White 997 Turbo in for a complete detail and paint correction.
Main issues:
-Very poor hand washing by previous owner
-Glazed paint finish
-Serious lack of gloss
Onto the detail
The Porsche was prepped using Autoglym CWC on the wheels & tires 1:1, wheel wells scrubbed with OPC 4:1.
Paint was foamed using CG citrus soap and then washed using the 2BM and a mixture of CG cirtus soap and FK1 shampoo
Some shots of the paint finish in early morning sun BEFORE even washing, not in great shape by any means, swirls, RIDS and machine holograms... the triple crown of paint issues.
While the car was still wet I pulled it inside to use Iron Cut, sprayed on and left to sit for 3-4minutes.
After dwelling you can see all the iron particles running off the paint, it would have taken 5-6 passes with clay to remove maybe 1/4 of these contaminants!
After claying I took some paint readings, nothing abnormal so I moved onto paint correction.
This car had a bunch of different issues and certain areas were far worse than others so 1 combo wasnt the best idea because Id be going to aggressive in places I didnt need to.
Correction process went something like this depending on the area:
Meguiars M105 w/ Surbuf pads
Meguiars D300 w/ Microfiber cutting Discs
Menzerna 106FA w/ Detailers Domain Green Foam
Before
After
Working 106FA... again I like to open the hood so I can polish all the way to the edge of the fender without running my pad onto the adjacent panel thus causing a mess, especially if I already polished the hood.
50/50 between Front fender and passenger door
Defects on the hood, yum
Under the LED after compounding
Hood after compounding and final polishing...
Passenger door made for some great correction shots
Front bumper was one of the key areas that had a serious lack of gloss, looked out of place with the rest of the car
A 50/50
After a few combos which failed miserably on the rear wing I landed on Surbuf and M105 which worked great
Less damaged areas I used the Megs MF cutting disc and D300... very smooth cutting with residue that buffs off like butter, or if you want to stereotype all the people of NJ into one vernacular you would say "BUTTAH" :lol:
Cleaning up marring by the Turbo badge, before
After
Choose to rotary the smaller areas that had heavy defetcs
50/50 on Drivers side
Final polishing on the taillights with 106FA, compounded with M105 and DD yellow cutting pad
After all paint correction was finished one final IPA wipedown was done before applying protection. Menzerna powerlock was used on the paint. Rejex sealant was used on the wheels.
Thanks for reading!
-Dave
Main issues:
-Very poor hand washing by previous owner
-Glazed paint finish
-Serious lack of gloss
Onto the detail
The Porsche was prepped using Autoglym CWC on the wheels & tires 1:1, wheel wells scrubbed with OPC 4:1.
Paint was foamed using CG citrus soap and then washed using the 2BM and a mixture of CG cirtus soap and FK1 shampoo
Some shots of the paint finish in early morning sun BEFORE even washing, not in great shape by any means, swirls, RIDS and machine holograms... the triple crown of paint issues.
While the car was still wet I pulled it inside to use Iron Cut, sprayed on and left to sit for 3-4minutes.
After dwelling you can see all the iron particles running off the paint, it would have taken 5-6 passes with clay to remove maybe 1/4 of these contaminants!
After claying I took some paint readings, nothing abnormal so I moved onto paint correction.
This car had a bunch of different issues and certain areas were far worse than others so 1 combo wasnt the best idea because Id be going to aggressive in places I didnt need to.
Correction process went something like this depending on the area:
Meguiars M105 w/ Surbuf pads
Meguiars D300 w/ Microfiber cutting Discs
Menzerna 106FA w/ Detailers Domain Green Foam
Before
After
Working 106FA... again I like to open the hood so I can polish all the way to the edge of the fender without running my pad onto the adjacent panel thus causing a mess, especially if I already polished the hood.
50/50 between Front fender and passenger door
Defects on the hood, yum
Under the LED after compounding
Hood after compounding and final polishing...
Passenger door made for some great correction shots
Front bumper was one of the key areas that had a serious lack of gloss, looked out of place with the rest of the car
A 50/50
After a few combos which failed miserably on the rear wing I landed on Surbuf and M105 which worked great
Less damaged areas I used the Megs MF cutting disc and D300... very smooth cutting with residue that buffs off like butter, or if you want to stereotype all the people of NJ into one vernacular you would say "BUTTAH" :lol:
Cleaning up marring by the Turbo badge, before
After
Choose to rotary the smaller areas that had heavy defetcs
50/50 on Drivers side
Final polishing on the taillights with 106FA, compounded with M105 and DD yellow cutting pad
After all paint correction was finished one final IPA wipedown was done before applying protection. Menzerna powerlock was used on the paint. Rejex sealant was used on the wheels.
Thanks for reading!
-Dave
lane: Great work. Don't ask about the plane... I just think it's a superfly smiley.
