Look at the holograms!
After the inspection, I brought the car back in to prep for surgery. I also got to play with the Highline ptg Denzil let me borrow! (Thanks Denzil!!). Paint readings were relatively thin throughout the car, but overall workable. The doorjambs read a low of 29, and a high of 44 microns :yikes: . The rest of the car was in the 130-145 range. Not a LOT but enough
On to the paint correction. I started off planning on using all of the gloss-it products because I had just received the pads, and the beta of GI's new finishing polish.
So a pass with beta polish+GI'S yellow cutting pad, and finished with the beta polish and the blue finishing pad, this is what I got:
after 3 hours of messing with the products I had called it a day (around 6pm by now). GI products, while being made for the DA work VERY well with the Rotary once you get the process down. I was on a time table with the car, and unfortunately I couldn't get them 100% like I had wanted to. I haven't given up yet.. I have an X5 hood, and Mercedes fender to practice on over the next few weeks. If David(dsms), Bob(AutoConcierge), Rich(mrgloss), Ken(911fanatic), and Brian Hare(bhare) can all get 95-100% with these products.. I know it can be done and I'm damn determined to make them work! I know they can.. I just have to find the process that works for me best.
So I switched up my process to the much hyper Kevin Brown Method. Using my
Flex DA, I primed a
Lake Country Orange pad with
M105, and then laying a beed down, working it in at speed 5-6 until it breaks down (usually a couple of minutes), using A LOT of pressure. I achieved almost 95% correction with this one step, only slight micromarring remained, which I cleaned up perfectly with a LC Black Pad, and M205 at speed 5.
These are after just the first step
As you can see here the slight mircromarring left by
m105+orange pad (no hologramming though!!):
Then it was cleaned up 100% with m205:
Hood done, fender not:
Look at the clearity achieved after perfecting a panel!!
Sorry I didn't take very many pictures.. I was so excited about the process working like the hype said it did.. I just kept going and going. Never did I thought I'd see the day where I would fully correct a BLACK car non the less in under 8 hours time!!!
After polishing, there was a LOT of dust, but no polish sling thank god! So I brought it outside for a nice wash. And then dried it with a blow dryer, followed up with GI Gloss Enhancer as a drying agent. After reading here how everyone dries cars with the aid of a QD I thought I'd give it a shot. Works really well!!
I then applied Gloss-It Signature gloss x2 with the
flex DA and CCS Gold Pad, followed by Gloss-It Concorso Gloss x2 applied with a blackfire gold applicator pad.
I then turned my attention to the exhaust tips. They got the usual deoxidizer (I know that's not a word..) Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish:
I then turned my attention to the interior. Before:
First things first was the all weather mats. I rinsed them down, sprayed Megs APC 7:1 on them, and agitated with an OXO brush, then rinsed off and left to dry:
I then turned my attention to the wood. They received ZAIO which was applied via the white side of a blackfire applicator pad:
Also (not pictured), the door jambs, and under hood areas were cleaned/protected with ZAIO and blackfire white pad.
The dash was first cleaned with 1Z Cockpit Premium, and then protected with 303.
The glass was treated with Werkstat Acrylic and then Acrylic Glos:
Not picture.. the rubber seals were treated with 1Z Gummi Pfledge, and the black trim by the windshield was treated with Black Wow.
. And it definietly had signs of being beaten hard, and put away wet. Remember AJ's who I told you all about on my recent 
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Oh yea and phenomanal job on the paint correction! Did the black finish down easy or was it a little softer than "just right"?
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