Menzerna Black Boxster

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Anthony O.

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This was one sad Porsche, lots of scratches (minor) and just all around beat up. Tons of paint chips that made the front end look like it was sandblasted.



I took some BEFORE pics but it was so cloudy and overcast yesterday that none of the scratches showed up. I did though take a BEFORE pic of the exhaust pipe and the rear paint.



My attack after claying was Hi-Temps Magnum and a LC polishing pad at 1400 rpm's to level the paint (I also used the orange pad in a few spots).



Next came Menzerna IP and a polishing pad at about 1100 rpm's.



Then Menzerna FP applied with my Cyclo.



AIO applied by hand and then topped with FMJ. Before I applied the FMJ I spritzed the paint down with Platinum's Poly QD and also after I applied the FMJ.



Here is the BEFORE pic of the rear.
 
Rear area, as you can see, was suffering from dull. chalky paint from the exhaust. The pipe was also cloudy and discolored.



Rubbed the rear area out by hand with IP followed by FP. Pipe was buffed out by hand with Rolite metal polish
 
The interior was also in pretty sad shape. Drivers mat has a hole in it from the drivers heel, lots of coffee stains in the carpet.



Pre-spotted the mats with 303 cleaner plus the int. carpets and hit the stains with my steam vapor cleaner. Then extracted and treated the int. with 303 fabric protector.



Here is a BEFORE
 
Gotta love Menzerna polishes for final work as well as the hard stuff.



I've been playing with the new polishes for Ceramiclears and you could go straight to wax! They both have a gloss level of 5 on a scale 1 to 5 and 5 being the highest.



It's PO106 and PO85RD. Nice stuff!



Also use their glaze every now and then and also find it like all Menzerna products, one of the best! Gotta love German engineering!



Nice work as always big guy! :xyxthumbs



Regards,

Deanski
 
here is the AFTER........I had to re-clean the pedals after this picture and also an area up by the gad pedal.



Forgot to re-take another photo so this one will have to do:nixweiss
 
Outstanding work as always, Anthony! I've got an abused S600 to do on Monday, so I feel your pain when you see such nice cars not being well cared for.



How is the FMJ holding up for you?
 
Awesome work!!!



The tail shots look like a different car.



Like Scott, I know how you feel, after doing a beat up '02 SC430 today. Sad to see, but it makes for good pics for us :D



Can't wait to give FMJ a shot :xyxthumbs
 
Scottwax said:
Outstanding work as always, Anthony! I've got an abused S600 to do on Monday, so I feel your pain when you see such nice cars not being well cared for.



How is the FMJ holding up for you?
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Thanks Scott:)



The FMJ is holding up for me very well and I just love the look it gives me. The doctor came out and was just blown away by the results and said he would have me do a weekly upkeep on it from now on.



Anthony
 
GSRstilez said:
Awesome work!!!



The tail shots look like a different car.



Like Scott, I know how you feel, after doing a beat up '02 SC430 today. Sad to see, but it makes for good pics for us :D



Can't wait to give FMJ a shot :xyxthumbs
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Thanks GSR, You're going to love the FMJ, especially when AIO is the base:xyxthumbs





MartyGrant said:
As always great work, pictures and write up! Thanks, Anthony.
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Thanks Marty:)
 
BTW, Anthony, you guys get any of that heavy rain we got up here in the Dallas area? Lancaster and Mansfield got 12" plus in about 36 hours and we got nearly 5" in Arlington!
 
Scottwax said:
BTW, Anthony, you guys get any of that heavy rain we got up here in the Dallas area? Lancaster and Mansfield got 12" plus in about 36 hours and we got nearly 5" in Arlington!
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Scott,



Yeah I had heard about all your rain from my mother-in-law who now lives in that area. She said they got 10 inches of rain and that just blew them away!



We had nothing but a nice light show plus some good thunder. Plenty of dark clouds also....just enough to keep away any extra work but not enough to keep away my regulars:xyxthumbs



O hope you didn't have any damage and you dry out quick.



Anthony
 
No damage, but the park I skate at smells a bit funky from all the flooding we had in late June and this latest round of heavy rain brought back a scent I hoped was long gone!
 
are you sure you just didn't trade that boxster for a new one? ;) :p :D just joking. really nice job! it's sad to see expensive cars taken care of so poorly.
 
hirosh said:
are you sure you just didn't trade that boxster for a new one? ;) :p :D just joking. really nice job! it's sad to see expensive cars taken care of so poorly.
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hirosh,



Thanks! The rear area BEFORE picture is after it was washed and dried, believe it or not:shocked That's how dull and hazed the paint was!





l33 said:
great job, the FMJ is awsome stuff, very easy to work with.
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Thank You.......and I agree 100%, FMJ has to be some of the easiest sealant I have ever worked with:up



Thanks again,

Anthony
 
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