Some recent jobs worthy of sharing

[EcoAutoCT]

M105 on yellow
M85 on green
M205 on blue w/ PC
Topped with Nattys Red

Not pictured: Wheels got P21S, tires and wells got Meg APC. It was cloudy all day, rinsed and washed the car in the rain. Pulled inside for clay, masking and paint correction.

Consistent representation of what I started with at 9AM.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030001.jpg

Repaint on the rear driver door, lots of DA sanding scratches and a few dirt nibs.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030002.jpg

After polishing, Nattys marinating. Deeelish!

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030007.jpg

Most of the pigtails gone, the debris under the paint made me hesitant to go for 100%.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030008.jpg

No sun? Inspect with the next best thing.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030004.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030009.jpg

I`m no good at camera, how did I get here?

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030010.jpg

One, Green, Four, POTATO!

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030015.jpg

Before Right

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030014.jpg

After Right

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030013.jpg

50/50 Right

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Mercedes/P5030012.jpg

All done at 330. 90% correction in 6 hours (30 mins deducted for BS`ing with customer about cars). Some deeper scratches remain, but for a car from 1996 :drool:

[EcoAutoCT]

Ever wonder why your Makita rotary has an intermittent trigger problem? A likely culprit is the wiring and insulation in my experience, but checking it yourself is nothing to be scared of.

A couple screws removed to gain access to the internals:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/P4140009.jpg

This was my problem, wires are binding and have created these ribs:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/P4140010.jpg

Wires had degraded so much that I couldn`t strip the casing without tearing (not cutting) the wire:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/P4140013.jpg

3 terminals, 3 wires- pretty difficult to screw up simple:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/P4140011.jpg

All done, back to work!

[EcoAutoCT]

From 30ft away the defects were clearly visible, paint had no depth:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100004.jpg

From 5 ft away, the entire vehicle had significant scratches, holograms, swirls:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100005.jpg


Even closer, very condensed swirls:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100006.jpg


Washed with ONR, clayed with Meguiars Mild, wheels received P21S gel and Meguiars APC on tires/wells. All of which took a little less than an hour- a second hour was spent removing old wax/compound/product from every seam/gap/jamb.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100010.jpg


Masking exterior trim with 3M green tape and doing a few test spots:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100014.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100012.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100015.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100013.jpg


In addition to the old product left to harden, and heavy holograms, the front edge of the drivers door was burned down to the primer by the previous detailer. All of this made me hesitant towards jumping right into M105 with yellow or wool; so the majority of the Supra was corrected with M85 on green foam and finished with M205 on blue via a Makita rotary.


The burn through on the edge of the door, you can still see the tape residue from my 3M 1/4" Fine Line- I was taking no chances making it worse:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100018.jpg


A few side by side comparisons:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100017.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100019.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100020.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100021.jpg


Very difficult to get 100% correction out of this while keeping as much of the remaining single stage paint build , the pics may show that in most cases, but honestly it wasn`t perfect. Seven hours later, two of which were spent in prep and cleaning up the hardened wax from emblems and door handles:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100022.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100024.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100025.jpg


Ready to leave, topped with Nattys Red, Meguiars Non Silicone Tire Dressing and 303 Aero on the lower plastics:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/cashonly/Supra/P4100023.jpg

[Ronkh]

Really nice !!

[EcoAutoCT]

Really nice !!

This week I was driving from one job in Farmington to another in W. Hartford via Mountain Road (I think)- guess what I passed?



Claybar Dr. :rofl

[Ronkh]

This week I was driving from one job in Farmington to another in W. Hartford via Mountain Road (I think)- guess what I passed?



Claybar Dr. :rofl

That`s real close to me. If you turned onto fern street, you`d have been 3 blocks from me.

[EcoAutoCT]

That`s real close to me. If you turned onto fern street, you`d have been 3 blocks from me.

You caught me, I wasn`t actually on a job. I lost the scent trail of Natty`s Blue and couldn`t further pinpoint your location. Ended up cleaning an SUV at Renbrook School instead. :lol2:

I pulled in there and the cars picking up kids were Range Rovers, Cayennes, Porsche 997, etc. and on after the other. I just wanted to play 52 pickup with my business cards while driving through.

[Ronkh]

You caught me, I wasn`t actually on a job. I lost the scent trail of Natty`s Blue and couldn`t further pinpoint your location. Ended up cleaning an SUV at Renbrook School instead. :lol2:

I pulled in there and the cars picking up kids were Range Rovers, Cayennes, Porsche 997, etc. and on after the other. I just wanted to play 52 pickup with my business cards while driving through.

My older one went to school there. Till 6th grade.