Black Infiniti M35 IP, 106FF & Z5pro 56k take a nap

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gmblack3

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Black Infinity M35 17k miles.



Process:



Paint:

Wash/clay with QEW and claymagic clay

IP/RMG w/ Rotary 1500 excel Yellow P2 pad

IP/RMG w/ PC6 excel Yellow P2 pad

106FF w/ Rotary 1400 Green excel P2 pad

Wash with Z7 to remove dust

Z6

3x ZFX'd Z5pro removed with Z6

Z8

Front and rear lights got Plexus



Wheels:

Cleaned w/ PB SnR

Sealed w/ JW Prime



Tires:

Cleaned with AM 777 APC 1-6

EO Concours Tire shine (old school)



Interior:

Vac

All plastic trim and Leather got PB Leather stuff



Glass:

IG Pump



Before:



Wheels already cleaned, not looking to bad at all:



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On to the fun,

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Left front fender:

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Trunk:

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Hood after one pass of IP/RMG mix with PC6 yellow P2 pad:

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After a few more passes with the PC, using slow passes, lots of pressure and not much more improvement, it was time to break out the Hitachi Rotary.



Here is the right rear fender after:



IP/RMG mix Rotary 1500 yellow excel P2 pad

IP/RMG mix PC6 yellow excel P2 pad



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After 106FF/RMG mix Rotary 1400 green excel P2 pad, 3x ZFX'd Z5pro and Z8



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Prime on the wheels:



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Interior:



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Engine:



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Missed a few spots. :o
 
Great turnaround - I hope you told the owner that wherever he's getting his car washed is not a good place to continue going :)



Also, I've never gone rotary, PC, then rotary again; just curious...what's your reasoning for this process?



Also, I don't know if you'd tried this before, but I compared PG/RMG via white Lake Country variable contact pad versus IP/RMG via yellow LC VC pad (similar cut to yellow propel) and I actually got more cut with the PG combo, and yet it finished down noticably better on black as long as I worked the polish thoroughly to break the the abrasives down. Don't know if you have any of the LC VC pads, but they are a must for IP and PG because they work great for compounding and yet they have the ability to finish down amazing well. Try and let me know what you think - you obviously know your buffing.



Ryan
 
RAG said:
Great turnaround - I hope you told the owner that wherever he's getting his car washed is not a good place to continue going :)



Also, I've never gone rotary, PC, then rotary again; just curious...what's your reasoning for this process?



Also, I don't know if you'd tried this before, but I compared PG/RMG via white Lake Country variable contact pad versus IP/RMG via yellow LC VC pad (similar cut to yellow propel) and I actually got more cut with the PG combo, and yet it finished down noticably better on black as long as I worked the polish thoroughly to break the the abrasives down. Don't know if you have any of the LC VC pads, but they are a must for IP and PG because they work great for compounding and yet they have the ability to finish down amazing well. Try and let me know what you think - you obviously know your buffing.



Ryan
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Ryan, Thanks! We talked about washing and I sent him some links for Excel sheepskin mits and some nice WW MFs. I also explained the 2 bucket method to him.



As we all know rotary to PC to get rid of any buffer trails, hazing, ect. But I have used excel green pad and rotary w/ 106ff before and due to the softness of the pad I knew that everything would be ok after. I still need more time with the rotary, so this safe method gives me time with the rotary. I am not sure what I needed to go to next w/ rotary to get it clean after rotary, yellow and IP/RMG.



Looks like I need to pickup a few LC VC whites.



Thanks for your thoughts. :2thumbs:
 
Outstanding detail/paint work! :bigups :bigups

The owner should be ecstatic considering what he gave you to start with.
 
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