imported_Picus
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Hey guys, been awhile - you know how it is, busy. Anyway, I thought this one was worthwhile.
Unfortunately I never did get pics in the sun, I am working on it... the car looked incredible, but these pictures don't really show it off. I was keen on getting candid sun shots because I was trying three waxes on the same car for fun. Anyway, here goes with the process. This detail was done over ~2 weeks, probably about 35 hours. The paint is about 30 years old, there was some cc failure unfortunately. It was single stage lacquer, and was soft-moderate.
FWIW, there are (according to the owner) only 29 of these registered. Kind of neat; it got more attention than any car I've detailing including CGT's, Diablo's, etc... awesome car, tons of personality. Ran like a champ too.
- Clay, clay, clay.
- Tires with poorboys APC 2:1 and a mr. clean magic eraser, wheens with brasso and mothers chrome polish.
- A sinful amount of polishing metal with NevrDull, Brasso, Mothers Alum and Mag, and Mothers Chrome Polish.
- Removed a bunch of trim and polished more.
- Used Hi Temp Bumper Renew on all plastic/rubber.
- Interior Leather got Leatherique Rejuv Oil then Pristine Clean, then a lot of scrubbing.
-) Paint was mostly HTHC/orange @ 1700 or SIP/orange @1600-1800, followed by 106ff/white @1500.
- LSP's were RMG (entire car), then Souveran, Zymol Concours, and Swissvax Concorso. I wanted to see if I saw a difference on a well prepped car.
- I can't even remember what else, a lot of fender cleaning, engine cleaning, interior cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, dressing, cleaning.
-) Why did I write this like a list? I don't know.
:waxing:
Unfortunately I never did get pics in the sun, I am working on it... the car looked incredible, but these pictures don't really show it off. I was keen on getting candid sun shots because I was trying three waxes on the same car for fun. Anyway, here goes with the process. This detail was done over ~2 weeks, probably about 35 hours. The paint is about 30 years old, there was some cc failure unfortunately. It was single stage lacquer, and was soft-moderate.
FWIW, there are (according to the owner) only 29 of these registered. Kind of neat; it got more attention than any car I've detailing including CGT's, Diablo's, etc... awesome car, tons of personality. Ran like a champ too.
- Clay, clay, clay.
- Tires with poorboys APC 2:1 and a mr. clean magic eraser, wheens with brasso and mothers chrome polish.
- A sinful amount of polishing metal with NevrDull, Brasso, Mothers Alum and Mag, and Mothers Chrome Polish.
- Removed a bunch of trim and polished more.
- Used Hi Temp Bumper Renew on all plastic/rubber.
- Interior Leather got Leatherique Rejuv Oil then Pristine Clean, then a lot of scrubbing.
-) Paint was mostly HTHC/orange @ 1700 or SIP/orange @1600-1800, followed by 106ff/white @1500.
- LSP's were RMG (entire car), then Souveran, Zymol Concours, and Swissvax Concorso. I wanted to see if I saw a difference on a well prepped car.
- I can't even remember what else, a lot of fender cleaning, engine cleaning, interior cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, dressing, cleaning.
-) Why did I write this like a list? I don't know.
:waxing:
It was lacquer checking, looked just like cracks in a hard boiled egg - right on the front passenger side fender. A shame, but it isn't too obvious. 