Brian_Brice
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This thread is from TH0001 (Todd) as he is having issues posting threads.
Tropical Detailing Excellence has run its course and come to an end. I’m not going anywhere, though! With the pleasure of having Brian Brice (VASuperShine) working for and with me, I have decided to take my business in an exciting and new direction. The new name will be released in the future, as trademarks and websites are updated.
The last year with Tropical Detailing Excellence has been exciting and fun. Special thanks to autopia for providing both inspiration and knowledge! Also a very special thanks to some of the valued members who have contributed to my growth behind the scenes. Angelo (ZoomZoomMazda), Ryan Blanchette (Rydawg), Bryan Burnworth (GMBlack3A), and Pat “the moderator� (pats300ZX). And of course Brian Brice!!!
The 1989 Porsche 930 Slant Nose Turbo is, IMO, the epitome of air cooled turbo Porsches. It is just a cool car, and my client desired perfection! This particular car is fully loaded and stickered at over 100k in 1989!!!
Outline:
-Wash with Zaino Z7
-Clay with Sonus Grey clay using OPT ONR (cut) as lube
-Paint Correction featured a combination of 3M Extra Cut 3000, Meg’s #83, OPT OP, and Menzerna SIP and FPII on various Lake Country pads (7.5 inch and 4 inch) in Full Wool, Purple Wool, Orange CCS, White CCS, and Blue CCS cuts
-3 Coats of Zaino (Z5pro x2 ZFX’ed) and CS. Z8 final wipe down
-Tires cleaned with Meg’s APC and dressed with Zaino Z16
-Rims cleaned with P21s wheel cleaner. Metal Lip polished with Deep Finish Deep Alum, protected by JW Acrylic Jet
-Wheel Wells cleaned with Meg’s APC and Surf City Garage Road Grime Spray and dressed with OPT Tire protestant
Interior:
Carpets removed, vacuumed
-Spot removal with Folex
-Shampooed with Stoners Carpet Cleaner
-Protected with 303 Fabric Guard
Leather
-Conditioned with Leatherqiue Rejuvenator
-Cleaned with Leatherquie Pristine Clean
-Dash protected with OPT Leather Conditioner and Protectant
All plastic trim was cleaned with mild soap and treated with 303 Aerospace Protactent
While outlines are great, the product list doesn't do justice other than a reference. Brian spent over 6 hours on the interior, working areas over and bringing each square inch to perfection. I'm sure many more products where used that I failed to mention, maybe he will pop in and share some secrets.
Regarding the paint polishing, I am at a point where I am no longer satisfied with less than 99 percent (or taking an existing finish to 100 percent of its potential). Luckily, no scratches required wet sanding, but ever square inch of the vehicle was polished with as many as seven-eight passes, including and excessive amount of time with 4 inch spot pads and a lot of fine detail polishing. I can put my word on the fact that each area of paint on this curved car was treated equally, and brought to absolute perfection under the most discriminating eyes. Total paint correcting time was just over 20 man hours. We started at 9:00 AM and finished just past 1:00 AM the following morning. It was a long day, but that’s what OCD does
Some early, low light sun shots of the defects in the paint. The pictures did not capture the depth or amount of the various scratches and swirls covering the body of the Porsche.
Here I am discussing something (probably telling both a funny and unoriginal joke) while taping the trim of the Porsche.
Unfortunately, a low cloud cover rolled in for the day, which rendered the test spot useless…
As I learned the paint and the work required for it, Brian started working his magic on the interior with the floor mats.
Brian carefully worked around the interior, removing stains and ground dirt from the carpet…
Brian then removed the carpets and cleaned the floor boards…
The carpets where sprayed and brushed, then shampooed…
Hand applying the Leatherique Rejuvenator to gently clean the leather and remove 20 years of grime, oil, and dirt..
The glow of paint that passes inspection!
Brian helped polish and work the paint while letting the Leatherquie work..
Interior Finished!!!
