Whats your paint detailing process?

Worked until about 4:00. Then, pulled the right side wheels from the XJR. Cleaned with EF HI, Klasse AIO, Klasse SG, then remounted them.



Tomorrow, who knows?



The possibilities are:



Wash XKR (for sure)

Souveran XKR (Only if I am going to take pictures)

Wash XJR (for sure)

One or two more coats of Blackfire PP on the XJR

AIO and 303 engine bay of XJR

AIO door jams of XJR

AIO trunk metal and jams of XJR

Wax wordwork of XJR

303 interior vinyl of XJR



Maybe get enough done that I can do some BF versus Klasse/Souveran pictures.



:p
 
hey dean,

the stang' looks awesome. i helped a friend of mine detail his gt this summer. it was in amazingly bad shape. it was hard to believe that a car could look so bad in only a year. i did drive it around for a while and it is definitely a ticket looking for a place to happen. hard not to have a big smile plastered on my face while driving a stang'. :D
 
Well, Steve, you know what they say, "no rest for the wicked."



Ahh, my wash plans are being aborted . . . a good chance of rain tomorrow.
 
OK, I got a lot accomplished on Sunday -- but not as much as I would have liked.



Here's the list:



Wash XKR

Souveran XKR

Wash XJR

One more coat of Blackfire PP on the XJR (now 4 total)

AIO and 303 engine bay of XJR

AIO door jams of XJR

AIO trunk metal and jams of XJR

303 trunk plastic of XJR

Thorough vacuum of both



By the time I got finished, there wasn't enough light for any PF versus Klasse/Souveran pictures. Maybe soon.
 
Hey michaelb,



those are nice rims on your XJR. Are they factory OEM's or are they aftermarket? If AM, what brand? BTW, are they 18's or 19's? Nice car:up
 
Seattle got their "one-day a week" allotment of no rain on Sunday, Washed with Griots car wash, Griots wheel cleaner...dry with CWB and Chamois. Speed Shine quick detail spray, complete interior cleaning with Griots Vinyl/Rubber dressing.



Monday, took it to work in the rain. :)
 
with my son and some friends.The first day on the drive in it rained and the gravel roads were a mess.So monday morning started about 9am and I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned until about 12:30 pm non stop.This was just washing and QDing,but I had to crawl under the truck and clean frame,fender wells etc. to get all the dirt out.The truck looks great and no new scratches so this was a good trip!!Take care all:)
 
I tried to remove the swirls from the paint on the door columns of my car. Since they are black and my car is silver I thought this was a great place to try out my PC because my progress and results would be easier to see.

This was my first attempt to fix my paint. Now I've read everything I could find on TID, and its been great, but until you try something you don't know what issues will come up.

I was using my PC-XP with Optimum Compound II and Optimum Polish II with Lake County Hi-Gloss 4" pads, orange and white. I followed the recommendation of starting with the least abrasive combo and moving up from there. I started with some Optimum polish and a white pad and a 3 1/5 speed. I then proceeded to try other combinations but at the end I wasn't happy with my results. I think that one of the reason is that I should of removed the rubber window seal instead of just taping over it since the tape ended up lifting and my pads ended up black and I ended up washing them several times each.

So now I'm looking for some advice. What is the best way to move up in terms of abrasiveness? Is it first increasing the speed of the PC then moving to a pad with more cutting power and then moving from a polish to a compound on the least abrasive pad and low speed?

Secondly, I was able to remove a lot of the paint damage probably around 75%-80% but the paint looked sorta cloudy with cloudy streaks. I thought this was due to the compound and I did follow with a polish but it didn't seem to be improving. I was getting a little frustrated at this time and felt that finishing for the day and doing some research would yield better results. What pad/speed should I try to remove this?

Lastly, when everything finally looks good what pad/speed/pressure should I use on my final pass to achieve the best results?


I know that with anything practice and experience are priceless and I'm hoping to get some advice because the results that I see achieved on this forum are breathtaking to say the least!!
 
In order to correct paint, you have to run the PC XP at speed 5 to 6 with decent pressure (maybe 12 to 15 lbs) to get correction. You say "3 1/5" which makes no sense. It is clear you are worried about removing too much by your least aggressive, low speed comment.

You say cloudy? Do you have a picture? Some black columns are matte black.
 
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