This is a Tale of Sadness, Frustration and Success all in the span of a 36 hours. Read more to hear this tale!!!
So Autogeek.net Picked me to Demo some new 6.5 inch Hydro-Tech pads from Lake Country. These are brand new and just popped on the market. They sent me a Cyan Cutting pad and a Tangerine Polishing Pad.
At first i looked at these pads and said "***!?!?! These pads are WAY too stiff"..... Yes, they are hard and stiff pads but finish UNBELIEVABLE. they both finish amazingly clear and perfect, They also use less Polish because the foam is designed to work with water based products!!! Even on this Soft Porsche Clearcoat, that pads finished AMAZING!!!
THANKS AUTOGEEK.NET FOR CHOOSING ME TO DEMO YOUR NEW PRODUCTS!!!!
Here is the Tangerine Pad next a CCS Orange Cutting pad....see the different in color?
The owner contacted me Via Local car forum for a detail job. He stated that the car was a 2006 Porsche 911 with on 17K miles on the clock. He had stated that the car had visible swirl marks while in the sun. The owner had just bought the car a few weeks before (Used) from a Porsche dealer in So Cal.
I Told the owner i would need to see the car to give a quote because paint correction is impossible to quote via phone. Because the owner lives in West LA and I live in Orange County it made it difficult for the owner to swing by so i could do a Inspection. Because of this, i told the owner that i would write up a work order and we will finalize thing saturday morning for drop off and sunday evening for pickup.... It only has 17K on the clock and was bought from a dealer... whats the worst it could be right?
So the car arrived. and i looked at the swirls and they looked kinda bad..... But i new deep inside that there was filler covering MASS amounts of damage....
Wheels:
- CG Jetseal 109
- Mequires Deep Crystal
- Eagle 1 Tire Shine
- Adam's Invisible Undercarriage
Underhood:
- Simple Green
- SmartWax NuShine
Interior:
- Scotch Guard
- 1Z Cockpit Premium
- Invisible Glass
- Gummi Pflege Stift 'Rubber Care Stick'
- Xymol TREAT Leather Conditioner
Wash:
- Adam's Shampoo (For Wheels)
- CG Citrus Wash+Gloss
- Natural Sea Sponge
Clay:
- CG Medium Claybar
- CG Luber
Paint Correction:
- Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 w/ LC Hydro Tech Cyan Pad
- Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 w/ LC Hydro Tech Tangerine Pad
- CG DEEP REFLECTIONS XP- 1 By Hand
Protection:
- Meguires Synthetic Sealant
- CG Pete's 53' applied Hand (2 Coats)
Plastic Trim
- 303 Aerospace Protectant
- SmartWax NuShine
- Gummi Pflege Stift 'Rubber Care Stick'
Here is the car when it Arrived
Baked On Brake Dust I had to clay to remove this....
So I washed the car and clayed it as usual........
This is when i realized I had a WAY bigger job ahead of me than i thought..... How did all these swirls appear on a 17K mile car!?!?!?!
.... At this point i cried a little bit for a few reasons....
The main reason being that this Job need WAY more time. If i would have been able to see the car in person, i would have told the owner that this was a 3-4 day job instead of a 2 day job..... I knew right then, that it was going to be a long weekend. By the time the wheels were fixed and the underhood and car was clean it was already the afternoon. So i too my lunch break and went to go by 16 cans of Red-Bull. I knew if i busted my *** and didnt sleep that i could get it done. I really wanted to get cool pics of this car but i knew i had to put the camera down and concentrate.
The next 24 hours were kinda a blur. It consisted of a can of red-bull every hour, LOTS of buffer time, and Power naps here & There.
After pulling it into the garage....here is what happened.....
This was my test Panel....After 6-7 different pad & product combos i settled on Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 + LC Hydro-Tech Tangerine Pad & Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 + LC Hydro-Tech Cyan Pad.
Here is with 1 pass for test of WG TSR 3.0.....i knew by first glance that this was the combo was the winner.
That Destroyed Rear Quarter Panel.....
The Driver door (Hardest Part of the Car)
Also removed the Badge for the owner..... Damn soft porsche clear even scratches with a clean new MF towel....
