Scottwax
07-15-2006, 01:57 AM
I did 11 cars for a law firm in June, they contacted me and said they had 8 more for me to do. Got 7 of them done this week. 2 are posted in the thread with the Dinan M5, the rest here. I got off easy with the first 11 cars, these last ones haven`t been as easy other than the `06 Maxima in the other thread. Either messed up paint or trashed interiors or both.
2000 Ford Mustang. Thinning clear coat on this one and the base coat was oxidizing under the clear. I am pretty sure the hood was repainted, positive about the rear bumper because they didn`t mask off the holes in the bottom of it and painted the foam behind it blue. Anyway, the hood was a lost cause, but polishing did add some gloss. You can see in the pics it is faded. I used Optimum Polish and green 4" Propel pads with my Cyclo and EX w/carnauba.
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Ford_Mustang_rear1.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Ford_Mustang_front1.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Ford_Mustang_front2.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Ford_Mustang_backend.jpg
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2000 Kia Specta, pretty much the crappiest car I have ever detailed. The interior was a horror show, deep, deep stains on all 4 seats, ground in grime in what passes for carpet in 2000 Kias (basically what other cars use in the trunk), the cup holder area was solid goo. You should have seen the look on my son`s face when he opened the door to vacuum it. Anyway, I am doing all the cars at a set price each and informed them that either someone would have to pony up extra on this car or we`d just do what we could for the price. The company certainly wasn`t paying for it and the owner said he`d be thrilled if we just washed it. My son gave the interior a good once over but the deeper stains barely budged. Didn`t even bother with pics despite the improvement because quite frankly, it still didn`t look that great. Even spending a lot of time probably wouldn`t have helped because of the depth and age of the stains combined with cheap interior materials. At least the cup holder area was spotless and the door panels and mats turned out decent.
The paint was equally scary. Bird bomb etchings right through to the primer, bonded contaminents, swirls, scratches, obviously repainted panels repleat with sanding marks underneath, etc. I went ahead and clayed it and then used Optimum Polish and green 4" Propel pads with my Cyclo and EX w/carnauba.
As you can see, even after polishing, the bird bomb etchings and severe pitting in the hood made that area a lost cause.
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Kia_Spectra_hood1.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Kia_Spectra_hood2.jpg
Anyway, it cleaned up better on the rest of the car better than I expected, even after we moved it to his normal spot in the sun, it looked decent from about 5-6 feet. You can see the scratches and scuffs on the rear bumper that remained though.
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Kia_Spectra_front.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Kia_Spectra_rear.jpg
2000 Ford Mustang. Thinning clear coat on this one and the base coat was oxidizing under the clear. I am pretty sure the hood was repainted, positive about the rear bumper because they didn`t mask off the holes in the bottom of it and painted the foam behind it blue. Anyway, the hood was a lost cause, but polishing did add some gloss. You can see in the pics it is faded. I used Optimum Polish and green 4" Propel pads with my Cyclo and EX w/carnauba.
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Ford_Mustang_rear1.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Ford_Mustang_front1.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Ford_Mustang_front2.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Ford_Mustang_backend.jpg
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2000 Kia Specta, pretty much the crappiest car I have ever detailed. The interior was a horror show, deep, deep stains on all 4 seats, ground in grime in what passes for carpet in 2000 Kias (basically what other cars use in the trunk), the cup holder area was solid goo. You should have seen the look on my son`s face when he opened the door to vacuum it. Anyway, I am doing all the cars at a set price each and informed them that either someone would have to pony up extra on this car or we`d just do what we could for the price. The company certainly wasn`t paying for it and the owner said he`d be thrilled if we just washed it. My son gave the interior a good once over but the deeper stains barely budged. Didn`t even bother with pics despite the improvement because quite frankly, it still didn`t look that great. Even spending a lot of time probably wouldn`t have helped because of the depth and age of the stains combined with cheap interior materials. At least the cup holder area was spotless and the door panels and mats turned out decent.
The paint was equally scary. Bird bomb etchings right through to the primer, bonded contaminents, swirls, scratches, obviously repainted panels repleat with sanding marks underneath, etc. I went ahead and clayed it and then used Optimum Polish and green 4" Propel pads with my Cyclo and EX w/carnauba.
As you can see, even after polishing, the bird bomb etchings and severe pitting in the hood made that area a lost cause.
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Kia_Spectra_hood1.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Kia_Spectra_hood2.jpg
Anyway, it cleaned up better on the rest of the car better than I expected, even after we moved it to his normal spot in the sun, it looked decent from about 5-6 feet. You can see the scratches and scuffs on the rear bumper that remained though.
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Kia_Spectra_front.jpg
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2000_Kia_Spectra_rear.jpg