As night fell, we pulled the Porsche into the garage and continued to work the paint towards perfection..
Tropical Detailing Excellence has run its course and come to an end. I’m not going anywhere, though! With the pleasure of having Brian Brice (VASuperShine) working for and with me, I have decided to take my business in an exciting and new direction. The new name will be released in the future, as trademarks and websites are updated.
The last year with Tropical Detailing Excellence has been exciting and fun. Special thanks to autopia for providing both inspiration and knowledge! Also a very special thanks to some of the valued members who have contributed to my growth behind the scenes. Angelo (ZoomZoomMazda), Ryan Blanchette (Rydawg), Bryan Burnworth (GMBlack3A), and Pat “the moderator� (pats300ZX). And of course Brian Brice!!!
The 1989 Porsche 930 Slant Nose Turbo is, IMO, the epitome of air cooled turbo Porsches. It is just a cool car, and my client desired perfection! This particular car is fully loaded and stickered at over 100k in 1989!!!
Outline:
-Wash with Zaino Z7
-Clay with Sonus Grey clay using OPT ONR (cut) as lube
-Paint Correction featured a combination of 3M Extra Cut 3000, Meg’s #83, OPT OP, and Menzerna SIP and FPII on various Lake Country pads (7.5 inch and 4 inch) in Full Wool, Purple Wool, Orange CCS, White CCS, and Blue CCS cuts
-3 Coats of Zaino (Z5pro x2 ZFX’ed) and CS. Z8 final wipe down
-Tires cleaned with Meg’s APC and dressed with Zaino Z16
-Rims cleaned with P21s wheel cleaner. Metal Lip polished with Deep Finish Deep Alum, protected by JW Acrylic Jet
-Wheel Wells cleaned with Meg’s APC and Surf City Garage Road Grime Spray and dressed with OPT Tire protestant
Interior:
Carpets removed, vacuumed
-Spot removal with Folex
-Shampooed with Stoners Carpet Cleaner
-Protected with 303 Fabric Guard
Leather
-Conditioned with Leatherqiue Rejuvenator
-Cleaned with Leatherquie Pristine Clean
-Dash protected with OPT Leather Conditioner and Protectant
All plastic trim was cleaned with mild soap and treated with 303 Aerospace Protactent
While outlines are great, the product list doesn't do justice other than a reference. Brian spent over 6 hours on the interior, working areas over and bringing each square inch to perfection. I'm sure many more products where used that I failed to mention, maybe he will pop in and share some secrets.
Regarding the paint polishing, I am at a point where I am no longer satisfied with less than 99 percent (or taking an existing finish to 100 percent of its potential). Luckily, no scratches required wet sanding, but ever square inch of the vehicle was polished with as many as seven-eight passes, including and excessive amount of time with 4 inch spot pads and a lot of fine detail polishing. I can put my word on the fact that each area of paint on this curved car was treated equally, and brought to absolute perfection under the most discriminating eyes. Total paint correcting time was just over 20 man hours. We started at 9:00 AM and finished just past 1:00 AM the following morning. It was a long day, but that’s what OCD does
Some early, low light sun shots of the defects in the paint. The pictures did not capture the depth or amount of the various scratches and swirls covering the body of the Porsche.
Here I am discussing something (probably telling both a funny and unoriginal joke) while taping the trim of the Porsche.
Unfortunately, a low cloud cover rolled in for the day, which rendered the test spot useless…
As I learned the paint and the work required for it, Brian started working his magic on the interior with the floor mats.
Brian carefully worked around the interior, removing stains and ground dirt from the carpet…
Brian then removed the carpets and cleaned the floor boards…
The carpets where sprayed and brushed, then shampooed…
Hand applying the Leatherique Rejuvenator to gently clean the leather and remove 20 years of grime, oil, and dirt..
The glow of paint that passes inspection!
Brian helped polish and work the paint while letting the Leatherquie work..
Interior Finished!!!
As night fell, we pulled the Porsche into the garage and continued to work the paint towards perfection..
