imported_Picus
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Hey guys - this was today's detail. I have a backlog of c&b's but this one was worth skipping over for.
Car is a 993 Turbo, in exceptional mechanical condition but with some paint issues. The owner mentioned to me on the phone that he saw a "variation" on one of the fenders. When I arrived it was clear the car had been re-sprayed to some extent. When I looked at it in the sun I thought it had been detailed badly too, but I was wrong (sort of).
First thing to do though, was remove the rear fender clear bra.
Unfortunately we had some paint come off due to bad re-spray; I think the clear bra was applied before the paint had dried. Luckily it isn't an issue, since he is putting body colored guards over the area.
Next was to wash and take befores...
Just looks like swirls, I know. But it's silver for crying out loud. In person it looked like halograms, which is what I thought it was (like I mentioned...)
So I pulled 'er in and then it became clear. The car had been wetsanded, all of it and was not buffed. I was confused. The *entire* car was covered in sanding marks (I'd guess 1500?), but was not buffed at all, like they sanded then said "whatever, im going to bed".
MMMM, sandy.
I cracked out the ptg at this point and that's where things got mysterious. The front end was original, but sanded quite heavily. The rear end was all over the place, from 100 mil to over 1000 mil, and sanded. The panel he mentioned to me (pass rear fender) was resprayed and some of it was actually sanded and not buffed before clear, so there was a patch of sanding marks that is under the clear. Lovely. I actually found sand paper marks on some of the mouldings. Hah.
I actually tried 106ff on a white pad just for kicks to see if I was dealing with horrible clear coat failure madness. I wasn't, it did nothing and I got no paint on the pad.
So process was!
HTEC/wool @ 1800
SIP/orange @ 1700
106ff/white @ 1400
Cleaner Fluid via PC
Swissvax Concorso
and 13 hours.
here are the afters from the shots above... tried to keep the lighting in the same position even though a lot of time had passed.
And glamour shots. Sorry, it was getting late-ish.
In the end it came out 99%. The 1% was that spot I mentioned, where the scratches are under the clear. It's been awhile since I really, really laid into a car, so it sort of felt good.
I'm going to bed! :buffing:
Car is a 993 Turbo, in exceptional mechanical condition but with some paint issues. The owner mentioned to me on the phone that he saw a "variation" on one of the fenders. When I arrived it was clear the car had been re-sprayed to some extent. When I looked at it in the sun I thought it had been detailed badly too, but I was wrong (sort of).
First thing to do though, was remove the rear fender clear bra.
Unfortunately we had some paint come off due to bad re-spray; I think the clear bra was applied before the paint had dried. Luckily it isn't an issue, since he is putting body colored guards over the area.
Next was to wash and take befores...
Just looks like swirls, I know. But it's silver for crying out loud. In person it looked like halograms, which is what I thought it was (like I mentioned...)
So I pulled 'er in and then it became clear. The car had been wetsanded, all of it and was not buffed. I was confused. The *entire* car was covered in sanding marks (I'd guess 1500?), but was not buffed at all, like they sanded then said "whatever, im going to bed".
MMMM, sandy.
I cracked out the ptg at this point and that's where things got mysterious. The front end was original, but sanded quite heavily. The rear end was all over the place, from 100 mil to over 1000 mil, and sanded. The panel he mentioned to me (pass rear fender) was resprayed and some of it was actually sanded and not buffed before clear, so there was a patch of sanding marks that is under the clear. Lovely. I actually found sand paper marks on some of the mouldings. Hah.
I actually tried 106ff on a white pad just for kicks to see if I was dealing with horrible clear coat failure madness. I wasn't, it did nothing and I got no paint on the pad.
So process was!
HTEC/wool @ 1800
SIP/orange @ 1700
106ff/white @ 1400
Cleaner Fluid via PC
Swissvax Concorso
and 13 hours.
here are the afters from the shots above... tried to keep the lighting in the same position even though a lot of time had passed.
And glamour shots. Sorry, it was getting late-ish.
In the end it came out 99%. The 1% was that spot I mentioned, where the scratches are under the clear. It's been awhile since I really, really laid into a car, so it sort of felt good.
I'm going to bed! :buffing:
j/k!