This is the second time I have buffed this black Turbo out. It's been a couple years and unfortunately another detailer got his hands on it since last time. In addition to the normal wash marks it also had some holograms, deeper buffer swirls, RIDS, and some fairly deep straight line towel/wash scratches. In addition it had lost it's black and had more of a gray look to it. Porsche paint is some of the nicest tow work on though so I was excited to bring it back to life! I flew out to California and didn't bring my rotary. So all correction was going to happen with my G110.
After doing some test spots I settled on a 50/50 mix of old M105 and UC for my correction. I Then followed that with M205 and finally two coats of NXT2.0.
Complete process:
Wash with GC soap and sheepskin mitt.
Clay with Meg's blue mild and QD as lube.
M105/UC 50/50 via 8006 pad at speed 5.
M205 via 9007 pad at speed 5.
NXT2.0 via 9006 pad at speed .3
Wipe down of sills with microfiber and QD.
Wheels got cleaned with mothers wheel cleaner and polished/sealed with D151.
This was also the first time that I have been able to get M205 to finish down nicely with the process listed on the bottle. 4 passes at moderate pressure followed by 2 passes with light pressure. Previously I had a more clear finish doing 4-6 passes all with moderate pressure. No idea why it worked on this paint but it did and that made me happy.
In these before pics you can see the lack of clarity in reflections, swirls, holo's, scratches, and a general lack of *black* on this car.....it really had more of a muted gray look to it.
The car was then clayed, dried, and finally taped up to prepare for compounding. It was really humid and old 105 was acting a little fussy on my DA. Ultimate Compound didn't quite have the correction I wanted on a yellow pad. So I tried mixing the two of them 50/50 and that did the trick. Plenty of cut and no issues with M105 sticking.
Here's a shot after that combo and before anything else:
I got a late start that day and by the time I was finished compounding it was around 11PM. So I called it a night.
After doing some test spots I settled on a 50/50 mix of old M105 and UC for my correction. I Then followed that with M205 and finally two coats of NXT2.0.
Complete process:
Wash with GC soap and sheepskin mitt.
Clay with Meg's blue mild and QD as lube.
M105/UC 50/50 via 8006 pad at speed 5.
M205 via 9007 pad at speed 5.
NXT2.0 via 9006 pad at speed .3
Wipe down of sills with microfiber and QD.
Wheels got cleaned with mothers wheel cleaner and polished/sealed with D151.
This was also the first time that I have been able to get M205 to finish down nicely with the process listed on the bottle. 4 passes at moderate pressure followed by 2 passes with light pressure. Previously I had a more clear finish doing 4-6 passes all with moderate pressure. No idea why it worked on this paint but it did and that made me happy.
In these before pics you can see the lack of clarity in reflections, swirls, holo's, scratches, and a general lack of *black* on this car.....it really had more of a muted gray look to it.
The car was then clayed, dried, and finally taped up to prepare for compounding. It was really humid and old 105 was acting a little fussy on my DA. Ultimate Compound didn't quite have the correction I wanted on a yellow pad. So I tried mixing the two of them 50/50 and that did the trick. Plenty of cut and no issues with M105 sticking.
Here's a shot after that combo and before anything else:
I got a late start that day and by the time I was finished compounding it was around 11PM. So I called it a night.
