Boxster S major de-swirl and Zymol Concours

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Back to a customers to complete the second detail request. I’d already had a good look at this car, and knew this was going to be a difficult and demanding one.



Here’s the car, ready to be washed and clayed.

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yes it really was that dark and wet when I washed and clayed!



I went up to their house on the Saturday, washed with the DP foam gum shampoo first:

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and clayed the car with DP clay

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Arches with treated with APC, alloys with APC on outside, diluted Wonder Wheels on inners. I then dried and put away in the garage ready for me return the following day. There was two hours gone already.
 
I returned to the house on the Sunday morning, with Ben in tow for w rotary and PC tutorial. Here’s some shots of the car under the lamps:

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Next we complete the paint depth readings – note the lower drivers door:

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With the N/S front wing taped I completed a test section using Pinnacle Swirl Remover and a Wolfgang Polishing Pad on the Metabo, left lamp showing no swirls, right lamp highlighting the swirling.

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With the results looking good on swirl removal, and a few of the Randon Deep Scratches also being removed I stuck with this and moved to the bonnet, before and after:

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and the boot panel, before and after:

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Moving round the car was going well, providing Ben with the opportunity to test the Metabo and see the work in action. Progress down the O/S of the car proved slow, most sections needing two or even three attempts of the combo to remove the swirling. N/S was much easier, a single attempt doing the job.



With the de-swirling finished in a little over three hours, I swapped to the Port cable polisher, and using another Wolfgang Polishing Pad and Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish demonstrated to Ben how to use the combination to get the best results. We applied one pass at speed 2, then two/three passes at speed 6. With a very thin residue left I wiped clear.



Continuing with the Porter Cable, and a finishing pad with XMT Finishing Glaze I applied to each panel at speed 4. Ben kindly followed round, two panels behind to allow some curing time, wiping clear. This product is a dream to use, wiping away with no effort, and leaving a rich deep wet look.



Last layer for the paintwork, Zymol Concours. Warming in the palms, and massaged into each panel, Ben wiping clear with two Poorboys Ultra Plush Micro Fibre cloths.

Alloys coated with Meguiars #20 Polymer Sealant, tyres with Armor All Tire Gel, Arches with Poorboys Bold n Brite and windows cleaned with Stoners Invisible Glass.



I cleaned the glass inside too, and gave the interior a clean down with Pinnacle Leather Cleaner and Conditioner. The seven year old seats positively soaked up the conditioning oils to brighten and interior and replenish the smell of leather interiors.



With the car finished and a total of 8 hours work complete, I moved outside and into the late afternoon Autumn daylight. What was a shade of pink became the deep glossy Guards Red Boxster S below:
 
sorry most had to be removed as the backing plate to hide the reg has my website addy on it, and is classed as advertising :)

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and of course, owner's inspection:

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Thanks to Ben for his support - and well done for the being the first pupil to actually takes notes!



Thanks for reading Iain.
 
You have to love those short days in Europe this time of the year.



Beautiful detail by the way, very impressive!
 
Nice work...love the Porsche.... but that weather of yours is looking COLD and depressing :aww: I hate working in cold, dampy weather so my hats off to ya for doing so :)



Anthony
 
GREAT Detail! The paint came out stellar! I trust the owner is happy with the results.



Have a Boddington's for me will ya! (I did some computer work right across the street at Strangeways...ugh)



Totoland Mach
 
the paint removal on a good de-swirl can range from 2 microns to 5 microns of clear coat as an average.



In this case, due to the very hard CC of the porsche the removal was barely noticable and nothing to worry about (0.5-1 micron). It does hwoever, in the case of the drivers door, hightlight where not to 'give it the beans' :)



Thanks to everyone for your comments.



The winter months of detailing are not nice, but one that has to be done :)
 
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