Infiniti FX45, Mercedes ML500, Ferrari 550 Maranello + A Sienna and the smell of doom

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imported_Picus

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Hey everyone. It's a rainy (read: pouring rain all day) day, so I thought I'd pst my last couple non-"Wash & Wax" details.



First up, Infiniti FX45. Owner is very particular about the paint; washes it every day (even in the winter); as a result it had some reasonably deep marring. Nice guy; has a 550 Spyder replica in his living room. My kinda people. :) Took about 5 hours.



Process was:



ONR

Clay Magic

Menzerna IP/orange @ 1400

Menzerna FPII/grey @ 1200

Zaino Z2Pro x2

The regulars, megs hot shine, poorboys TR, 303 in wells, etc.



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Next up, Mercedes ML500. Same owner as the Ferrari 550 below; it's his daily driver. Hideous condition - the dealer washes it and it shows. Tons of long deep brush scratches all over the sides, hood, and rear. The paint was starting to oxidize too. Interior was actually ok. All Opt used on this one as I was outside and it was 111F. :/ Took about 7 hours.



Process was:



ONR

Clay

Megs WB on wheels (if I could marry this stuff, I would)

OHC/yellow @ 1500

OC/OP/white @ 1300

OP/grey via PC

P21S polishing soap on chrome/metal.



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Check out the right vs left... right is polished, left isn't. :eek:

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Interior got 303 cleaner + LGM, a lot of APC 5:1 with water, then poorboys NL

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Ferrari 550 Maranello. Same one I did in early June. It got IP/FP/106ff + Souveran last time. This time it didn't need much of anything. The Souveran was still beading really well and was slick/glossy. I washed and applied another coat of souveran. I normally wouldn't post wash & wax pics but last time I didn't have sun and this time I did!



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Last, and certainly not least - a Toyota Sienna Minivan, interior only. The customer called me and normally I'd have declined the appointment, however she was a referal so I accepted. She told me that there had been a coffee stain and it "smelled bad", ok no problem.



Well that wasn't the only stain, and the smell wasn't coffee. It was 4 years of food, gum, coffee, oil, you name it. Process was:



303 cleaner on the carpets, mats, etc.

APC everywhere, and I mean everywhere.

Woolite/water on leather

LGM xWho knows how much

vaccuum...a lot.

Sticker removal from windows! :D

Red alert and bac-out (thanks grouse!)



Time was...long.



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Did you have to put the pics of the 550 so close to that nasty interior of the Sienna? :chuckle:



That ML500 was bad, great job!
 
Beautiful! That ML500 before and after is amazing, and the FX45 just glows. Souveran looks soo sexy on that Ferrari. Sweet work.
 
gmblack3a said:
Did you have to put the pics of the 550 so close to that nasty interior of the Sienna? :chuckle:



That ML500 was bad, great job!
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There is a solution for that! Use one of the 550 ones as a desktop; that's what I do! Anything to get that Sienna interior as far back into the recesses of my brain as possible... :cry:



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Side note - I just re-did my site so if you're bored check it out and make fun of me!
 
Loving the website Picus... only thing that popped out to me is possibly it would help to preload all the slides on the front page as the page loads... rather than load them as they are called for, as it SEEMS is what happens now... correct me if I am wrong.
 
drew.haynes said:
Loving the website Picus... only thing that popped out to me is possibly it would help to preload all the slides on the front page as the page loads... rather than load them as they are called for, as it SEEMS is what happens now... correct me if I am wrong.
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Thanks for the feedback :2thumbs:



Right now the pics are set to pre-load, however on firefox/mozilla they do not (they do on IE). I am working on that. I also made them much smaller (all under 100K) for quicker loads. I am working on a new version of that splash page that eliminates the scrolling pictures; it's the most "controversial" feature of the site. :)
 
Excellent work at capturing the before and afters! Further, the representation of Diamond Graphite above is how it should be; a couple of shots in direct light, a couple in the shade. It truly shows off the beauty and versatility of the color.



The details and photographs are spectacular as usual. I truly look forward to your work.
 
justin30513 said:
See you're fan of Meg's WB too. You use full or dilute it?
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3:1 normally. I've done 2:1 a couple times - never full though. I can't imagine the wheel that would require full strength! :nervous2:



G35stilez said:
Excellent work at capturing the before and afters! Further, the representation of Diamond Graphite above is how it should be; a couple of shots in direct light, a couple in the shade. It truly shows off the beauty and versatility of the color.



The details and photographs are spectacular as usual. I truly look forward to your work.
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Thanks Sean. That color is actually "Sheer Platinum Metallic", it's super close to DG though, just a shade lighter (literally, like one tone lighter); same metallic flake and everything. The only reason I know it's not DG is I had to do some touchups on the door (someone dinged him) and I saw the paint code; otherwise I'd have thought it was DG too. Colors like that (especially DG) make me want a non-black car for the first time in, well, ever. :)



Oh hey, I refered a guy over at g35driver to you (he has a key scratch), hopefully you two hook up.
 
Picus: Damn Infiniti!





They change the shade of all their vehicles, especially the FX. The Beryllium is different as is the copper (deeper). No complaints, I think it's cool.



Thanks for the referral. He contacted me today and I showed him some past work. We will be doing business next week.
 
Great-looking details! Especially liked the last hoodshot of the FX45--absolutely WET! :drool:



And hats-off for taking on that nasty interior. Oh brother!
 
Nice work Picus. On your site, the link in "SERVICES > EXTERIOR + INTERIOR > Click here to see a full detail explained step by step!" doesn't work.
 
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