white gecko
07-24-2009, 06:33 PM
This customer came about 90 miles or so to drop her car off to me for a thorough correction. She has a lot of pride of ownership of this car and maintains it quite well. A year or so ago she wanted to have me detail it, but I was pretty booked up at the time, so she had a local guy do it. It looked good for about a month, then when the cheap wax wore off, you could see the swirls left behind and a good amount of rotary holograms. She had an eye for them and called me to fix it. Timing wasn`t too good, as I had family staying over from out of state for several days, but oh well. I got her car looking good and was able to spend time with family too.
After a solid 2 days on her car, it came out about 98% perfect. She was quite happy with the car, and even her husband was impressed (who had thought detailing a waste of money).
Process:
Exterior
-Foamed with Dawn
-Rinsed and Dawn wash
-Megs APC 4:1 on wheels/tires
-Daytona EZ detail brush
-Swissvax Wheel brush
-Clayed with Z18 and Megs LT as lube
-Engine with Megs APC 3:1 and various brushes
-Tires and black trim with Zaino Z16
Interior
-Vacuumed
-Leather with Megs APC 10:1
-Zaino Z10 conditioner
-Stoner`s Invisible Glass on windows
-vents and console cleaned with various brushes/qtips
-forgot pics *whoops*
Correction
-Megs 105 on orange LC 5.5
-Megs 205 on white LC 5.5
-using KBM method
LSP
-Zaino ZAIO
-Zaino Z5pro
-Zaino Z6
Before pics:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert5.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert12.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert2.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert3.jpg
The sky had a slight haze and hid some of the direct light, covering some swirls, but they were worse than pictured.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert14.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert15.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert18.jpg
Bath time!
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert27.jpg
Onto the swirls and correction...
test spot
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert33.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert34.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert36.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert41.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert45.jpg
Right side corrected, left side not corrected yet
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert47.jpg
Both sides finished
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert50.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert53.jpg
After a solid 2 days on her car, it came out about 98% perfect. She was quite happy with the car, and even her husband was impressed (who had thought detailing a waste of money).
Process:
Exterior
-Foamed with Dawn
-Rinsed and Dawn wash
-Megs APC 4:1 on wheels/tires
-Daytona EZ detail brush
-Swissvax Wheel brush
-Clayed with Z18 and Megs LT as lube
-Engine with Megs APC 3:1 and various brushes
-Tires and black trim with Zaino Z16
Interior
-Vacuumed
-Leather with Megs APC 10:1
-Zaino Z10 conditioner
-Stoner`s Invisible Glass on windows
-vents and console cleaned with various brushes/qtips
-forgot pics *whoops*
Correction
-Megs 105 on orange LC 5.5
-Megs 205 on white LC 5.5
-using KBM method
LSP
-Zaino ZAIO
-Zaino Z5pro
-Zaino Z6
Before pics:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert5.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert12.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert2.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert3.jpg
The sky had a slight haze and hid some of the direct light, covering some swirls, but they were worse than pictured.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert14.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert15.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert18.jpg
Bath time!
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert27.jpg
Onto the swirls and correction...
test spot
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert33.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert34.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert36.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert41.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert45.jpg
Right side corrected, left side not corrected yet
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert47.jpg
Both sides finished
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert50.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/immaculate_reflections_showcase/Corrections/NancysC6vert53.jpg