This car belongs to my father in law and detailing it was his birthday present this year. This was actually my first detail after getting back into the detailing business. NSXTASY dropped in to make sure I wasn't spraying brake cleaner on the paint or anything...
This car taught me quite a few lessons about what can (permanently) happen as a result of neglected finishes. Half of the car was re sprayed about 20 years ago and that entire re spray job has a spider web type of clear coat failure that is impossible to remove, so I had to round it. The interior was so oxidized I used some silicone dressing (I know a very non-autopian thing to do) after FK1 and other water based dressings could not cut the oxidation down. After dressing with the silicone it was wiped and allowed to dry under the car cover for a week before it was subjected to the elements. The convertible plastic window was not salvageable even after an hour of polishing, maybe washing with heavily concentrated dish soap, and household window cleaners does that?
Process:
ONR
Heavily diluted APC for wells etc
Clay
Started with Optimum compound but experienced micro marring, so some polish was added and that worked fine. The entire car was done with the diluted compound.
1x OP
1x PS
Nattys Blue
Danase Wet Glaze
The after shots had a wash and some AW added.
Dressings were done with FK1, which was great as this car is on a dirt road and experiences major dusting. The FK1 does not attract dust.
I just randomly took shots throughout the process, and spent a very long time on this as I only had my UDM.
The befores, this paint has never been polished:
Here is the CC failure
Dirty car and my clean detailing truck (otherwise known as my wife's car)
Some swirling:
Some holograms:
Some shaded afters:
A Blurry after shot, the only close up I took. The paint was swirl free but not defect free, so you get the idea.
My favorite shot, a happy owner... He lost all his other pics of this car in a house fire so I am printing and framing a couple for him.
And now the main event, full-sun shots. I was very pleased with the Natty's / DWG combo.
This car taught me quite a few lessons about what can (permanently) happen as a result of neglected finishes. Half of the car was re sprayed about 20 years ago and that entire re spray job has a spider web type of clear coat failure that is impossible to remove, so I had to round it. The interior was so oxidized I used some silicone dressing (I know a very non-autopian thing to do) after FK1 and other water based dressings could not cut the oxidation down. After dressing with the silicone it was wiped and allowed to dry under the car cover for a week before it was subjected to the elements. The convertible plastic window was not salvageable even after an hour of polishing, maybe washing with heavily concentrated dish soap, and household window cleaners does that?
Process:
ONR
Heavily diluted APC for wells etc
Clay
Started with Optimum compound but experienced micro marring, so some polish was added and that worked fine. The entire car was done with the diluted compound.
1x OP
1x PS
Nattys Blue
Danase Wet Glaze
The after shots had a wash and some AW added.
Dressings were done with FK1, which was great as this car is on a dirt road and experiences major dusting. The FK1 does not attract dust.
I just randomly took shots throughout the process, and spent a very long time on this as I only had my UDM.
The befores, this paint has never been polished:
Here is the CC failure
Dirty car and my clean detailing truck (otherwise known as my wife's car)
Some swirling:
Some holograms:
Some shaded afters:
A Blurry after shot, the only close up I took. The paint was swirl free but not defect free, so you get the idea.
My favorite shot, a happy owner... He lost all his other pics of this car in a house fire so I am printing and framing a couple for him.
And now the main event, full-sun shots. I was very pleased with the Natty's / DWG combo.
