Finished! 86 Vette Black...From death to new life. It's alive and kicken!

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imported_rydawg1

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Hello guys



I showed you a preview of this car yesterday and this is the process from start to finish.



The dealer was a little upset with the price, but was amazed at how it came out. Toward the end I was getting overboard and had to sacrifice my time for correction instead of lsp as it was getting sold soon. So for lsp it just got a wipedown of Z8 and I was rather impressed in how it turned out. One minute after I finished taking the pics it down poored very bad, so I had to take the last pics very fast.



This was for a local used car dealer who just had this painted and had detailed also. Neither of them did a good job. The stock paint was beat and had been patched 10 times and then some. The new paint was very cheap paint that the shop uses for wholesale work and the purities in the paint stink and is very hard to work with. :think: but I have done this 100's of times dealing with cheap as paint.

Menzerna really kicks some major azz in the correction dept. when worked correctly and it's the missing correction ingredient that I have been looking for in 15 years. I can get it 100% swirl free with a rotary with a look that is to die for.



The owner had some people interested in it to buy and just wanted to take the curse off of it. I took it to a whole new level and this one get a golden award for quick correction in my eyes. The owner was shocked at how it came out. The paint blended in so well and it does not look like it was sprayed 15 times anymore.



Here it is and my process was



Wash Z7/pinkstuf degreaser

wetsand 1500/2500

Presta UCC/wool on some spots but had issues with paint fading fast as I was working. Cheap paint sucks

Powergloss- Yellow edge wool pad 1500-2000rpm

PO83 SIP- Orange LC CCS pad 1500 rpm

106FF- white CCS pad 1200-1800rpm

LSP- Z8



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Oh the funny part was people came over too look at it when it was done and said, :wow: what wax is that and what store do I buy it in! They have no clue what it literally takes. I told them NO WAX was used and they looked at me baffled:hm



I was quite rather impressed in the gloss just the Z8 wipe gave me. It started raining a couple of minutes after I took the pictures and it was beading like crazy. My batteries dies in my camera so I was mad I could not get them taken:wall



Oh well....Next!
 
Ummmmmm this is the first time I am actually speechless when it comes to responding (to my credit, I actually managed a response about my speechlessness which only goes against what I was saying about not having anything to say at all). See I'm now babbling incohernetaly, Ryan you are an amazing detailer man!!!!!!!
 
Stunning job!! It amazes me that they would be upset about the price after transforming it from garbage to that. If anything, you didn't get paid enough. Great work!!





Greg
 
Honestly......I didn't know such a thing was possible. It looks like a total repaint (without the orange peel).
 
Ryan, Your skills are beyond what most of us hope to master. Thanks for taking the time to take all the pics.



How much of the UCC do you us on the wool pad, compared to something like P1500?
 
:shocked



The judges are holding up '10' cards. Perfect!



That's a really amazing piece of work that showcases your talent Ryan.:2thumbs:



Do yourself a favor and keep those pictures on file for the folks that question your rates, or your abilities over other local detailers.



I hope the dealership paid you well! They will make a substantially higher profit as a result of your work.
 
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