2005 Porsche Carrera GT - Paint to Sample Gulf Blue

[Todd@RUPES]

You`re top tier in my book Dave. I love how your pics don`t look "vivid", instead look soo natural as if I would be seeing the car in person. You`re one of the most influential detailers in my book for your simplicity yet direct action towards detailing.



BTW, what pressure washer is that. How many GPM?

The "vivid"ness of the camera could be because the softer color of the paint doesn`t through off the white balance as much (closer on the gray scale?).



That or I need to buy a cheaper camera....

[MakitaNinja]

You`re top tier in my book Dave. I love how your pics don`t look "vivid", instead look soo natural as if I would be seeing the car in person. You`re one of the most influential detailers in my book for your simplicity yet direct action towards detailing.



BTW, what pressure washer is that. How many GPM?

When did making cars look vivid become a bad thing, I have seen a lot of cars at shows that look better in person than I saw on the internet.

[Todd@RUPES]

When did making cars look vivid become a bad thing, I have seen a lot of cars at shows that look better in person than I saw on the internet.

I don`t know, I take "vivid" photos, but as every client who has seen my pictures on here and seen their cars have commented (on my threads even) the pictures never do the cars justice.



I personally would love to see this Porsche in person as I am sure it looks much better in person.

[joyriiide1113]

I wasn`t talking about you Todd, don`t know why you assume I was.



What I meant though was nto that vivid is bad, but that its a lot nicer to see a picture look natural (but still showing tons of effort and gloss).



Edit: I`m not talking about every detail thread either.



Edit: I`m talking about pictures like this

[Todd@RUPES]

Sorry for the hijack David on your thread.... Great work and like I said it I`m sure it looks millions of times better in person. I recently saw the orange Porsche you did and it looked amazing (much better than the photo`s you took IMO).

[gmblack3]

Great work David. Excellent attention to detail.



If I may offer some advice on using Ultrafina. As a way to avoid some of the oil "splatter" issues, you may want to try using less UF.



I am not sure if in the following pic that was the amount of UF you used for each section, but I would use the amount that I have circled for a 2`x2` area:

[MakitaNinja]

I had to take a second look at that gorgous car.





Gmblack I guess you said it the way I wanted to, but lack politeness at times.



You pointed that out very well, and helped him learn so kudo`s to you professor.

[gmblack3]

David, If you can please give us more info on the pressure washer, that would be great!

[imported_fishbonezken]

incredible write-up, superb process pictures and results!!!!

bookmarked as one of my favorite click&brags!!



David,

can I ask why do you use the contoured LC CCS pads instead of the flat ones?

[Boyd]

Lovely GT and write up, but I think black suits the car better .

[SilverLexus]

Amazing thorough work David.



Where do you get those Dupont Sontara wipes?

[David Fermani]

Excellent work David!!!!

Thanks Ryan. I appreciate it!

Fantastic Job David:2thumbs:

its amazing that some cars came with all that marks.

Elkin

Thanks. Another example of how NO car is ever perfect.

Was that ultrafina shot of the priming panel? That`s about as much as I would use on a full car.

I guess you said it the way I wanted to, but lack politeness at times.

You must not be too familiar with Ultrafina then? If you`re using that amount on a "full car", I`d be willing to bet you`re creating swirls and not removing them. You also made a similar comment about my usage of Zaino too? Interesting? If you look back at the picture you`re commenting on, it`s unavoidable not to see a clean (not yet used) pad that wasn`t even mounted on a buffer. Therefore, that would mean I was priming my pad. (I also let a little more out so it would show up better for the picture):think2

Great work David. Excellent attention to detail.



If I may offer some advice on using Ultrafina. As a way to avoid some of the oil "splatter" issues, you may want to try using less UF.



I am not sure if in the following pic that was the amount of UF you used for each section, but I would use the amount that I have circled for a 2`x2` area:

Thanks for the info Bryan. I usually use about 1/2 that much in each section I work. On a door for example, I`ll lay down about 4 lines and break that panel into 1/4`s. A hood will make for about 6-8 sections. If you watch the 3M video, their tech guy puts down a little more than I did. They also mention: "You may notice an oily splatter on the surrounding areas of the car as you polish. This tells you that you are using the right amount of product to get the job done right".

Aren`t you getting ANY oilly splatter when you use UF?

Thought you all might find this interesting. It`s a registry of all of the CGTs and colors they were produced in.



carreragtregistry



Check out the orange and signal yellow ones!



Nice

Thanks for the link. I`ll forward it to the owner. I still think the Gulf Blue is the most exotic looking color for this car. Orange and Yellow are nice too.

Awesome machine to work on and great write-up and work done to it David!

Thanks again man!

What a treat to work on something so unique; and what a work environment!!! The only thing missing were a few Hooters Girls to bring you lemonade and wipe the sweat off your brow whilst working.



As far as selling the car, there had to be some level of frustration owning what is already a museum piece; knowing that if you drove it like you wanted to, you`d be degrading the historical value of the car. Besides, guys at his level play Monopoly with REAL money and real game pieces!!! He`ll have something as equally awesome for you to detail in no time.



[PS: you`ve heard it before, but: top-notch write up - many thanks]

Thank you. I would have loved to eat some Hooter`s chicken wings while working on it. (as long as I wasn`t doing the windows )

You`re top tier in my book Dave. I love how your pics don`t look "vivid", instead look soo natural as if I would be seeing the car in person. You`re one of the most influential detailers in my book for your simplicity yet direct action towards detailing.



BTW, what pressure washer is that. How many GPM?

Luis - You`re too much man. :spit: Thanks. I can`t wait for you to show me a thing or two on the black Vette coming up.

I don`t know, I take "vivid" photos, but as every client who has seen my pictures on here and seen their cars have commented (on my threads even) the pictures never do the cars justice.



I personally would love to see this Porsche in person as I am sure it looks much better in person.

Sorry for the hijack David on your thread.... Great work and like I said it I`m sure it looks millions of times better in person. I recently saw the orange Porsche you did and it looked amazing (much better than the photo`s you took IMO).

Todd - You`re absolutely right about pictures not showing the whole story. The camera I use (the only one I have) is actually my crappy work one that gets dropped every day. I don`t even know how to use it. I just leave it on auto. I`m actually in the process of hooking up with a person that is a professional car photographer that needs us to detail a bunch of exotics before he films them. I`d love for him to take some pictures of my work.

David, If you can please give us more info on the pressure washer, that would be great!

It`s an electric 2.0 gallon per minute, 1500 psi (can be cranked to 2000) with a CAT pump. I`ve prepped well over 50,000 vehicles with it and it`s never failed me one time.

incredible write-up, superb process pictures and results!!!!

bookmarked as one of my favorite click&brags!!



David,

can I ask why do you use the contoured LC CCS pads instead of the flat ones?

Thank you very, very much. I prefer the contoured pads over the flat ones because they have a recessed backing on them. It makes for a much safer buff compared to the flat style ones. I think the flat 6.5 inch ones are made to be used with a PC? The edge/lip of the pads are pretty sharpe and a little stiff and could create some damage.

Lovely GT and write up, but I think black suits the car better .

Thank you.

[David Fermani]

Amazing thorough work David.



Where do you get those Dupont Sontara wipes?

Thank you very much. The owner had the wipes & uses them on his planes. They`re very soft & work great in mechanical areas.

[imported_Detailing Technology]

Champion car, excellent and meaningful color combo. Good work.

[Scottwax]

Amazing depth and wetness for such a light color. Outstanding write-up and pictures too.