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This is the Porsche from the thread on Thursday. For those of you who didn’t read it, here is the story.
Basically a guy orders a black Porsche cayenne, dealer says they have one with 800 miles that is just like new. The customer says great, they do the deal. The vehicle actually had to be transferred from another dealership. When the vehicle arrives the clean-up guys buff it, then they take it to have the wheels repaired (apparently they were curbed a bit). While driving back from having the wheels repaired, it rained, they washed it when they returned. The following is how the paint looked after they washed it.
After the customer saw the car in full sun he was irate!!! They then called me and wanted it buffed THAT NIGHT (Thursday). So I worked from around 6:00 p.m. until around 2:30 a.m. I then slept until around 6:00 a.m. and delivered the car at 7:30 a.m.
Now I will give it to them, the paint was soft, but not that soft. It was so soft that my normal Meguiars 80’s series would marr the finish. It didn’t matter if it was applied via PC or rotary neither #83 nor #80 would leave a ready for wax finish. In fact, both casued very bad micromarring. Now this was new for me, typically I go straight to them and THEY WORK!!! For this paint, something else would have to be used for final polishing.
At one point or another I tried : HT LC, HT MC, HT EC, HT HC, #80, #82,#83, #84, #85, #5, 1Z MP, AIO, 3M PI-III MG, 3M PI-II MG, Meguiars GC prep and swirl reducer, UPC, SR1, SSR2, SSR2.5, PB’s PP, and a host of LSP’s.
In the end, this is what worked.
S&W (they washed before I picked it up, not sure if that was a favor or not)
Meguiars #85 Diamond cut with a twisted wool pad @1700 RPM’s
Meguiars #83 DACP via rotary with polishing pad @1000 RPM’s
3M PI-III MG (THANK GOD for this product, it was the ONLY product that would remove the haze left from the DACP without further micromarring, I will NEVER be without it) via cyclo with green polishing pads
1Z MP via PC and a finishing pad@3
Meguiars GC (new formula)
OCW
To say that this experience was unique would be an understatement. I loved the challenge and wouldn’t trade the experience for anything.
The detail manager called me around noon Friday to tell me that the customer was delighted, this was the biggest thrill for me!!!
Before: WARNING, these are bad (accumulator will probably faint)
Basically a guy orders a black Porsche cayenne, dealer says they have one with 800 miles that is just like new. The customer says great, they do the deal. The vehicle actually had to be transferred from another dealership. When the vehicle arrives the clean-up guys buff it, then they take it to have the wheels repaired (apparently they were curbed a bit). While driving back from having the wheels repaired, it rained, they washed it when they returned. The following is how the paint looked after they washed it.
After the customer saw the car in full sun he was irate!!! They then called me and wanted it buffed THAT NIGHT (Thursday). So I worked from around 6:00 p.m. until around 2:30 a.m. I then slept until around 6:00 a.m. and delivered the car at 7:30 a.m.
Now I will give it to them, the paint was soft, but not that soft. It was so soft that my normal Meguiars 80’s series would marr the finish. It didn’t matter if it was applied via PC or rotary neither #83 nor #80 would leave a ready for wax finish. In fact, both casued very bad micromarring. Now this was new for me, typically I go straight to them and THEY WORK!!! For this paint, something else would have to be used for final polishing.
At one point or another I tried : HT LC, HT MC, HT EC, HT HC, #80, #82,#83, #84, #85, #5, 1Z MP, AIO, 3M PI-III MG, 3M PI-II MG, Meguiars GC prep and swirl reducer, UPC, SR1, SSR2, SSR2.5, PB’s PP, and a host of LSP’s.
In the end, this is what worked.
S&W (they washed before I picked it up, not sure if that was a favor or not)
Meguiars #85 Diamond cut with a twisted wool pad @1700 RPM’s
Meguiars #83 DACP via rotary with polishing pad @1000 RPM’s
3M PI-III MG (THANK GOD for this product, it was the ONLY product that would remove the haze left from the DACP without further micromarring, I will NEVER be without it) via cyclo with green polishing pads
1Z MP via PC and a finishing pad@3
Meguiars GC (new formula)
OCW
To say that this experience was unique would be an understatement. I loved the challenge and wouldn’t trade the experience for anything.
The detail manager called me around noon Friday to tell me that the customer was delighted, this was the biggest thrill for me!!!
Before: WARNING, these are bad (accumulator will probably faint)
