Flannigan
New member
Hi everyone, today I've got a write up for a Porsche Cayenne that was scheduled for a one step correction. The weather was a bit weird throughout this detail. At the start it was bright and sunny, but by the end of the day it was overcast and dark, and then it started raining right after I returned the car to the customer. I'm only mentioning this so you know why the color looks darker in some of the after pictures.
So, as usual I started with the wheels. These wheels were NASTY and looked like they hadn't been cleaned since the vehicle was new. I used Wolfs Decon Gel to clean them (two applications) and used Blackfire APC to clean the tires and wheel wells. The wheels were sealed with BFWD, the tires dressed with BF Tire Gel and the wells were dressed with CG Bare Bones.
Before:
Wolfs Decon Dwelling:
After:
After the wheels and tires were sorted out I started getting the paint prepped for correction. As usual I started by foaming the the vehicle to remove as much loose dirt and debris as possible. In the foam gun was Meguiars Gold Class missed with Blackfire APC. While the foam dwelled I used a RG brush to agitate all the emblems, body seams, and trim pieces.
The vehicle was very dirty, and had a thick layer of dust, pollen, and road film on it. Here is how it looked before any cleaning.
And here is the foaming process.
After the foam was rinsed off the vehicle was washed with Blackfire soap and a Griots Wash Pad. This vehicle was pretty heavily contaminated so I spent a good amount of time claying the paint and glass.
Here is what the clay looked like after just half of one fender.
After about an hour of claying, the vehicle was smooth as glass, and ready for correction. Here are a few pictures of the swirls. Again, the sun was very in and out, so these are the best I could get.
For correction I used Menzerna Powerfinish on a yellow BS pad on a PCXP. With this combo I was able to get out most of the swirls, and leave behind only the deeper rids. Here are some sun/light shots after the correction.
In addition to the swirls, this vehicle has quite a few scuffs and scrapes on various panels. They were corrected with the same combo as the rest of the paint.
The exhaust tips also received some attention. They are a brushed finish to begin with, so there wasn't a huge turn around, but there was certainly an improvement.
Before:
After:
So, as usual I started with the wheels. These wheels were NASTY and looked like they hadn't been cleaned since the vehicle was new. I used Wolfs Decon Gel to clean them (two applications) and used Blackfire APC to clean the tires and wheel wells. The wheels were sealed with BFWD, the tires dressed with BF Tire Gel and the wells were dressed with CG Bare Bones.
Before:
Wolfs Decon Dwelling:
After:
After the wheels and tires were sorted out I started getting the paint prepped for correction. As usual I started by foaming the the vehicle to remove as much loose dirt and debris as possible. In the foam gun was Meguiars Gold Class missed with Blackfire APC. While the foam dwelled I used a RG brush to agitate all the emblems, body seams, and trim pieces.
The vehicle was very dirty, and had a thick layer of dust, pollen, and road film on it. Here is how it looked before any cleaning.
And here is the foaming process.
After the foam was rinsed off the vehicle was washed with Blackfire soap and a Griots Wash Pad. This vehicle was pretty heavily contaminated so I spent a good amount of time claying the paint and glass.
Here is what the clay looked like after just half of one fender.
After about an hour of claying, the vehicle was smooth as glass, and ready for correction. Here are a few pictures of the swirls. Again, the sun was very in and out, so these are the best I could get.
For correction I used Menzerna Powerfinish on a yellow BS pad on a PCXP. With this combo I was able to get out most of the swirls, and leave behind only the deeper rids. Here are some sun/light shots after the correction.
In addition to the swirls, this vehicle has quite a few scuffs and scrapes on various panels. They were corrected with the same combo as the rest of the paint.
The exhaust tips also received some attention. They are a brushed finish to begin with, so there wasn't a huge turn around, but there was certainly an improvement.
Before:
After:
