dsms detail - 08' Obsidian Black Pearl Subaru STi

[dsms]

Originally Posted by kei169

Great!!!!
What kind of wax do u put on top?

Dont use carnauba wax, I used Gloss Finish sealant 2x topped with Concourso Polish (a type of topper sealant) both from gloss it.

Originally Posted by widyhs

Nice work. Taht blakc really popped under the sun. The effect looks veyr much like it had a sealant on it, not the nromal glow but sharp clarity and depth. Do you experience any micromarring using the makita on flat black.

The sun shots were post polishing with no LSP, wish the sun came out for the final pics as well. I did not get any micormarring or holograms on this car because I kept refining the finish on low RPM with the soft blue LC pad but then again it was metallic black and not flat. Ive found that even on the softest of black (BMW for example) that if you have good technique and really jewel the finish towards the end of correction on low rpm you will really minimize hologramming and micro marring, but of course sometimes its inevitable. I also used EVP as a pad lubricant so that extended my work time of the product quite a bit, this hekps to cut down on micromarring and holos.

Thanks for all the kind words guys

[lt1_man]

Nice work, I think the Subaru's look soo good in black.

Brandon

[dsms]

Originally Posted by lt1_man

Nice work, I think the Subaru's look soo good in black.

Brandon

Thanks Brandon. I actually was going to buy this exact model and color a few months ago but backed out at the last minute. After detailing it, I do feel a bit of buyers remorse.

[toyotaguy]

so if ultrafina didnt do anything for the paint as you stated, why even use it? why not use something like menzerna FPII? I always finish down with FPII now on every multi-step detail

[kaval]

One word - amazing!

[OCKlasse]

Excellent, excellent write-up! Stellar work!

[JpiRally]

nice man! subaru used really crappy paint on these cars. I know because I have one! I need to stock up on this stuff because every 2008 sti you see will have swirls and crap like that.

great job
joe

[JpiRally]

Originally Posted by dsms

Thanks Brandon. I actually was going to buy this exact model and color a few months ago but backed out at the last minute. After detailing it, I do feel a bit of buyers remorse.

go buy one....$7000 off and 0% for 63 months..

joe

[dsms]

Originally Posted by toyotaguy

so if ultrafina didnt do anything for the paint as you stated, why even use it? why not use something like menzerna FPII? I always finish down with FPII now on every multi-step detail

I use UF because it works consistently well on all finishes. After the initial correction I was left with some micro-marring, mind you I was using a medium polish on a fairly soft pad with a cyclo. That combo rarely leaves me with any micro marring so I decided I needed to follow up with something that would certainly leave a clean, mar free finish.

UF IMO adds very little if anything to a paint finish so I used the EVP prime on a blue lake country pad to really jewel the finish. UF on its own has a pretty long work time but with the EVP I was able to jewel the finish for several more minutes and vary rpm without building a ton of heat. I enjoy finishing with the rotary anyway. Essentially I was removing minimal amounts of CC over a long period of time (the proprietary oils in the EVP disperse heat on the finish) so I want left with perfectly leveled paint both swirl and hologram free. Th result I found was quite dramatic after polishing.

[MuttGrunt]

truly beautiful work and pictures. great write up and thanx for all the cool information!

[dsms]

Originally Posted by MuttGrunt

truly beautiful work and pictures. great write up and thanx for all the cool information!

[RickRack]

Very nice work!!

The car came out fantastic, as well as all of the pictures. Nice write-up too!!