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stilez
10-05-2004, 07:15 PM
...other than my Scotchbrite Maxima.



This one is by far the winner for dirt and grime. BY FAR. Belongs to the woman who lives above me. She is very busy and works the graveyard shift as an RN at Yale Hospital. She pretty much sleeps all day so not much time to care for the Jetta. This car stood out to me since I moved into my apartment 2 months ago. It looked battered.



I spoke with this woman the day I did the Scotchbrite Maxima...She thought I repainted the car in the parking spot it looked so good. She explained to me how she spends winters in Northern New England (Mass, VT). She got stuck in a state of emergency (Snow Storm) and if she didn`t move her car they`d tow her with a huge fine. She was already plowed in so her and her boyfriend went to town digging the Jetta out. Well, she took the steel shovel to her black finish :shocked . There were about 30-40 R.I.D.S. (Random Isolated Deep Scratches). After washing and claying, I took 1500 grit wetsanding papers and sanded the crater (indent) of the scratches. I then touched up x 2 (10 mins apart) with Audi touch up paint. Finally, I wetsanded with 2400 grit MicroMesh papers and compounded out with Menzerna PowerGloss via rotary and Cutting Pad @ 1700 rpm.



Anyways, this was an exterior only job. It chewed up my clay bar and really needed a lot of work. :) Final processes were:



-QEW x 2

-Wolfgang Clay on paint and windows

-Rain-X to seal the glass

-Meguiar`s APC+ (10:1) to clean rims, tires, and wells

-Touchup and wetsanding info above

-Meguiar`s #80 via rotary and polishing pad @ 1500 rpm

-Menzerna MicroPolish via rotary and polishing pad @ 1500 rpm

-Meguiar`s NXT by hand

-Meguiar`s Hyper Dressing on tires, wells, and plastic trim





Now for the pics :D





Before

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03001.jpg



After

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03019.jpg





Before

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03006.jpg



After

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03010.jpg





More pics coming :)
stilez
10-05-2004, 07:19 PM
I honestly don`t think it`s been washed in many many months. There was so much accumulated grime on the doors they were whiteish/greyish.

Before

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03003.jpg



After

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03013.jpg





Here`s what I`m talking about with the scratches. The big one was almost hopeless but I got it back to life pretty well.



Before

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03004.jpg



After

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03017.jpg





Teh Wetness Shot :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03011.jpg





4 hours, $100 plus a 20 buck tip...I`m happy, she`s happy...Life is good :)





Enjoy!
X-Trail
10-05-2004, 07:22 PM
I`ve got to say. Thats an amazing transformation.:up :eek: :shocked
Dalton
10-05-2004, 07:26 PM
Impressed as usual Sean!!! Great job man!!!
C-MDX
10-05-2004, 07:28 PM
lol, and you can still QEW it, very nice.
ntoddalbert
10-05-2004, 07:28 PM
That is one remarkable job, im sure she was blown away.
Bill D
10-05-2004, 07:29 PM
My head is spinning! :shocked:



How do you learn all of this? Did you just risk it on your cars? For a long time I`ve held back because I only had my own car to experiment on and now, a pair of fenders can only get you so far.



He he, follow the development of the professional detailers association closely. If they establish any certs, go for them, I`m sure you`ll be a certified master in no time ! :xyxthumbs
Eliot Ness
10-05-2004, 07:33 PM
4 hours including touching up 30-40 scratches! I`m impressed... very, very nice work :bow
imported_series1
10-05-2004, 07:33 PM
Wow very amazing transformation! You did a very good job with the scratches on the hood.
tom p.
10-05-2004, 07:34 PM
WOW, that transformation is nothing short of SPEKTAKULAR!! and then some :bow
SilverLexus
10-05-2004, 07:37 PM
:bow



More excellent work Sean. She cleaned up real purty. :)
Thomas Dekany
10-05-2004, 07:46 PM
Never mind how beautiful the car become!! We all know what you can do.... $100.00?????????????



Man I`ll drive up to you and have you do my exterior instead of me wasting a day on it.



You are unbelievable Sean.



You are underselling yourself. Please do something!
Raven
10-05-2004, 07:48 PM
Sean, when your back in NY I have a couple of scratches I would love you to get rid of for me! Great work!
X-Trail
10-05-2004, 07:51 PM
4 hours to do all that is another amazing feat. It`ll probably took me twice that long and the result wont be as good as yours.

:xyxthumbs
Bill D
10-05-2004, 07:53 PM
Originally posted by tdekany

Never mind how beautiful the car become!! We all know what you can do.... $100.00?????????????



Man I`ll drive up to you and have you do my exterior instead of me wasting a day on it.



You are unbelievable Sean.



You are underselling yourself. Please do something!



Yeah even if polishing it is a breeze for you with the rotary, the poorer the condition, the more it should cost. Some of the other pros here, (Jngrbrdman?) wrote up a very handy guide line to setting prices.