Autopia.org - #1 auto detailing forum for car enthusiasts and professional detailers.
Autopia.org Articles, Editorial & Blogs for Car Detailing Enthusiasts Autopia Reviews: Auto Detailing Car Wax, Polish, Cleaner, Protectant Reviews Detailing Products & Supplies Catalog
Go Back   Autopia.org > PROFESSIONAL AUTO DETAILING > Pro Details Before & After


Welcome to Autopia.org.


You are viewing as a guest.  By joining our FREE community you will be able to interact with others.  Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today.   When you join, this box is replaced with our live chat!

Autopia Marketplace

Reply
 
Submit Tools LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes

Old 01-19-08, 06:25   #1 (permalink)
Paint Correction Expert
 
tdekany's Avatar
 
tdekany is offline
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Portland Oregon
Posts: 6,912
Black Lotus Exige detail

Since I worked on a red Lotus recently, I was expecting the worst. Even though the client wasn't looking for paint correction I knew the paint was going to be a mess. And I can't really do a half a$$ job on a car like this. Maybe on a white corolla. Maybe.

Anyways here is what the car looked like outside at 2pm.





After a hot water wash the car was clayed, although most of the car was free from contaminent except for the very bottom of the car. You see this car is tracked.

Once the car was inside the garage I turned on the halogens.

The left rear fender - the whole car looked like this and more.



After 1 pass on the flex with a white ccs pad and POLI SEAL speed 6


BEFORE/50/50




AFTER



Before



After 1 pass




After 2 passes




Before



After Scholl #17 green pad flex speed 6 and PS



Before



After PS



After Just PS

__________________
New Shine Detailing - Paint Correction Specialist
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 06:34   #2 (permalink)
Paint Correction Expert
 
tdekany's Avatar
 
tdekany is offline
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Portland Oregon
Posts: 6,912
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

The car is going to be at the Washington DC Auto show (next weekend) so I wanted to make the paint look extra nice

The choice of wax today was Max Wax.

Tires have Z16 x2













__________________
New Shine Detailing - Paint Correction Specialist
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 06:53   #3 (permalink)
Registered User
 
superswamper's Avatar
 
superswamper is offline
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 90
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

Excellent results!! I've always liked the Exige. I really like those rims with black paint.

Just out of curiosity, is this a daily driver or a 'fun' car?
__________________
'05 MDX / '04 6s 5-door
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 06:55   #4 (permalink)
Paint Correction Expert
 
tdekany's Avatar
 
tdekany is offline
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Portland Oregon
Posts: 6,912
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

Quote:
Originally Posted by superswamper
Excellent results!! I've always liked the Exige. I really like those rims with black paint.

Just out of curiosity, is this a daily driver or a 'fun' car?
It is a track car. Turbo and everything.
__________________
New Shine Detailing - Paint Correction Specialist
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 07:11   #5 (permalink)
Registered User
 
smprince1 is offline
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 1,598
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

That's an impressive amount of correction for an All-in-One type product ... gonna have to try Poli-Seal someday.
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 07:13   #6 (permalink)
Registered User
 
evenflow's Avatar
 
evenflow is offline
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 1,328
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

Poli-Seal FTW!!
Awesome job.
__________________
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 07:18   #7 (permalink)
Paint Correction Expert
 
tdekany's Avatar
 
tdekany is offline
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Portland Oregon
Posts: 6,912
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

Quote:
Originally Posted by smprince1
That's an impressive amount of correction for an All-in-One type product ... gonna have to try Poli-Seal someday.
It will not work on all paints like this. I was lucky that I tried PS first. I was going to go with Ultrafina SE next on the rotary if the PS wasn't cutting it.
__________________
New Shine Detailing - Paint Correction Specialist
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 08:29   #8 (permalink)
Autopia Fire/Rescue/EMS
 
DaGonz's Avatar
 
DaGonz is offline
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Marlborough, Massachusetts
Posts: 1,963
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

Nice car, nice detail!

I can't understand the fascination with black wheels. Even when they are clean, they still look "dirty"...
__________________
The Stable...
2007 Ford Edge SEL AWD
2006 Ford Mustang GT
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 08:45   #9 (permalink)
Registered User
 
watermantra's Avatar
 
watermantra is offline
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Texas
Posts: 36
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

That "Max Wax" looks very deep and wet. Amazingly so, actually!

Nice job on the correction, and with one product to boot! I've yet to give my Poli-seal a try. Looks like I may be doing that tomorrow after seeing this.
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 09:32   #10 (permalink)
Sam's Auto Detailing
 
artikxscout's Avatar
 
artikxscout is offline
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: San Jose / Berkeley, CA
Posts: 1,257
Contact: Send a message via AIM to artikxscout
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

Quote:
Originally Posted by smprince1
That's an impressive amount of correction for an All-in-One type product ... gonna have to try Poli-Seal someday.
That's exactly what i was thinking. "Hm.. i need to get me some poliseal!" I wonder how soft that paint must be to be able to correct it with just poli-seal. The car looks deep, great job.
__________________
-Sam
Serving Northern California (East Bay) from
San Francisco, Berkeley, to San Jose.
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 09:43   #11 (permalink)
Driven Auto Detail, LLC
 
mshu7's Avatar
 
mshu7 is offline
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Brownsburg, IN
Posts: 1,364
Contact: Send a message via AIM to mshu7
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

Great job! That is some nice correction from Poli-Seal. For those that haven't tried it yet, you're really missing out!!!
__________________
-Mike
Driven Auto Detail, LLC
A professional detailer you can trust!


Voted Best Auto Detailing in Central Indiana
WRTV6 A-List Business Guide
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote

Old 01-19-08, 10:39   #12 (permalink)
Banned
 
TH0001 is offline
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Orlando/Oveido
Posts: 0
Contact: Send a message via Skype™ to TH0001
Re: Black Lotus Exige detail

Great work as expected Thomas
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:45.


Copyright (c), 1999-2009, Autopia.org - All Rights Reserved

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.1.0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65