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DanSTi
07-01-2008, 05:58 PM
I got this car from a local client after another detailer had a go at correcting the paint. It sounded like the typical hack job, car looked great when he picked it up but after a wash removed the fillers, the paint looked terrible again. It was covered in swirls, buffer trails, and some water spots.



The paint was very soft, and to my surprise appeared to be single stage (lots of red transfer on the pads). It took a good amount of work to finish it down, and I kept having to pull it out in the sun to make sure it was fully corrected without buffer trails. Here are some before pics:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/presserkrolld/IMG_4760.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/presserkrolld/IMG_4759.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/presserkrolld/IMG_4757.jpg



As you can see, the paint looked pretty bad. He wanted a 2-step correction, along with removing the pinstripes. Turned out to be a good 8-9 hours of work.
DanSTi
07-01-2008, 06:09 PM
The process I used was as follows:



Exterior prep:



-Wheels w/ Megs Wheel Brightener cut 4:1

-Tires/wells w/ Simple Green cut 4:1

-Wash w/ Megs Gold Class w/ foam gun and 2 bucket method

-Clay w/ Sonus Green and ONR as lube

-Removed pinstripes w/ heat gun and goo gone



Correction:



-SIP w/ LC Purple Foamed Wool @ 1600rpm (used 4" CCS White on small areas)

-3M Ultrafina w/ Megs Solo Finishing pad @ 1700rpm (used 4" CCS black on small areas)



Finishing:



-Optimum Poli-Seal w/ CCS Blue via PC @ Speed 4

-Optimum Car Wax by hand

-Collinite 850 on exhaust tips

-CG Silk Shine on tires

-303 Aerospace Protectant on engine bay



Interior:



-Vacuum

-Megs QID on all plastics/dash

-Stoner IG on windows

-Plexus on gauge cluster/head unit face



Here are some after pics which were sent to me by the customer. By the time I finished it was getting late so I didn`t have a chance to take any myself.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/presserkrolld/P1010017.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/presserkrolld/P1010018.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/presserkrolld/P1010021.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/presserkrolld/P1010024.jpg
Alex Boyce
07-01-2008, 11:08 PM
great work!



1st after correction is the money maker.
imported_never gone
07-01-2008, 11:23 PM
looks awesome. The red really came to life.
snowskate
07-01-2008, 11:33 PM
Nicey nice! Autopia saves the day again!
imported_artikxscout
07-02-2008, 02:58 AM
great job on the car.
Autogeek
07-02-2008, 11:28 AM
beautiful results!
janice27
07-24-2008, 02:09 PM
I know this is old but NFR has a tinted clear coat, that`s where the red on the pad comes from.
imported_Jayhawker
07-24-2008, 05:54 PM
+ one million for removing that ugly pinstripe.
tennisjon2002
07-24-2008, 06:01 PM
+ one million for removing that ugly pinstripe.



+2 That pin stripe looked TERRIBLE