1st post on this forum so ill make it big
A little about myself:
-21 years old
-3 years of detailing experience
-worked in 2 different dealerships
-working now for a luxury car dealership + self employed
-going to school at bcit for collision repair and have taken polishing classes.
-80% of all my customers have mercedes and mainly black hard as fck:mad1: and i have detailed everything from a nissan maxima to ferraris and range rovers
-i confess i made many mistakes in adding to my experience such as burning the paint on a plastic antenna and and polished over a paint bubbles.
-tend not to take pictures since i never have time or lighting equipment except for the worst of the worst to show before and after to my customers
A little about the ferrari 348
-corsa rossa
-never been polished since bought and paint is all hazy scratches the whole 9 yards
-made in 1990
-single stage paint (had to soak it in glaze to soften the paint)
-currently available for purchase $56,000
- paint bubbles in small areas
Owner Expectations
-get rid of scratches under florescent lights
-get rid of haziness
-detail interior
Results
-90% scratches were removed except deep ones( inspected using florescent lights and halogen lights)
- haziness removed and full gloss restored
- interior (leather cleaned and treated with rejuvenating oil, all marks and carpet stain removed)
Tools and products used
-makita rotary (for compounding, polishing, glaze) (after a few years experience i can produce a swirl free result)
-polish/lt cut pad (used for compounding, polishing) (only pad available at dealership)
-old used polish pad (used for glaze) (only pad available at dealership)
-meg 105
-autoglym
-meg no.7
-mothers seal
-mother carb wax
-meg detail spray
-mothers chrome polish for exhaust and wheels
since the dealership i work at is cheap and wont pay for anything i had to bring in all the tools and polishes. only thing i used that was theirs is the pads. 100% of the cars are washed with a 1 bucket and a brush so every car is rough shape. i have even seen some employees use polish with a rag on a car to get rid of rain spots :mad1: i have however detailed 3 mercedes and a few other cars and only about 60% of the cars now are in crap shape, however every car i polish eventually goes home with the boss since who can resist a shiny new car? then within a few days i see it get washed with a dirty microfiber on the ground and same 1 bucket. in fact most of the dealerships i worked and been too have poor standards for polishing. paying 400+ for a polish job that only gets rid of the light scratches and leaves the deep ones in with swirls? crazy huh? or having spent 3 hours polishing and have the lot guys take a brush to it? i even seens co-worker polish the whole car, leave residue on trim, and forget to put wax on.
so for the ferrari i managed after i was done polishing, to it moved right to the front door, so to get it out you would have to move 6+ cars :lol the only thing since i finished is i have customers leaning on the side and brushing their jeans up against the car but the sealant and wax seem to keep the car together and after a week it only obtained a few light scratches.
also i know my camera sucks. used a old digital camera and saving up for a slr camera
the car was already washed before i started so i went straight to clay. its very bad. ended up using the whole clay bar.
Fist things first here are the BEFORE
front bumper (nasty)
passenger rear fender
front headlight
trunk
windshield
tape it up
look at the swirls
During after meg105 and autoglym
After with glaze seal and 3 coats of wax
sneaking up
looks glossy
fenders look good
mirrors look good
remember the rear fender?
driver fender
lights were broken but the light in the corner makes the car stand out more
interior and other parts door jams engine etc post will come later after i get a better camera. total time spent on car 16hrs
hope you enjoyed my first post :lol
