imported_Picus
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Hey hey. The contestant today is a sebring silver NSX. I'm spacing on the year. I'd guess 94ish.
Condition was pretty swirly, not hideous, and of course silver loves to hide it. There were a couple of scuffs on the rear quarters and a pretty sizeable touchup job on the passenger side rear quarter that the owner had touched up. Interior was pretty straight-foward. Wheels are very nice, but a pain to clean!
Process:
Opt NR wash, lots of bug squash on the front end.
Clay (clay did quite a bit, there was a lot of tar on the moldings)
Opt Hyper/Opt Compound 50:50, orange pad, via rotary @1500
PO106FF, white pad, via rotary @ 1200 rpm
Z2pro buffed off with Menzerna HGAS (btw, I've done this 3 or 4 times now and *love* it on light metallic colors, it's so freakin' glossy and wet, looks like the clear is an inch thick)
Eagle One Aluminum wheel cleaner.
303 on all the trimmings, Megs insane on the tires.
Engine got poorboys apc 2:1 then dressed with 303.
Interior was woolite/water 5:1, lots of vacuuming, and Megs interior dressing.
Unfortunately silver is hard to photograph; luckily NSX's have black b-pillars and roofs which make it easy to illustrate the overall condition of the paint!
You will notice that the scratch did not disappear. Why? The touchup had shrunk. The owner did a good job applying it, but often time folks are *too* careful, and don't bring it above the existing paint. I re-applied more after sanding/polishing and will complete it correctly at a later date.
more coming
Condition was pretty swirly, not hideous, and of course silver loves to hide it. There were a couple of scuffs on the rear quarters and a pretty sizeable touchup job on the passenger side rear quarter that the owner had touched up. Interior was pretty straight-foward. Wheels are very nice, but a pain to clean!
Process:
Opt NR wash, lots of bug squash on the front end.
Clay (clay did quite a bit, there was a lot of tar on the moldings)
Opt Hyper/Opt Compound 50:50, orange pad, via rotary @1500
PO106FF, white pad, via rotary @ 1200 rpm
Z2pro buffed off with Menzerna HGAS (btw, I've done this 3 or 4 times now and *love* it on light metallic colors, it's so freakin' glossy and wet, looks like the clear is an inch thick)
Eagle One Aluminum wheel cleaner.
303 on all the trimmings, Megs insane on the tires.
Engine got poorboys apc 2:1 then dressed with 303.
Interior was woolite/water 5:1, lots of vacuuming, and Megs interior dressing.
Unfortunately silver is hard to photograph; luckily NSX's have black b-pillars and roofs which make it easy to illustrate the overall condition of the paint!
You will notice that the scratch did not disappear. Why? The touchup had shrunk. The owner did a good job applying it, but often time folks are *too* careful, and don't bring it above the existing paint. I re-applied more after sanding/polishing and will complete it correctly at a later date.
more coming
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