Gurge
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Recently sunk quite a bit of time into a 2012 Mustang. Black of course. Close to 18 hours total. A new record in the Mr. Sparkle garage.
I was contacted by a client looking for Opti-Coat who mentioned he had some swirls that would need polishing prior to application. We booked it for a 2 step correction and I put aside 2 days on the schedule.
Upon arrival the car was pretty dirty, and I couldn't get a good look at it. Start off with a 2 bucket wash => CarPro TRIX => Clay Magic blue
No photos but I did a quick interior cleanup to start off - vacuum, megs QID, sprayway glass cleaner
Pulled it into the wash mat and hit it with the foam cannon. Mix of CG citrus wash gloss, OPC, and dawn. Trying to strip off the clients prior coats of ZAIO and NXT
Got it dry and took some paint measurements. No photos but everything was roughly 90-110 microns.
That evening I applied CarPro FlyBy30 to the exterior glass and left it for the morning
Arrived the next day and spent a fair amount of time taping off the exterior trim
Turned the fluro lights off and got a good look at things under the LEDs. Paint wasnt terrible but it was swirly. Also some water spots and deeper RIDS.
A rear spoiler was recently installed and there was some marring around the edge. This is after an IPA wipedown. Those smudges are in the clear.
Did some test spots and ruled out a few things. Eventually I settled on
Rupes 21 + Megs MF + D300 / M101 mixture
That left the paint a little messy, but got about 90-95% correction. Here and there on deeper scratches I went at it with rotary / purple foamed wool / m100 prior to the d300 step noted above.
To finish things up I used LC white pads with Menz Power Finish
Going at it with the Rupes
The trunk lid again. Did the best I could getting up against the edge of the spoiler
One of those deeper scratches that required rotary & wool
After a long day in the garage polishing, I again washed the car to get off all the dust and polishing oils. Dried it and left it for the morning to apply Opti-Coat
Next morning I went over the car with a leaf blower, then did a thorough IPA wipedown. Finally it was time for Opti-Coat (Opti-Guard)
Please no photos. Utmost concentration is required
Coated all the paint, wheels and exterior trim. Dressed the tires with PB bold n bright.
Photos inside
Reflections in the black paint
Pulled it outside to inspect the coating and get some more photos
Sun shots FTW
Swirls? Aint nobody got time for that!
From the Mr. Sparkle garage in Long Island...
Mr. Sparkle Detailing.com
@mrsparkledetailing
I was contacted by a client looking for Opti-Coat who mentioned he had some swirls that would need polishing prior to application. We booked it for a 2 step correction and I put aside 2 days on the schedule.
Upon arrival the car was pretty dirty, and I couldn't get a good look at it. Start off with a 2 bucket wash => CarPro TRIX => Clay Magic blue
No photos but I did a quick interior cleanup to start off - vacuum, megs QID, sprayway glass cleaner
Pulled it into the wash mat and hit it with the foam cannon. Mix of CG citrus wash gloss, OPC, and dawn. Trying to strip off the clients prior coats of ZAIO and NXT
Got it dry and took some paint measurements. No photos but everything was roughly 90-110 microns.
That evening I applied CarPro FlyBy30 to the exterior glass and left it for the morning
Arrived the next day and spent a fair amount of time taping off the exterior trim
Turned the fluro lights off and got a good look at things under the LEDs. Paint wasnt terrible but it was swirly. Also some water spots and deeper RIDS.
A rear spoiler was recently installed and there was some marring around the edge. This is after an IPA wipedown. Those smudges are in the clear.
Did some test spots and ruled out a few things. Eventually I settled on
Rupes 21 + Megs MF + D300 / M101 mixture
That left the paint a little messy, but got about 90-95% correction. Here and there on deeper scratches I went at it with rotary / purple foamed wool / m100 prior to the d300 step noted above.
To finish things up I used LC white pads with Menz Power Finish
Going at it with the Rupes
The trunk lid again. Did the best I could getting up against the edge of the spoiler
One of those deeper scratches that required rotary & wool
After a long day in the garage polishing, I again washed the car to get off all the dust and polishing oils. Dried it and left it for the morning to apply Opti-Coat
Next morning I went over the car with a leaf blower, then did a thorough IPA wipedown. Finally it was time for Opti-Coat (Opti-Guard)
Please no photos. Utmost concentration is required
Coated all the paint, wheels and exterior trim. Dressed the tires with PB bold n bright.
Photos inside
Reflections in the black paint
Pulled it outside to inspect the coating and get some more photos
Sun shots FTW
Swirls? Aint nobody got time for that!
From the Mr. Sparkle garage in Long Island...
Mr. Sparkle Detailing.com
@mrsparkledetailing
