Porsche 911, first Carnauba Jett pics, VM/NB on white = wet!

Scottwax · 12-05-05, 07:10

First up. 2006 Cadillac DTS. Brand new, seemed to be pretty swirl free. Just washed with Optimum's QEW and waxed with Optimum Car Wax. As a side note, the interior is very nice, definitely more upscale than the previous DTS.

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2002 Honda Civic. Pretty decent condition, I wash one of his cars and polish/wax the other every couple of months. He got a new car a few months ago so the Civic actually hadn't been waxed since since April 7th (RMG/CMW). Still beading, some slickness. Been a pretty dry year since spring so that might have something to do with the good durability.

I polished the front door with Vanilla Moose using a green Propel lite cut pad, rear door is untouched. The difference doesn't show on film as well as in person but I think you can still see the difference.

Now both polished with VM. The angle and lighting are a bit different in this shot but the gloss from just VM should be pretty obvious.

I finished the car off with Poorboy's Natty's Blue.

The full sun washes out the shine and wetness on film but you can see how very white it now looks.

Scottwax · 12-05-05, 07:21

2004 Lexus SC430. Weekly wash customer, last waxed with Optimum Car Wax a couple months ago. The car is a real garage queen; I've been cleaning it for about 15 months now and they've put maybe 1500 miles on it in that time. The car is pretty much spotless all the time and the owner tips very well so I toss on whatever new wax I have for free.

It literally only took me 30 minutes to wash it with Optimum's QEW and wax with Jeff's Werkstatt Carnauba Jett.

In this shot, I have only used Carnauba Jett on the door:

Now on both sides:

Whole car shots:

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A quick shot of my car. I had some new stuff to try, so my car went first.

I got a quart of the new Optimum Hyper Compound so I figured I'd test it out. More in depth on the usage in this thread:

http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=64997

Anyway, I used both the Hyper Compound and Optimum Polish with green Propel lite cut pads, then Jeff's Werkstatt Prime with a blue Propel finishing pad and topped with JW's Carnauba Jett by hand. Last shot on the roll, not the ideal location because of the sunny background (can't figure out how to shoot black in the direct sun and not have background wash out, no matter how I set my camera????) but with the north breeze, I knew by afternoon my car would have a layer of dust on it. Besides, I wanted to take a pic in the full sun.

Lo04Chevy · 12-05-05, 07:24

WOW! I really like that Lexus SC430. I'm even more confident on buying Werkstatt products.

Scottwax · 12-05-05, 07:32

2004 Porsche 911. I had detailed it when it was brand new using the Shokar twins, which turned out to be the beta version of what became Jeff's Werkstatt (aka Carlack 68 in Europe) products. He lives about 45 miles from me near my brother (he is my brother's wife's boss) and knowing how far the trip was for me, he had been taking it to the local car wash for monthly detailing. He was not happy about the way the paint looked, the oily interior dressings and the lack of attention to detail.

He called and asked if when I am at my brother's house, if I would be willing to detail his Porsche each month and his wife's Lexus GS300 (which I did about 10 days ago) every couple of months. I said that wouldn't be a problem. Besides, I am already in the area and heading out there to visit at 10 am instead of 3 pm and making money sounds good to me.

In addition, one of my brother's customers (my brother owns a computer service and repair company) has a very nice '06 Carrera S he wants me to take care of.

This time he got the Werkstatt twins. Prime using a blue Propel finishing pad and Acrylic Jett by hand. I'll probably just add a couple layers each time I do the monthly detail and tear it all down every 6 months or as necessary.

Setec Astronomy · 12-05-05, 07:37

Wow...the wheels and tires on that Caddy...are not what I would get....

Scottwax · 12-05-05, 07:52

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Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

Wow...the wheels and tires on that Caddy...are not what I would get....

3rd DTS in a row they got with those fugly tires and the guy's wife seems to like gaudy chrome wheels.

merci · 12-05-05, 08:09

I absolutely love the dripping red paint on the SC430!!! Awesome work!

jchetty · 12-05-05, 08:12

wow they all look great

especially the lex...is it me or does the cadillac look like it has parking sensors on the front bumper

im always impressed with you work. I do have one question. All the trims looks better than new, what product are you using and do you do any special prep to the trim prior to application

Setec Astronomy · 12-05-05, 08:16

jchetty...I believe those "sensors" on the front are for the radar-controlled cruise control which keeps the sleeping Deville drivers from running into the car in front of them (no, I'm not making this up).

"Maintaining your preset speed until encountering slower traffic, radar-based Adaptive Cruise Control automatically slows you down to your preselected headway distance from preceding vehicles. Once traffic clears, or you change lanes, DTS accelerates back to your preset speed"

gmblack3a · 12-05-05, 08:32

I thought NB was only for darker color paints.

Scottwax · 12-05-05, 08:42

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Originally Posted by jchetty

wow they all look great

especially the lex... I do have one question. All the trims looks better than new, what product are you using and do you do any special prep to the trim prior to application

I normally use either Vanilla Moose or Armor All for trim, depending on the type. Meguiars #38 is really good too.

O4cobra · 12-05-05, 10:25

Very nice as usual Scott.

How do you like Carnauba Jett on black paint?