2007 G35 - Blue Slate | Michalski Detailing

[E300Diesel]

In the midst of a rainy weekend, this was my project. Enjoy!







[ nuke proof tire dressing. Meguiar`s APC @ 4:1, wouldn`t touch it. ARO @ full strength was making some headway. Didn`t look too bad, but it was blotchy in some areas]



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[ Driver-side quarter-panel. There was a prior repair to which the finish had excessive orange peel, and didn`t blend well with the rest of the paint. This will be addressed further on.]



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[ Meguiar`s APC @ 4:1, let dwell for a minute or two, then rinsed via pressure washer. Putting up a fight!]



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[ Putting the EZ-Detail brush to work.]



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[ Clay Magic aggressive clay. There was a rough feeling like sand on the paint in many areas, overspray? This was after working a small area]



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[ Some RIDS I was able to capture]



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[ I was able to capture some nice pictures after correcting the hood when the sun came out.]



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[ Another shot of the hood. Look at the flake coming out...]



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[ A photo of the trunk lid after correction.]



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[ Some RIDS I was able to capture in the driver-side quarter panel, as I mentioned I would address earlier.]



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[ Some swirls I was able to capture on the rear door in front of the quarter panel in reference.]



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[ Another photo of more defects in the aforementioned quarter panel.]



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[ Some sanding marks left in the quarter panel.]



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[ Best picture I was able to secure of the orange-peel I mentioned earlier.]



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[ Time to get to work. Wetsanded the quarter panel with 2500 UNIGrit paper. Most of the car had paint reading from 3.2 mils to 5. This repainted panel had from 5-7mils. ]



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[ Another photo of the sanded area, a little further toward the rear. I paid attention not to sand that body line and break through the clear.]



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[ Here is a photo after some compounding of the panel to remove the sanding marks. This photo depicts some sanding marks left which are visible to the left of the light source. These were removing with continued compounding prior to final polishing.]



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[ Another angle. It`s gettin` there :)]



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[ Some photos after pressure rinsing the car from the compounding dust, etc... ]



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[ Some finished photos. Topped the G with BFWD. Looks nice, even though there is no sun :hairpull]



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[ Off to her stable she goes... :welcome]



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[a_guerrajr]

nice work



what compound/pad combo did you use?



did you do it for the new owner of the car, paper plates???

[Old Pirate]

Looks great! did you were able to clean up those rims? I had one the same way and it was a pain to remove the stains. But the paint area looks sharp! Nice!

[E300Diesel]

I used M105 on the Flex 3401 and Lake Country cyan pads. The "original" formula M105 was flashing way to quickly for the hot and humid conditions, I added just a touch of Optimum Polish to extend it`s work time, and it worked well. Finished up with M205 with a white CCS pad on a PCXP. Spot buffed any noticeable trouble areas with a rotary, M105 and a Lake Country PFW pad. For the area I wetsanded, I pulled out my bottle of Menzerna Power Gloss Compound. I didn`t have to use it, but I wanted to compare it to my M105 that I was using.



This detail was indeed for the new owner of this fine chariot.

[E300Diesel]

Looks great! did you were able to clean up those rims? I had one the same way and it was a pain to remove the stains. But the paint area looks sharp! Nice!



I didn`t have any luck. What did you do Angelo?