filling properites of 106ff very well. The paint is very easy to make look good because of this effect.... Of course the paint looked much worse then you thought.



IME, that is some of the hardest paint to finish out correctly. The defects come out easy enough, but to finish down flawless is very difficult.



Great thread btw. I just ate a bowl of cereal and read the thread which equals a great time, IMO!
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Haha, I'm glad you enjoyed the thread as much as I did, good info here.



FWIW, I have since done TWO follow-up washes, both on beautiful sunny days, and the owner does damn near daily NXT Speed Detailer wipe downs and the paint (with only the 1 coat of NXT 2.0 from 2 months ago) still looks absolutely amazing. Absolutely zero marring in direct sun from any angle. Maybe I got lucky? :woot2:
 
Lumadar said:
Haha, I'm glad you enjoyed the thread as much as I did, good info here.



FWIW, I have since done TWO follow-up washes, both on beautiful sunny days, and the owner does damn near daily NXT Speed Detailer wipe downs and the paint (with only the 1 coat of NXT 2.0 from 2 months ago) still looks absolutely amazing. Absolutely zero marring in direct sun from any angle. Maybe I got lucky? :woot2:
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One thing that experience has taught me is that neither one of us are correct, we just have our personal experiences ;).. Maybe you are just that good :D
 
Superb work! I like your pictures too. Did you polish the bumper where the headlight is? Something looks a bit swirly. Maybe it is the pictures?



Great job nonetheless. That thing was trashed!
 
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