white gecko
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Finished this Gallardo this week, after it had been victimized by another local detailer who didn't know how to handle things. This car had a bit of everything...swirls, holograms, RIDS, deep scratches, marring on clear film, and a few strike-throughs on edges. A lot of care was exercised and a lot of taping as well to ensure safety on this correction. Ryan was out to help me again with this car and we pulled some late nights on the car over the course of 4 days.
After washing and claying, pics were taken of its condition that the previous "detailer" had left it in...
"Hack" detailer had burned through the clear here. I found several other spots where damage like this had been done.
RIDS, swirls, holograms, scratches, overspray....it had pretty much everything.
Bad swirls on the clear film
A hair under the clear film......really? I've seen some odd things, but this was a first.
Heavy swirls on the clear film....
Lower portion compounded, upper portion untouched. Final polishing would restore clarity to the film.
Medium polishing on the driver's door, which had some of the softest paint I've ever worked on...making things a little frustrating. In the end it came out great though.
Looking better. Final polishing still to be done.
After a couple passes of compounding the film was looking better. Took a little more time to remove what still remained.
Driver's side rocker panel
Looking better
Passenger side rocker
Ryan doing some medium polishing on the clear film
Getting ready to work on the back end, but taking readings with the DeFelsko 200 first to make sure there is enough material to safely work with...
Side by side on the slats after compounding
At first I thought these were streaks from drying, but compounding was the only thing that would take them off. Again, this was acceptable work to the previous detailer......not good enough.
Making progress, but still many hours to go....
After washing and claying, pics were taken of its condition that the previous "detailer" had left it in...
"Hack" detailer had burned through the clear here. I found several other spots where damage like this had been done.
RIDS, swirls, holograms, scratches, overspray....it had pretty much everything.
Bad swirls on the clear film
A hair under the clear film......really? I've seen some odd things, but this was a first.
Heavy swirls on the clear film....
Lower portion compounded, upper portion untouched. Final polishing would restore clarity to the film.
Medium polishing on the driver's door, which had some of the softest paint I've ever worked on...making things a little frustrating. In the end it came out great though.
Looking better. Final polishing still to be done.
After a couple passes of compounding the film was looking better. Took a little more time to remove what still remained.
Driver's side rocker panel
Looking better
Passenger side rocker
Ryan doing some medium polishing on the clear film
Getting ready to work on the back end, but taking readings with the DeFelsko 200 first to make sure there is enough material to safely work with...
Side by side on the slats after compounding
At first I thought these were streaks from drying, but compounding was the only thing that would take them off. Again, this was acceptable work to the previous detailer......not good enough.
Making progress, but still many hours to go....
