Here’s my second showroom detail of the month. I ask the customer to give me white card and 100% confident. It will usually takes between 2 to 4 days to be completed. So between 20 to 40 hours. Price is not the first concern here, I use the best product available on the market and priority #1 is the end-result ; a stunning ride!
Process:
I can’t even remember, I think I did 2 pass of compound and then 4 more step. So a total of 6 –step polishing
Paint gauge reading
Foam gun bath
2 bucket wash
Brush detailing
Swissvax Cleaner fluid + Crystal Rock
Etc.
Etc.
Oh did I say etc ?
1) Engine detailed:
This engine was very dusty and because of the anti-rust some of the dirt sticked everywhere and it looked even worse!
Here’s a special stuff that remove OEM anti-rust coating to give it a clean look:
And after:
2) Washing:
As always, I do the wash process, then clay the car, then go on with a chemical decontaminant in order to remove as much dirt as possible:
Once dried with quality microfibers, I tape all the molding:
3) Paint correction:
Now, when I took reading of my gauge, I realised that two panel has been repainted . it didn’t cause me a problem at the polishing step but when I went to rewash the car, I induced some micro-marring that needed to be re-buffed again on these 2 panels ( sweet..!)
Under different light :
I then go on with the test panel :
At this stage it clearly didn’t look like a well-corrected paint job so I went back to the compounding step and end up with that;
Only the very deep random scratches remains which are very small and hard to notice anyways. Not worth to bring the paint too thin just to *try* to correct these.
After the polishing:
Process:
I can’t even remember, I think I did 2 pass of compound and then 4 more step. So a total of 6 –step polishing
Paint gauge reading
Foam gun bath
2 bucket wash
Brush detailing
Swissvax Cleaner fluid + Crystal Rock
Etc.
Etc.
Oh did I say etc ?
1) Engine detailed:
This engine was very dusty and because of the anti-rust some of the dirt sticked everywhere and it looked even worse!
Here’s a special stuff that remove OEM anti-rust coating to give it a clean look:
And after:
2) Washing:
As always, I do the wash process, then clay the car, then go on with a chemical decontaminant in order to remove as much dirt as possible:
Once dried with quality microfibers, I tape all the molding:
3) Paint correction:
Now, when I took reading of my gauge, I realised that two panel has been repainted . it didn’t cause me a problem at the polishing step but when I went to rewash the car, I induced some micro-marring that needed to be re-buffed again on these 2 panels ( sweet..!)
Under different light :
I then go on with the test panel :
At this stage it clearly didn’t look like a well-corrected paint job so I went back to the compounding step and end up with that;
Only the very deep random scratches remains which are very small and hard to notice anyways. Not worth to bring the paint too thin just to *try* to correct these.
After the polishing:
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