imported_artikxscout
New member
This car was a blast to do. The owner of this car is very meticulous about his car, and wanted me to work on the car before my 3 month tour of Asia. I can see why, the paint is still original and it's the 15th anniversary edition. It was a single stage red paint, and he wanted it perfected, while still leaving an ample amount of clear coat on the paint.
On the initial inspection, it looked like I had to go aggressive with the paint.
Most of the car looked had these webbing around:
The car came to me pretty clean from the beginning, but I wanted to make sure all of the wax and any protection was stripped before I started. I foamed the car down with CG CGW 2oz solution and washed with 2 bucket method afterward.
Then I taped off the fender section and used my first pass with 85RD and a blue pad:
It wasn't strong enough and still had some rids, so I upped the aggressiveness with a LC white pad + PO106FA:
This was a better combo, so I went ahead and did the panel with it and wiped it down with IPA. Nothing left behind:
Right side unpolished, this was 1 pass x 2 sections size:
The spoiler isn't polished but the rear quarter panel is, the paint reminds me of the flat black paints of the Porsches, very soft, yet able to finish down.
The sun was dying down so I snapped some shots without the LSP:
By the time I finished, I was pretty beat. For the LSP, I decided to go with a Poorboys EX-P and then top it off with Pinnacle Souveran since I wanted a deep red look:
Letting Souveran cure:
On the initial inspection, it looked like I had to go aggressive with the paint.
Most of the car looked had these webbing around:
The car came to me pretty clean from the beginning, but I wanted to make sure all of the wax and any protection was stripped before I started. I foamed the car down with CG CGW 2oz solution and washed with 2 bucket method afterward.
Then I taped off the fender section and used my first pass with 85RD and a blue pad:
It wasn't strong enough and still had some rids, so I upped the aggressiveness with a LC white pad + PO106FA:
This was a better combo, so I went ahead and did the panel with it and wiped it down with IPA. Nothing left behind:
Right side unpolished, this was 1 pass x 2 sections size:
The spoiler isn't polished but the rear quarter panel is, the paint reminds me of the flat black paints of the Porsches, very soft, yet able to finish down.
The sun was dying down so I snapped some shots without the LSP:
By the time I finished, I was pretty beat. For the LSP, I decided to go with a Poorboys EX-P and then top it off with Pinnacle Souveran since I wanted a deep red look:
Letting Souveran cure:
I'm a member on this board too! Sam did a great job
