MirrorDetailing
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Another one with some help from Joey! Always good having him around, makes life a lot easier.
Owner contacted me from seeing the other members thread wanting to get his new GTR done right from the get go. At the same time, since he was wanting as much protection and too keep it looking its best for as long as possible, he was a prefect candidate for Opti-Coating. Opti-Coat is a permanent resin coating that is applied to paint to give it the utmost gloss retention after proper paint polishing, hydrophobic properties, help the paint reject usual fall out that requires claying every few months and just your general and required UV protection. Then the biggest thing that people love about this product is that it creates a hard shell on the paint that will help protect from lighter scratches and swirls. Its not impossible to scratch but people will find that the amount of scratches that build up over time, will not be nearly as bad or as fast. Basically, every time he washes his car it will wash much easier, the dirt wont stick too the paint as much and it will look freshly detailed each time.
Now, when the owners buddy dropped the car for him, got my pictures before and started on it right away.
With the heavy flake from the Jet Black color, its hard to make out how bad the paint is in full sun. Granted still...I have seen much worse in direct sunlight on heavy flake paints and this one was pretty nice for low miles. Once inside, all washed and clayed, I got into my area and got a few pictures under my LED light to see what I was really going to be working against. Still not bad, just a lot of light scratches here and there.
Nice little scuff on the pass quarter and some holograms on the spoiler and a-pillar.
Generally I do some half and halfs...seeing as though this car was not overly bad and the flake is a pain to capture against, I did not get any.
Before applying the Opti-Coat you need to have the paint as free of oils and residues left over from the polishing or even oil from your hands from touching the paint somewhere. Here is a picture of the paint free and clear of anything. Just a nice glosses up finish. Almost looks like it is already sealed/waxed.
Now span forward a few hours and everything is done. A few pictures inside before taking it outside.
Now outside to get some sun pictures before the clouds take over! *damn clouds*
-Mike
Owner contacted me from seeing the other members thread wanting to get his new GTR done right from the get go. At the same time, since he was wanting as much protection and too keep it looking its best for as long as possible, he was a prefect candidate for Opti-Coating. Opti-Coat is a permanent resin coating that is applied to paint to give it the utmost gloss retention after proper paint polishing, hydrophobic properties, help the paint reject usual fall out that requires claying every few months and just your general and required UV protection. Then the biggest thing that people love about this product is that it creates a hard shell on the paint that will help protect from lighter scratches and swirls. Its not impossible to scratch but people will find that the amount of scratches that build up over time, will not be nearly as bad or as fast. Basically, every time he washes his car it will wash much easier, the dirt wont stick too the paint as much and it will look freshly detailed each time.
Now, when the owners buddy dropped the car for him, got my pictures before and started on it right away.
With the heavy flake from the Jet Black color, its hard to make out how bad the paint is in full sun. Granted still...I have seen much worse in direct sunlight on heavy flake paints and this one was pretty nice for low miles. Once inside, all washed and clayed, I got into my area and got a few pictures under my LED light to see what I was really going to be working against. Still not bad, just a lot of light scratches here and there.
Nice little scuff on the pass quarter and some holograms on the spoiler and a-pillar.
Generally I do some half and halfs...seeing as though this car was not overly bad and the flake is a pain to capture against, I did not get any.
Before applying the Opti-Coat you need to have the paint as free of oils and residues left over from the polishing or even oil from your hands from touching the paint somewhere. Here is a picture of the paint free and clear of anything. Just a nice glosses up finish. Almost looks like it is already sealed/waxed.
Now span forward a few hours and everything is done. A few pictures inside before taking it outside.
Now outside to get some sun pictures before the clouds take over! *damn clouds*
-Mike
