02 lexus ls430 98000

[Barry Theal]

ok guys well first off let me say sorry for not posting more i have been so busy detailing im working 12-15 hours a day and business has really been through the roof.

my work load has lead me to hire a parttimer, who is working out well. no more interiors for me !!!! wooooooooohoooo



Process



Decontamination

all wheels- attack acid

door jambs- ardex new wave

motor- ardex new wave

tires and wheel wells- ardex new wave



Dawn was appllied to remove all old wax, dirt, then the car was rinced



Clay bar- Claymore medium grade



Then a rinse with dawn again, then dried



exterior

Tools- dewalt rotary buffer, porter cable orbital polisher, karcher pressure washer

chemicals - 3m rubbing compound white scheigal wool pad 2inch pile

m105 edge blue wool pad

m105 edgel doubled sided yellow foam bad

Ipa wipe down- "rubbing alcohol and water 50/50 mix

at this point the car was rinsed to remove all dusting which incurred from the compound

m205 porter cable blue edge pad

ipa wipe down

now i applied boss gloss body shop safe polmer sealent with porter cable and white edge pad

the next day i applied a coat of colinites 845 insulator wax!



Interior - was scrubbed with ardex new wave diluted 1 to ten air compressor to blow out all cracks along with a mixture of steamer and so on.



ok some before shots!

as you can see this car had a few random isolated deep scratches and swirls

 

[Barry Theal]

now some after shots after a complete ipa wipe down of the poshing

The car was now rinsed and theboss gloss body shop safe sealent was aplied, waited about 12 hours and applied collinites 845 by hand



now some final pictures inside under the lights

 

[Barry Theal]

now some outside shots with the reflections

my big foot pose " so my wife says!"

 

[Barry Theal]

all in all i think this car turned out nice. hopefully i have more time to do some posting. I really enjoy sharing my work but i need to find a faster waying of posting lol. thanks for veiwing! it was fun!

 

[757motoring]

:2thumbs::buffing::woot::wow: is all I can say great turn around

 

[backwoods_lex]

Great job on that paint. It looked pretty bad in the before pics. And congrats on getting the steady business!



Where are you located in PA?

 

[D Tailor]

Great looking BBarry! Bigups for the Lanco Sindicate :wavey



Did you give the owner a smack on the wrist for letting it get that bad to begin with? It was horrible. You made it look brand new! They must have been pumped! Super job once again and I know what you mean about posting. It always takes me forever!

 

[superior_detail]

that thing looks completely different, nice turn around

 

[Optimum Auto]

Nice turnaround!!!

Chris

 

[Barry Theal]

thanks everyone! every car i do i try to do as if it was my own! maybe a pride thing? the compliment s are helpfull. they keep me moving into the 12,13,14,15 hours in the day!

 

[Barry Theal]

lex im located in the lancaster area are you in pa!

 

[backwoods_lex]

No, I live in Martinsburg WV. PA is not too far from me, but Lancaster is over 100 miles away. There's no local talent in my immediate area (that I know of anyway), but semi-locally there's a ton (especially the NOVA guys :bigups). Great work again and keep pluggin away!

 

[imported_sal3291]

Great turn around

 

[autoconcierge]

That is a job you can be proud of, with what you guys started with holy s**t that was bad years of crud how can someone treat their car this way?.

 

[GoodnClean]

Lookin good!



Thats a 2001 though, you can tell by the wheels

 

[Apollo_Auto]

Sweet jeebus that was some nasty paint! Nice turn around Barry!

 

[Barry Theal]

thanks my hungarian friend hooaah to ya!!!

 

[scaswell27]

nice job !

 

[imported_artikxscout]

great job on the car. I'd just suggest standing a bit further back on the photos so we can see a little bit more of the "whole". I hope that makes sense.