Park Avenue Detailing: Brilliant Black Mazda MX-5 (Raildust issue as per threads)

[gtpaul]

Some of you may remember this car from this thread: Rail Dust Problem Anyways, finally got approval from the service manager and owner of the dealership where this car was purchased to perform the work. After many headache's we getting approval and so on, I began Tuesday at 5pm until 9pm removing the rail-dust and other surface contaminants.
Wednesday I started at 8am, after driving through a snow-storm. I compounded, medium polished with IPA in between each. Certain scratches were wetsanded. At 6pm, Wednesday evening I began final polishing and went home around 8:30pm. (Girlfriend called). Returned to the dealer Thursday to finish the polishing, proceeded to jewel the paint, and seal. Total time spent: 17 hours.

Process:

Contaminant removal:

CarBrite Fall out remover
Clay during acid
Wash and rinse
Clay again (soap solution as lube)

Paint correction:

Compounding: M105/OrangeCCS/Flex
Heavy Polishing: SIP/WhiteCCS/Flex
Final Polishing: PO203 Power Finish/GreenCCS/Flex
Jewelling:PO85rd Final Finish/RedCCS/Flex

LSP:

Pinnacle Souveran....

before pics:





















after pics:

[BigJimZ28]

I am glad it worked out for both of you


now it looks as it should

[MBenz]

The before, after and 50/50 shots are all great. Nice work.

[BigAl3]

excellent work as usual!

[Sludge]

Terrific work. I'm sure the dealership people had never seen anything like the job you did.

Did they fetch your coffee?

[OTG Signs]

Those winter wheels suuuuuure are perty.

[GeorgesBlazah]

Wow that thing was beat, very nice turn around.

[Cleaning Fool]

You got my vote! Fabulous!

[Bitfryer]

Originally Posted by Sludge

Terrific work. I'm sure the dealership people had never seen anything like the job you did.

Did they fetch your coffee?

The Service Manager said exactly that, "This is the best condition any vehicle has ever come from this dealership"

Thanks Sludge for helping me hook-up with gtpaul. Thanks everyone for all the suggestions and help provided. And a big thanks to gtpaul for taking on such a challenging issue at this time of the season. What he can do with those hands is miraculous

[Setec Astronomy]

Wow, glad this all worked out so well, I can't believe they paid for 17 hours since the most they usually spend is 17 minutes. What are those tires, Hakkas?

[Bitfryer]

Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

Wow, glad this all worked out so well, I can't believe they paid for 17 hours since the most they usually spend is 17 minutes. What are those tires, Hakkas?

Mulling over which tire to choose, I went with the advice at the following link and chose Michelin X-ice:

Michelin X-Ice Xi2 Introductory Drive

The dealership at first didn't believe it. But when one of their own referrals estimated 20 hours, it finally sunk in. The car was really in bad shape. We had three quotes and gtpaul's was the best. I'm really glad gtpaul won out. The other detailers were talking about wet-sanding the whole car One guy was trying to convince me that with 28 years experience, he could tell the depth of the paint by just looking at it. Like he had x-ray vision or something

The other detailer was saying the paint was doomed and I'd have to live with the swirls and spider-webbing

It was truly a bizarre and creepy experiencing. After some consultations, I knew I couldn't trust anybody with the car other than gtpaul. I doubt there would have been any clear coat left. gtpaul followed a perfect balance of paint correction and clear coat preservation

[gtpaul]

Thanks again, was definitely a learning experience for the two of us.


Thanks all for the comments.