Toyota Corolla treated with some exquisite beading

[zckid]

Hello friends!

Summer greetings from Mauritius


At the time of this detail job, we are in February 2014.

Local weather: hot and sunny
Forecast: Torrential rain coming a day (meaning school holiday and more time to detail)

Letting the pics speak

Washing

Clay

Inspection

Etching from bird droppings

More swirls

Close-up of water deposits on the surface

Scratches

still more

and more

and still more

On to

beauty untouched

Remember

Sunshine and shiny holograms

I just forgot to tape for a perfect 50-50 shot. I wanted to do most of the work before rain comes.

The vertical panels

After

Close-up

 

[zckid]

No mirror finish on the side mirror

The last 2 sun shots

Less sun, more clouds


50-50

Cowl taken care of

extreme close up

Last step, seal and wax

The players

• DP glass restorer for water spots removal
• DP polymer sealant on glass
• Menz Powerlock on paintwork, topped with Collinite 476s
• LC CCS pads - White, Orange, HT tangerine
• menzerna 203s, Sonax 4-4,
• DA polisher (first time use :dblthumb2
• Spot sanding with mirka 2000 grit as needed, with good ol' Makita doing the job
• Bilt Hamber clay (Regular)
• Local car shampoo and APC mix
• MF towels
• a few brushes

Final wipe down

Remember

TA DA

and the BOSS

and the weather

starting to change

A few shots before the downpour

and .....

 

[zckid]

And weather changed completely, heavy rain

Close up

just after

the vertical panels

reflection + beads

Need a waterproof cam...

Time for some exquisite water pebbles and pearls

Close up

Welcome to Hydrophocity

How many moons can you see? rops:

Thanking Almighty Above for making this detail possible with His grace, and enclosed in the beads all my thanks and gratitude to all friends and forum members from whom I learned so much. :wub:

If you've made this far, thanks for being with me.
Your comments, advice and suggestions are most welcome.



Regards

Zaid

 

[Ronkh]

Super job !!!

 

[Mr. Gloss]

Awesome beading. Great job. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Blade9]

Awesome detailing and great work on the pics! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Jesse@Autopia]

Wow, those beading pics are stunning!

 

[GearHead_1]

Very nice.

 

[House of Wax]

Whoa man that paint was trashed. top notch resto

 

[tom p.]

ZC, given you locale, I think I would have attacked with a coating. I suspect it would hold up much better than the DP sealant. I'm not knocking the DP Sealant, I have it in my supply and like it a lot , but your environment + the sun has to be an intimidating factor!

Car came out great, BTW Thanks for sharing.

 

[zckid]

Super job !!!

Awesome beading. Great job. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome detailing and great work on the pics! Thanks for sharing!

Wow, those beading pics are stunning!

Thanks a lot friends your kind words most appreciated

 

[zckid]

Whoa man that paint was trashed. top notch resto

Thank you so much buddy

ZC, given you locale, I think I would have attacked with a coating. I suspect it would hold up much better than the DP sealant. I'm not knocking the DP Sealant, I have it in my supply and like it a lot , but your environment + the sun has to be an intimidating factor!

Car came out great, BTW Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for your comments. I agree with you. We are just a small island and if you live by the sea side you have to add "salt" flavor to it. B)


Just used the DP sealant on the glass after I took care of the waterspots with the DP glass restorer.

The paint was finished with Menz PowerLock topped with 476s

thanks again :autopia:

 

[roger3380]

Looks great man. shes new again

 

[RMD]

Excellent work. Did the power lock need time to cure before exposure to water? I haven't used it but it's highly regarded.