WOW! Since Saturday till today (Wednesday) I have been working a very nice gentleman’s collection. This guy knows his car stuff and is TRUE car enthusiast. I got a hold of 6 of his cars although he does have more. Because of the number of cars and pics, I simply limited the time I took for before and afters so for each car I generally included one of each. The pic I tried to capture in the before is pretty much what the rest of the car looked like. I’m kinda tired so bare with me as I skip some of the story and go straight to process and pics!
Interior Process was pretty much the same for all… Vacuum, clean carpets with Folex, Lexol Leather cleaner, water/woolite on vinyl, treated rubber/vinyl with 303 and leather with Zaino Leather.
First…. 1998 Mercedes SL500. Sat outside for the last 6 months and was extremely dirty on the outside.
Sixth…. 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS Most of the paint is original. Some areas of paint were cracked. I did a little more light polishing on this one because of the cracked paint in some areas and the thinness in others. ( I have paint gauge).
Wash and clay, then Menzerna 106FF with polish pad @ 1500 rpms.
ALL CARS - Tires all treated with Zaino tire gloss along with some exterior lower trim. Metals and chrome polished with Flitz. There are a lot of steps i did not list and products and what not. Understand im very tired! I spent about 60 hours the last five days getting these cars done!
Whew! Questions and comments as always. I will not answer questions about what my client does, what area he is in etc. for obvious reasons.
Also, a side note, the owner (along with the six cars I posted) has a 01 M5, Land Rover LH3, 73 Ferrari Daytona, Porshce 944 Turbo and a Jeep Wrangler CJ....talk about a collection!!!
I like the Zymol better, but cant justify the price. I have the pebble beach sampler kit which the discountinued a while back but other than that I wouldnt purchase the Estate glazes at retail price unless i have a lot of money to burn. This particular customer was very nice accomodating me and taking me to lunch I felt some cars needed some extra special wax as a "gift."
wow, the color of the jag didn't come out until you brought it out in the sun. I was stunned! AMAZING work, would you have been able to tackle the swirls if you went with the orange pad instead of the yellow?
I spent about 60 hours the last five days getting these cars done!