<span style="color:#3399cc;">This is a car and detail I hold very close to my heart, as this is the very car I grew up dreaming of. I still have the 1:18 die cast model my father bought me when i was about 10 years old.
This particular car ended up in the EAD studio because of the outcome of the silent auction for an unlimited detail package, during the 2013 Karz4Kidz charity car show, sponsored by yours truly. After a nearly 2-month wait, the car came in for it's 4 day restoration.
Originally, this car's paint was a single stage solid black finish, however, some areas had been repainted with time, and therefor no preset package was going to be used and everything would have to be custom tailored to every panel. Paint thickness readings were all over the place, so I went for the maximum correction I could safely achieve over the entire car without risking to burn through the finish. This meant that the overall result could not be 100%, but would rather hover around the 90% mark. Enjoy!
Products used:
<span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Washing
Elegance Heavy-Duty Degreaser
AutoGlym Active Insect Remover
AutoGlym Intensive Tar Remover
Chemical Guys Diablo Wheel Cleaner
Elegance Tire Cleaner
Various wash mitts, sponges
Stoner's Invisible Glass
Prep Towel
Elegance Clay Lube
Iron-X
Various brushes
<span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Correction
Meguiar's #105
Meguiar's #205
Optimum Metal Polish
Various Microfibers
Flex Rotary 3403
Porter Cable XP7424
Red Lake Country CCS pad
Black Lake Country CCS pad
<span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Protection
Zymol Ebony
Wolf's Hard Body (wheels)
Elegance Engine Dressing
Aquapel
303 Aerospace Protectant
AutoGlym Leather Cleaner and Balm
Chemical Guys New Car Smell
Poorboy's World Bold 'N Bright
At arrival, it was clear that this car needed some serious attention. The tires were covered in silicone-based dressing which needed to be removed to ensure the final result would not be spoiled with sling.
Since this was an unlimited detail, the wheels were removed for a complete cleaning. Issues to be dealt with were 2 decades of built up break dust, balancing weight residue, tar and silicone-based tire dressing.
This was after a single pass with Iron-X.
And this was after 2.
These wheels had been rebalanced, but the previous weights' glue was left on the lip of the rim, so I made sure to remove this.
And what the wheels looked like when all done and dressed.
Time for some foam!
Once the paint had been degreased and decontaminated, the "Truth" was very obvious. Swirls, RIDS (Random Individual Deep Scratches), holograms and buffer trails were all over the paint. It had clearly been polished before, but not by a paint reconditioning specialist.
This particular car ended up in the EAD studio because of the outcome of the silent auction for an unlimited detail package, during the 2013 Karz4Kidz charity car show, sponsored by yours truly. After a nearly 2-month wait, the car came in for it's 4 day restoration.
Originally, this car's paint was a single stage solid black finish, however, some areas had been repainted with time, and therefor no preset package was going to be used and everything would have to be custom tailored to every panel. Paint thickness readings were all over the place, so I went for the maximum correction I could safely achieve over the entire car without risking to burn through the finish. This meant that the overall result could not be 100%, but would rather hover around the 90% mark. Enjoy!
Products used:
<span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Washing
Elegance Heavy-Duty Degreaser
AutoGlym Active Insect Remover
AutoGlym Intensive Tar Remover
Chemical Guys Diablo Wheel Cleaner
Elegance Tire Cleaner
Various wash mitts, sponges
Stoner's Invisible Glass
Prep Towel
Elegance Clay Lube
Iron-X
Various brushes
<span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Correction
Meguiar's #105
Meguiar's #205
Optimum Metal Polish
Various Microfibers
Flex Rotary 3403
Porter Cable XP7424
Red Lake Country CCS pad
Black Lake Country CCS pad
<span><span style="color:#FF0000;">Protection
Zymol Ebony
Wolf's Hard Body (wheels)
Elegance Engine Dressing
Aquapel
303 Aerospace Protectant
AutoGlym Leather Cleaner and Balm
Chemical Guys New Car Smell
Poorboy's World Bold 'N Bright
At arrival, it was clear that this car needed some serious attention. The tires were covered in silicone-based dressing which needed to be removed to ensure the final result would not be spoiled with sling.
Since this was an unlimited detail, the wheels were removed for a complete cleaning. Issues to be dealt with were 2 decades of built up break dust, balancing weight residue, tar and silicone-based tire dressing.
This was after a single pass with Iron-X.
And this was after 2.
These wheels had been rebalanced, but the previous weights' glue was left on the lip of the rim, so I made sure to remove this.
And what the wheels looked like when all done and dressed.
Time for some foam!
Once the paint had been degreased and decontaminated, the "Truth" was very obvious. Swirls, RIDS (Random Individual Deep Scratches), holograms and buffer trails were all over the paint. It had clearly been polished before, but not by a paint reconditioning specialist.
