imported_d00t
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I did this job almost two weeks ago, but all the pictures were on my crashed hard drive! Well, now that I got all the information recovered, it's time for a write-up!
This is a very good client of mine. I went with him for a PPI on a Maserati GranSport because I had my tell-no-lies paint gauge, and he just wanted to be sure. Needless to say, he passed on the Mas and picked up this beautiful Porsche Turbo in Speed Yellow. Not even having it for one week, he schedules an appointment to make it look as best as possible.
This ended up being a hard task to achieve great correction on (95%+) which was both of our expectations due to paint readings. The thickest reading I found was 102 on the rear quarters, with the thinnest being on the roof at 79. The consistent readings were in the low-to-high 80 microns. So extreme care was taken in my 3-step process to ensure the clear wasn't further compromised. I'd say I got about 90% correction, which was a disappointment for the both of us--but it wouldn't have been worth a new paint job to chase another 5-9%. Also, it seems as if this car will see frequent glazings in the future to keep it looking good. This is a bother to me, but there's just no choice at this point!
OK, on with the detail/write-up!
This was during new years, and was cloudy/rainy all weekend so sorry for no sun pics really.
Porsche hollow twists' in black aren't best when rattle-canned. Owner is going to have these stripped and put back to their factory finish silver.
First up was the wheels, as usual. Took care of the rim faces with Autoglym Custom Wheel Cleaner. Tires/arches with Eimann Fabrik. Agitated with various brushes.
Some lovely tar build-up:
Tardis took care of it no problem:
I foamed the car with Optimum Power Clean at 3:1 to get as much previous waxes, oils, etc off the car:
Before pulling it in to the garage and drying it off, it was clayed with Riccardo Yellow clay.
Some nice halogen shots to show the condition of the paint--which was pretty bad!
Under the brinkman dual xenon light:
The process for the car was 3M FC+ on a green pad, 3M EFC on a yellow pad, and M205 and a black LC flat pad on the Flex DA. I was only removing around 2-3 microns with these three steps. On some panels, I switched to a 3" PFW on the tight areas. On others with more clear I did two passes of 3M FC+ in order to get more correction.
Here's a 50/50 on the hood:
Then the sun peaked out as I was taking some 50/50 shots so I rushed to get the car outside to get some "true correction" shots:
This would be the last the sun came out for about a week--so I'm glad I got these shots in!
On to the rest of the detail in-doors..
Head lights and Tail lights got two passes of 3M FC+ on a green uber pad, and one pass with M205 on the Flex DA
Nice little panel 50/50 of the bumper corrected, fender not:
Hood finished, passenger side fender not:
Correction shot under the brinkman xenon:
Fender finished:
This is a very good client of mine. I went with him for a PPI on a Maserati GranSport because I had my tell-no-lies paint gauge, and he just wanted to be sure. Needless to say, he passed on the Mas and picked up this beautiful Porsche Turbo in Speed Yellow. Not even having it for one week, he schedules an appointment to make it look as best as possible.
This ended up being a hard task to achieve great correction on (95%+) which was both of our expectations due to paint readings. The thickest reading I found was 102 on the rear quarters, with the thinnest being on the roof at 79. The consistent readings were in the low-to-high 80 microns. So extreme care was taken in my 3-step process to ensure the clear wasn't further compromised. I'd say I got about 90% correction, which was a disappointment for the both of us--but it wouldn't have been worth a new paint job to chase another 5-9%. Also, it seems as if this car will see frequent glazings in the future to keep it looking good. This is a bother to me, but there's just no choice at this point!
OK, on with the detail/write-up!
This was during new years, and was cloudy/rainy all weekend so sorry for no sun pics really.
Porsche hollow twists' in black aren't best when rattle-canned. Owner is going to have these stripped and put back to their factory finish silver.
First up was the wheels, as usual. Took care of the rim faces with Autoglym Custom Wheel Cleaner. Tires/arches with Eimann Fabrik. Agitated with various brushes.
Some lovely tar build-up:
Tardis took care of it no problem:
I foamed the car with Optimum Power Clean at 3:1 to get as much previous waxes, oils, etc off the car:
Before pulling it in to the garage and drying it off, it was clayed with Riccardo Yellow clay.
Some nice halogen shots to show the condition of the paint--which was pretty bad!
Under the brinkman dual xenon light:
The process for the car was 3M FC+ on a green pad, 3M EFC on a yellow pad, and M205 and a black LC flat pad on the Flex DA. I was only removing around 2-3 microns with these three steps. On some panels, I switched to a 3" PFW on the tight areas. On others with more clear I did two passes of 3M FC+ in order to get more correction.
Here's a 50/50 on the hood:
Then the sun peaked out as I was taking some 50/50 shots so I rushed to get the car outside to get some "true correction" shots:
This would be the last the sun came out for about a week--so I'm glad I got these shots in!
On to the rest of the detail in-doors..
Head lights and Tail lights got two passes of 3M FC+ on a green uber pad, and one pass with M205 on the Flex DA
Nice little panel 50/50 of the bumper corrected, fender not:
Hood finished, passenger side fender not:
Correction shot under the brinkman xenon:
Fender finished:
