black taurus ( swirled )

[gav'spurplez]

hey guys,

my 2nd detail of the season, just an exterior polish and wax for a guy at work. Black taurus in which he keeps pretty clean. He washes the car by hand and keeps up with the interior, but it is obvious that the wash mitts and auto washes in the winter has gotten to it. ok ok, enough, here is what i did ;)





wash with Megs GC

clay with megs clay

polished with IP - yellow CMA pad with PC on 6

sealed with NXT - gray CMA pad on 4



I was going to hit it with some FP2 but i thought it looked pretty good. i think i got about 80-90% of the swirls out. it was bad. i tried to take some pics in the sun and i can`t tell if they came out ok or not, see for yourself. i did get some shots in the garage with a spot light that helps to show you guys the swirls.



here goes



http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gavspurplez@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=/ccde

[gav'spurplez]

rough crowd :sosad

[Thomas Dekany]

Mr Gov. - The paint looks "NEW" in the after shots. Excellent results.



Sure looked terrible before. How long did it take? Did you charge for it?

[HotRodGuy]

looks great bro!

[Ben Kenobi]

Excellent job on the Taurus! Love the reflections off the rear quarter and hood. You brought that paint back. I`d also like to know what products you used and how long it took you.



As for the tought crowd part, you`re not kidding.



:up



Paul

[gav'spurplez]

tdekany - took about 3 hours ( not including the time that i let the NXT sit on the paint ) i sure did charge $ 100 :D



Ben K - i listed the products i used in the original post :xyxthumbs

and as i told TD, it took about 3 hours.



thanks for the kind words :bow

[stilez]

Yeah, excellent work done :).





How did you like working on Ford paint?

[gav'spurplez]

why do you ask stilez ?? :o



something that i should be aware of ??



seemed to be ok. did not run into any problems. i`m trying to remember if i have done any other fords, ;)



not that i can recall. a newer explorer but that was over a year ago and silver anyways.

[Thomas Dekany]

Originally posted by gav`spurplez

why do you ask stilez ?? :o



something that i should be aware of ??



seemed to be ok. did not run into any problems. i`m trying to remember if i have done any other fords, ;)



not that i can recall. a newer explorer but that was over a year ago and silver anyways.



As far as I know, they are very hard. That may be the reason why he asked.

[gav'spurplez]

i see, care to explain "hard"



i guess i did not notice anything, i just hit the button on the PC and went to town :up