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    2013 ZL1 Camaro-Tampa Fl

    Hello Everyone

    I just finished up this very nice 2013 Camaro ZL1. The car had less than 7500 miles on the car.



    Below is picture of the car right after it was washed. The car looks pretty good right? This is where the story starts to get interesting. Let’s pull the car in the garage dim the lights and see what there is to discover.



    The owner of this ZL1 took this car to another detailer a couple months back for a full paint correction and an approved installer only coating was to be applied. I am not going to mention the name of the coating but one that has very lofty claims like multiple years of protection, can only be scratched by Kryptonite, etc. , ect. After 2 attempts with the previous dealer this is what he ended up with.
    **Just a little disclaimer I don’t want to put down the work of another detailer I just want to show what I had to work with.







    The following shows the improperly applied coating








    The owner decided enough was enough. He came across some of my posts and reached out to me to see if I could correct some of the issues

    I figured this was going to be a big job to remove all the coating and swirls underneath. I found the best combo was Mezerna FG400 on an orange pad. I was figuring the coating was going to put up more of a fight but it come off a little easier than I thought. Don’t get me wrong it was still a lot of work. Some areas had to be polished with a 2 inch cyan pad in addition to some areas being hand polished to remove all traces of prior coating.

    Already looking a lot glossier with FG400 in the first step.




    How about a coating removal 50/50




    For the second step I stayed in the Mezerana line with SF4000 on a tangerine pad.
    Final polishing was done with a white Rupes pad and Rupes Ultra diamond polish.
    Wheels removed then clean and sealed. Calipers hand polished with M205 and coated with opti-coat. Wheel wells cleaned and dressed with Carpro PERL.




    Not really want to try another silica based coating this time around but wanting something that would be durable the owner and I discussed a few options and settled on Optimum Gloss Coat.
    After applying the first coat was not that impressed so I decided to wait an hour and apply another coat and what a difference. The gloss really came out with the second coat.





    Finished product












    Total time around 45 hours to complete.

    wanted to give a special thanks to Mike Lambert for taking the time to answer a few questions for me on removing the coating.

    Thanks for looking
    Tampa, Fl
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    Re: 2013 ZL1 Camaro-Tampa Fl

    wow, that looked like hot garbage. nice job fixin him up

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    Re: 2013 ZL1 Camaro-Tampa Fl

    glad you brought that paint back to where it should have been to start with. very nice.

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    Re: 2013 ZL1 Camaro-Tampa Fl

    WOW, what a mess! Great recovery, Broker !
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    Excellent work
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    Re: 2013 ZL1 Camaro-Tampa Fl

    Great turnaround. Just goes to show you... it`s technique > product every time! Doesn`t matter how much top quality stuff you have access to, you have to put in the work to back it up.

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    Super !!!!
    Formerly the "Best Detailer", now just Super Wax Waster Man. Not necessarily tactful, but normally right. It`s good to be da King !!!

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    Re: 2013 ZL1 Camaro-Tampa Fl

    Great turnaround!

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    Now I wish I would`ve applied two coats. Great job!
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    Re: 2013 ZL1 Camaro-Tampa Fl

    Quote Originally Posted by House of Wax View Post
    wow, that looked like hot garbage. nice job fixin him up
    thank you

    Quote Originally Posted by tropicsteve View Post
    glad you brought that paint back to where it should have been to start with. very nice.
    thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by tom p. View Post
    WOW, what a mess! Great recovery, Broker !
    thank you

    Quote Originally Posted by Pats300zx View Post
    Excellent work
    thank you very much

    Quote Originally Posted by heisenberg View Post
    Great turnaround. Just goes to show you... it`s technique > product every time! Doesn`t matter how much top quality stuff you have access to, you have to put in the work to back it up.
    you are correct and thank you

    Quote Originally Posted by Ronkh View Post
    Super !!!!
    thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by Klock View Post
    Great turnaround!
    thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by Vega@Autopia View Post
    Now I wish I would`ve applied two coats. Great job!
    thank you. Yes the second coat really made the paint come alive
    Tampa, Fl

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    Always a pleasure to see your workmanship skills at their best, hope your customer was very happy and sorry I couldn`t make it to your place to help you ( due to my surgery ).....BTW here is the Hacker song....
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    I`ll be ready the next one that comes along.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Pirate View Post
    Always a pleasure to see your workmanship skills at their best, hope your customer was very happy and sorry I couldn`t make it to your place to help you ( due to my surgery ).....BTW here is the Hacker song....
    no problem glad you are doing better. Like the song.
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    Beautiful job on a beautiful car!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Pirate View Post
    BTW here is the Hacker song....
    you mean my song ??!?!?!?!?!? Since I`m a hack......
    Formerly the "Best Detailer", now just Super Wax Waster Man. Not necessarily tactful, but normally right. It`s good to be da King !!!
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