Corvette Convertible correction via KBM

[white gecko]

This customer came about 90 miles or so to drop her car off to me for a thorough correction. She has a lot of pride of ownership of this car and maintains it quite well. A year or so ago she wanted to have me detail it, but I was pretty booked up at the time, so she had a local guy do it. It looked good for about a month, then when the cheap wax wore off, you could see the swirls left behind and a good amount of rotary holograms. She had an eye for them and called me to fix it. Timing wasn't too good, as I had family staying over from out of state for several days, but oh well. I got her car looking good and was able to spend time with family too.



After a solid 2 days on her car, it came out about 98% perfect. She was quite happy with the car, and even her husband was impressed (who had thought detailing a waste of money).







Process:



Exterior

-Foamed with Dawn

-Rinsed and Dawn wash

-Megs APC 4:1 on wheels/tires

-Daytona EZ detail brush

-Swissvax Wheel brush

-Clayed with Z18 and Megs LT as lube

-Engine with Megs APC 3:1 and various brushes

-Tires and black trim with Zaino Z16







Interior



-Vacuumed

-Leather with Megs APC 10:1

-Zaino Z10 conditioner

-Stoner's Invisible Glass on windows

-vents and console cleaned with various brushes/qtips

-forgot pics *whoops*







Correction



-Megs 105 on orange LC 5.5

-Megs 205 on white LC 5.5

-using KBM method





LSP



-Zaino ZAIO

-Zaino Z5pro

-Zaino Z6

















Before pics:

The sky had a slight haze and hid some of the direct light, covering some swirls, but they were worse than pictured.

Bath time!

Onto the swirls and correction...







test spot

Right side corrected, left side not corrected yet

Both sides finished

 

[white gecko]

Finished pics

 

[imported_Sludge1]

Awesome detail, looks much better. Still can't believe a PC can do all that. :xyxthumbs

 

[alexjn1]

Great Job, I am sure your customers are very happy with it and are glad they made the trip for you to do it.

 

[socalv-dub]

dang i really have to get myself some 105 and 205, cuz my combo right now is not cutting it.

looks really fantastic

 

[Thats Fresh]

nice. im sure was worth the drive for the owner.

 

[Barry Theal]

Jeff very nice work man. That car looks perfect! I loved the sun shots. SO how do you like zaino? Thats one product I never use and I been debating on it for a while now. Can you give me some feedback on it.

 

[white gecko]

Quote from the owner who posted up on LS1tech to the detail post there:

..thread here: 2007 Corvette vert detail - full correction - LS1TECH

Hi Jeff - wanted to register here, so that I could publicly thank you for the awesome job that you did with our car. It was most definitely worth driving the two hours it took to get to your place. I know you said that the car was 98% corrected, but damn if I can find the 2% that you said wasn't. The job looks 100% perfect to me.



Nancy

Thanks everyone!









Barry, I've been using Zaino since 02 and love the stuff. Z2pro and Z5pro are your staple items. Both good for 6months durability. Z2pro for lighter colors, Z5pro for darker ones. Z6 detail spray is great. Get the Z8 though if you really want it to pop! ZAIO is a lot like the Klasse AIO, and I find TONS of uses for it, very versatile. And ZCS (clear seal) just gives off the craziest shine and good depth, especially when followed by Z8.

 

[David Fermani]

Wow - very nice and super glossy.