Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
2010 Lexus RX450h in for a multi-step correction and CQuartz Finest coating application. This vehicle has seen 5 years of regular full service tunnel wash abuse and the owner wanted to get it dialed in after I did his new BMW this spring. No more tunnel washes either. ;)
Process:
Wash - ONR Wash
Wheels - Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus & various brushes.
Tires - Cleaned with Megs D143 and Tuf-Shine brush. Dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing
Paint Prep - Nanos Skin Towel and Glide as lube
Paint Correction - M100 on the rotary with a Solo wool pad. Groit`s Fast Correct Cream on the G21 with Griot`s MF BOSS pads followed by HD Polish+ on the G21 with yellow BOSS pads. Tight areas done with Rupes LHR75e
Coating Prep - Eraser wipe-down followed by IPA
Coating - 2 Coats of Finest applied to paint, trim coated with Opti-Lens
Before pics
Not bad, right???
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0-DSC_4958.jpg
Wrong! ;)
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0-DSC_4961.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0-DSC_4960.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0-DSC_4959.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0-DSC_4963.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0-DSC_4964.jpg
50/50`s
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4966.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4970.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4971.jpg
After
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4973.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4983.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4984.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4978.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4981.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4980.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1-DSC_4985.jpg
Thanks for looking,
Rasky
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
Great save! that clear coat was horrible and painful to look at.
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
Wowzers! What a save. That`s one of your best turn-arounds. Incredible work Chad!
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
E46 M3 in for a 1-step "plus" correction and PPF removal. The "plus" part is because I wanted to try the new CarPro Essence sample so I step up my correction step and used Essence as a finishing polish to refine the paint and amp up the gloss. :)
When I finished working late last Saturday night on this car I still had to do the windows, exhaust, and a few other misc items and planned to take full car after pics when I was done. Unfortunately delivery of the car was pushed out to 4 days later and I had forgotten to take after pics with my SLR, so all I have is a few with my iPhone after I was done polishing. :(
Process:
Wash - ONR
Wheels - Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus & various brushes.
Tires - Cleaned with Megs D143 and Tuf-Shine brush. Dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing
Tar Removal - Tarminator
Paint Prep - Nanos Skin Towel and Glide as lube
Paint Correction - Groit`s Fast Correct Cream on the G21 with Griot`s MF BOSS pads followed by Essence on the G21 with yellow BOSS pads. Tight areas done with Rupes LHR75e
Exhaust - Optimum Metal Polish
LSP - Decided to top Essence with 22ple VS1 at the last minute.
PPF FUN! :)
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...6-DSC_4988.jpg
NOT!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...6-DSC_4989.jpg
A little over an hour later...
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...6-DSC_4990.jpg
50/50`s after Fast Correct
Swirling wasn`t too bad, but the paint had lots of staining and water spots
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...6-DSC_4991.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...6-DSC_4993.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7-DSC_4994.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7-DSC_4995.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7-DSC_4996.jpg
Holograms on the drivers side...
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7-DSC_4997.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7-DSC_4998.jpg
Before
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7-DSC_4999.jpg
After Fast Correct
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7-DSC_5000.jpg
After Essence
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...7-DSC_5001.jpg
iPhone pics after polishing, car isn`t finished here though
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...A58635E397.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...B467987389.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...A7C26C0B64.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...F47D561C06.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0372206789.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...477F24D41F.jpg
Thanks for looking,
Rasky
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
Nice, Love the gloss but now with Essence I am sure everyone will be getting these results right? LOL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Great job, How much filling are you seeing? Do you still 3 step a car like this or is it 2 plus essence?
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RaskyR1
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
Great work. I own a 2015 BMW with the same deep blue color.
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
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Originally Posted by
JSFM35X
Nice, Love the gloss but now with Essence I am sure everyone will be getting these results right? LOL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Great job, How much filling are you seeing? Do you still 3 step a car like this or is it 2 plus essence?
I`ll need to play with it more to test how much filling it`s capable of. My intended use for this product is mainly just as a Primer prior to coating. That way I don`t have to wipe the car down with Eraser/IPA, which I`ve never been a fan of. Essence does have abrasives in it so I believe it`s more than capable of refining the paint after the compounding step, as long as it`s only light marring/DA haze. Griot`s new Fast Correct Cream finishes down so well on these paints that any finishing polish should have no trouble removing any left over marring/DA haze. ;)
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
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Originally Posted by
RaskyR1
I`ll need to play with it more to test how much filling it`s capable of. My intended use for this product is mainly just as a Primer prior to coating. That way I don`t have to wipe the car down with Eraser/IPA, which I`ve never been a fan of. Essence does have abrasives in it so I believe it`s more than capable of refining the paint after the compounding step, as long as it`s only light marring/DA haze. Griot`s new Fast Correct Cream finishes down so well on these paints that any finishing polish should have no trouble removing any left over marring/DA haze. ;)
Excellent work as always! Keep us updated with your findings with Essence. I think we are all intrigued by it, but on the fence with what it promises.
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
As always, beautiful.
Please keep us up on essence.
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
New garage/shop coming along. Pit for the Bendpak SP-7X is dug, foam down, drain in, and forms being built now. Hope to pour floor this week still. :)
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...4756C03A7B.jpg
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
2011 Audi A5, recent CPO purchase. In for paint correction and CQuartz Finest coating application.
Process:
Wash - Traditional Wash with Megs Hyper Wash
Wheels - Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus & various brushes.
Tires - Cleaned with Megs D143 and Tuf-Shine brush. Dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing
Paint Prep - Nanos Skin Towel and Glide as lube
Paint Correction - Groit`s Fast Correct Cream on the G21 with Griot`s MF BOSS pads followed by M205 on the G21 with yellow BOSS pads. Tight areas done with Rupes LHR75e
Coating Prep - CarPro Essence on a yellow Groit`s BOSS pad
Coating - 2 coats of Finest applied to paint, lights, and wheels.
Exhaust - Optimum Metal Polish
Glass - Megs D120
Pics
Sanding marks on repainted areas
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...3-DSC_5007.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...4-DSC_5011.jpg
Sanding marks removed
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...5E32D9BD46.jpg
50/50 after compounding
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...3-DSC_5006.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...4-DSC_5013.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...4-DSC_5016.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...4-DSC_5017.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...4-DSC_5021.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...5-DSC_5023.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...5-DSC_5028.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...5-DSC_5029.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...0-DSC_5039.jpg
Thanks for looking,
Rasky
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
that audi came from texas to get worked on?
Re: Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area
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donbeezy
that audi came from texas to get worked on?
No, he just moved up to MN from Texas and purchased the car just before he left. ;)
He was previously going to Detail Werkz for his detailing needs and was well educated on everything.
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