So Autogeek.net Picked me to Demo some new 6.5 inch Hydro-Tech pads from Lake Country. These are brand new and just popped on the market. They sent me a Cyan Cutting pad and a Tangerine Polishing Pad.
At first i looked at these pads and said "***!?!?! These pads are WAY too stiff"..... Yes, they are hard and stiff pads but finish UNBELIEVABLE. they both finish amazingly clear and perfect, They also use less Polish because the foam is designed to work with water based products!!! Even on this Soft Porsche Clearcoat, that pads finished AMAZING!!!
THANKS AUTOGEEK.NET FOR CHOOSING ME TO DEMO YOUR NEW PRODUCTS!!!!
Here is the Tangerine Pad next a CCS Orange Cutting pad....see the different in color?
The owner contacted me Via Local car forum for a detail job. He stated that the car was a 2006 Porsche 911 with on 17K miles on the clock. He had stated that the car had visible swirl marks while in the sun. The owner had just bought the car a few weeks before (Used) from a Porsche dealer in So Cal.
I Told the owner i would need to see the car to give a quote because paint correction is impossible to quote via phone. Because the owner lives in West LA and I live in Orange County it made it difficult for the owner to swing by so i could do a Inspection. Because of this, i told the owner that i would write up a work order and we will finalize thing saturday morning for drop off and sunday evening for pickup.... It only has 17K on the clock and was bought from a dealer... whats the worst it could be right?
So the car arrived. and i looked at the swirls and they looked kinda bad..... But i new deep inside that there was filler covering MASS amounts of damage....
Wheels:
- CG Jetseal 109
- Mequires Deep Crystal
- Eagle 1 Tire Shine
- Adam's Invisible Undercarriage
Underhood:
- Simple Green
- SmartWax NuShine
Interior:
- Scotch Guard
- 1Z Cockpit Premium
- Invisible Glass
- Gummi Pflege Stift 'Rubber Care Stick'
- Xymol TREAT Leather Conditioner
Wash:
- Adam's Shampoo (For Wheels)
- CG Citrus Wash+Gloss
- Natural Sea Sponge
Clay:
- CG Medium Claybar
- CG Luber
Paint Correction:
- Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 w/ LC Hydro Tech Cyan Pad
- Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 w/ LC Hydro Tech Tangerine Pad
- CG DEEP REFLECTIONS XP- 1 By Hand
Protection:
- Meguires Synthetic Sealant
- CG Pete's 53' applied Hand (2 Coats)
Plastic Trim
- 303 Aerospace Protectant
- SmartWax NuShine
- Gummi Pflege Stift 'Rubber Care Stick'
Here is the car when it Arrived
Baked On Brake Dust I had to clay to remove this....
So I washed the car and clayed it as usual........
This is when i realized I had a WAY bigger job ahead of me than i thought..... How did all these swirls appear on a 17K mile car!?!?!?!
.... At this point i cried a little bit for a few reasons....
The main reason being that this Job need WAY more time. If i would have been able to see the car in person, i would have told the owner that this was a 3-4 day job instead of a 2 day job..... I knew right then, that it was going to be a long weekend. By the time the wheels were fixed and the underhood and car was clean it was already the afternoon. So i too my lunch break and went to go by 16 cans of Red-Bull. I knew if i busted my *** and didnt sleep that i could get it done. I really wanted to get cool pics of this car but i knew i had to put the camera down and concentrate.
The next 24 hours were kinda a blur. It consisted of a can of red-bull every hour, LOTS of buffer time, and Power naps here & There.
After pulling it into the garage....here is what happened.....
This was my test Panel....After 6-7 different pad & product combos i settled on Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 + LC Hydro-Tech Tangerine Pad & Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 + LC Hydro-Tech Cyan Pad.
Here is with 1 pass for test of WG TSR 3.0.....i knew by first glance that this was the combo was the winner.
That Destroyed Rear Quarter Panel.....
The Driver door (Hardest Part of the Car)
Also removed the Badge for the owner..... Damn soft porsche clear even scratches with a clean new MF towel....
