Park Avenue Detailing: Brilliant Black Mazda MX-5 (Raildust issue as per threads)

[gtpaul]

Some of you may remember this car from this thread: http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing/113652-rail-dust-problem.html Anyways, finally got approval from the service manager and owner of the dealership where this car was purchased to perform the work. After many headache`s we getting approval and so on, I began Tuesday at 5pm until 9pm removing the rail-dust and other surface contaminants.

Wednesday I started at 8am, after driving through a snow-storm. I compounded, medium polished with IPA in between each. Certain scratches were wetsanded. At 6pm, Wednesday evening I began final polishing and went home around 8:30pm. (Girlfriend called:laugh:). Returned to the dealer Thursday to finish the polishing, proceeded to jewel the paint, and seal. Total time spent: 17 hours.



Process:



Contaminant removal:



CarBrite Fall out remover

Clay during acid

Wash and rinse

Clay again (soap solution as lube)



Paint correction:



Compounding: M105/OrangeCCS/Flex

Heavy Polishing: SIP/WhiteCCS/Flex

Final Polishing: PO203 Power Finish/GreenCCS/Flex

Jewelling:PO85rd Final Finish/RedCCS/Flex



LSP:



Pinnacle Souveran....



before pics:



http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/GTPAUL/MazdaMiata002.jpg



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http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/GTPAUL/MazdaMiata021.jpg



after pics:



http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/GTPAUL/Miata005.jpg



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[BigJimZ28]

I am glad it worked out for both of you





now it looks as it should

[imported_MBenz]

The before, after and 50/50 shots are all great. Nice work.

[BigAl3]

excellent work as usual! :bigups

[imported_Sludge]

Terrific work. I`m sure the dealership people had never seen anything like the job you did. :2thumbs:



Did they fetch your coffee?

[V_Eight]

Those winter wheels suuuuuure are perty. :p

[GeorgesBlazah]

Wow that thing was beat, very nice turn around.

[Cleaning Fool]

You got my vote! Fabulous!:bow

[Bitfryer]

Terrific work. I`m sure the dealership people had never seen anything like the job you did. :2thumbs:



Did they fetch your coffee?



The Service Manager said exactly that, "This is the best condition any vehicle has ever come from this dealership" :woot2:



Thanks Sludge for helping me hook-up with gtpaul. Thanks everyone for all the suggestions and help provided. And a big thanks to gtpaul for taking on such a challenging issue at this time of the season. What he can do with those hands is miraculous :bow

[Setec Astronomy]

Wow, glad this all worked out so well, I can`t believe they paid for 17 hours since the most they usually spend is 17 minutes. What are those tires, Hakkas?

[Bitfryer]

Wow, glad this all worked out so well, I can`t believe they paid for 17 hours since the most they usually spend is 17 minutes. What are those tires, Hakkas?



Mulling over which tire to choose, I went with the advice at the following link and chose Michelin X-ice:



Michelin X-Ice Xi2 Introductory Drive (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/TireTestServlet?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=X-Ice+Xi2&partnum=05TR6XI2&fromCompare1=yes&wTire=5)



The dealership at first didn`t believe it. But when one of their own referrals estimated 20 hours, it finally sunk in. The car was really in bad shape. We had three quotes and gtpaul`s was the best. I`m really glad gtpaul won out. The other detailers were talking about wet-sanding the whole car :soscared: One guy was trying to convince me that with 28 years experience, he could tell the depth of the paint by just looking at it. Like he had x-ray vision or something :hm



The other detailer was saying the paint was doomed and I`d have to live with the swirls and spider-webbing :bolt



It was truly a bizarre and creepy experiencing. After some consultations, I knew I couldn`t trust anybody with the car other than gtpaul. I doubt there would have been any clear coat left. gtpaul followed a perfect balance of paint correction and clear coat preservation :goodjob

[gtpaul]

Thanks again, was definitely a learning experience for the two of us.





Thanks all for the comments.

[jordanrossbell]

Some really awesome 50/50s!!

[gtpaul]

Terrific work. I`m sure the dealership people had never seen anything like the job you did. :2thumbs:



Did they fetch your coffee?



No lol, but the detailer came to me and asked "How do you buff?"

[kaval]

Excellent turnaround Paul!



So...about that TORONTO meet? LOL!!!