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Street Dreams: My most extensive correction yet, Black Porsche 911
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Don, click on user cp and edit user profile. There is a section titled "customer user text", this is where you can replace the "senior" designation.
Street Dreams
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Black Porsche 911, hands down the swirliest car I have corrected to date.
I did this car well over a month ago, just haven?t had the time to sort through all the pictures and put a write-up together.
Started off with the wash process. Did the wheels first, various wheel cleaners and brushes used. De-tarred the inner barrels Tires and wheel wells scrubbed.
Ragtop pressure washed and cleaned first.
Pre-soaked the finish with a biodegradable APC, needed the finish fully stripped before correction.
2BM using concentrated shampoo/degreaser and MF mitts. I then clayed the car, used up 90% of a bar unfortunately.
Clay after some of the hood...
I dried the car with some DetailersDomain waffles and gave the paint an IPA wipedown to prep it for correction. All emblems and edging were taped off after the alcohol prep.
Onto correction, paint had some issues ...
The finish had a very hazed look, almost gray. Lost of rids, marring and some water etching.
50/50 after the first 3 stages of correction, a total of 4 correction stages were needed to get the car to a 98-100% level. I waited to finish the car down completely until I did the final wash on it after all the compounding? lots of wetsanding combined with some wool correction makes for a very messy car with some splatter and residue.
Much easier to just gently re-wash the car rather than continually doing alcohol wipedowns, less friction in trying to remove polish dots and residue when you use a slick soap and proper wash.
In compounding with a very very aggressive method, 3-4 hits were needed to get out the very heavy defects.
Video 50/50 of the hood
Front bumper before
Making progress...
Rids on passenger front bumper, camera flash coupled with LED light
After correction, same angle, lighting
A-pillar before, under LED
A-pillar after, under LED
Working my way around the rest of the car, same stuff, different panels
Before
After
Onto wetsanding, there were 6 clusters of scratches which needed wet sanding attention.
4 of the 6 clusters were sanded starting with 1500grit paper, refined with 2000grit and then 3000grit to finish uniformly. The other 2 cluster were handled with 2000 and 3000.
Gouges on the driver rear quarter
After wetsanding
Laid down a bead and corrected with wool at high rpm
Scratches gone after a few passes with the wool, lots of hazing and micro marring to clean up
Finished down
Readings taken before during and after, still healthy readings after
50/50 on convertible cover
Working around the engine cover, taillights and bumperettes.
More wetsanding on the passenger rear quarter. Smaller cluster in this area basically one big L type scratch
After the wool correction L scratched handled, cleanup time next with follow up steps (2)
After that another cluster was sanded
Before
sanded
after (halogen handle in reflection unfortunately, no that?s not the old scratch)
Door before
I did this car well over a month ago, just haven?t had the time to sort through all the pictures and put a write-up together.
Started off with the wash process. Did the wheels first, various wheel cleaners and brushes used. De-tarred the inner barrels Tires and wheel wells scrubbed.
Ragtop pressure washed and cleaned first.
Pre-soaked the finish with a biodegradable APC, needed the finish fully stripped before correction.
2BM using concentrated shampoo/degreaser and MF mitts. I then clayed the car, used up 90% of a bar unfortunately.
Clay after some of the hood...
I dried the car with some DetailersDomain waffles and gave the paint an IPA wipedown to prep it for correction. All emblems and edging were taped off after the alcohol prep.
Onto correction, paint had some issues ...
The finish had a very hazed look, almost gray. Lost of rids, marring and some water etching.
50/50 after the first 3 stages of correction, a total of 4 correction stages were needed to get the car to a 98-100% level. I waited to finish the car down completely until I did the final wash on it after all the compounding? lots of wetsanding combined with some wool correction makes for a very messy car with some splatter and residue.
Much easier to just gently re-wash the car rather than continually doing alcohol wipedowns, less friction in trying to remove polish dots and residue when you use a slick soap and proper wash.
In compounding with a very very aggressive method, 3-4 hits were needed to get out the very heavy defects.
Video 50/50 of the hood
Front bumper before
Making progress...
Rids on passenger front bumper, camera flash coupled with LED light
After correction, same angle, lighting
A-pillar before, under LED
A-pillar after, under LED
Working my way around the rest of the car, same stuff, different panels
Before
After
Onto wetsanding, there were 6 clusters of scratches which needed wet sanding attention.
4 of the 6 clusters were sanded starting with 1500grit paper, refined with 2000grit and then 3000grit to finish uniformly. The other 2 cluster were handled with 2000 and 3000.
Gouges on the driver rear quarter
After wetsanding
Laid down a bead and corrected with wool at high rpm
Scratches gone after a few passes with the wool, lots of hazing and micro marring to clean up
Finished down
Readings taken before during and after, still healthy readings after
50/50 on convertible cover
Working around the engine cover, taillights and bumperettes.
More wetsanding on the passenger rear quarter. Smaller cluster in this area basically one big L type scratch
After the wool correction L scratched handled, cleanup time next with follow up steps (2)
After that another cluster was sanded
Before
sanded
after (halogen handle in reflection unfortunately, no that?s not the old scratch)
Door before
Street Dreams
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Door after (left side only) after first 3 stages of correction, after which the car was re-washed and finished down
50/50 passenger door
Video 50/50
After all the correction was finished (20 something hours worth) I re-washed the car. Foamed it first.
Foam/degreaser + the wash did a very good job of cleaning the paint to prep it for final finishing.
After drying the car I snapped 1 good sun shot, solid sunburst with almost no holograms made me very happy?. This made the final finishing process fail easy to carry out, the goal was to level the paint as much as possible BEFORE final finishing or jewelling and that stage to take it to the next level.
Back inside to finish it down, I used some rotary and some DA for correction but for final finishing I prefer the rotary.
3? pad worked well on the contours
Finished final polishing around 5, gave it a final wipedown and pulled the car out to see the result before LSP
After final polishing, no LSP
Very happy with the level of clarity now, still some enhancements to be made.
Pulled it back inside to apply LSP, do the interior and final touches.
Interior was in okay shape, really wanted it to look brand brand new with a faint matte finish
Seat cushions removed
The leather was treated a few times to get rid of the slight greasy finish prior and leave a soft natural feel behind.
Finished interior, I spent about 2 hours total on the inside.
Keyhole, all plastic pieces etc finished up
While the LSP was curing up all the trim and glass were done. Tailpipes before
Tailpipe after. Wheels were then sealed, glass cleaned, all trim dressed etc.
Excuse the leaves
Seals treated
Final shots, straight from the camera to Photbucket. Used Nikon D60 w/ kit lens.
Finish under the LED, no defects, no holograms
Long way from this?
Took a long time to finally get this one up, now its done... and im curious what they'll say now Stop
Time on the 911 was just under 30hrs, thank you for taking the time to read this whole thing
50/50 passenger door
Video 50/50
After all the correction was finished (20 something hours worth) I re-washed the car. Foamed it first.
Foam/degreaser + the wash did a very good job of cleaning the paint to prep it for final finishing.
After drying the car I snapped 1 good sun shot, solid sunburst with almost no holograms made me very happy?. This made the final finishing process fail easy to carry out, the goal was to level the paint as much as possible BEFORE final finishing or jewelling and that stage to take it to the next level.
Back inside to finish it down, I used some rotary and some DA for correction but for final finishing I prefer the rotary.
3? pad worked well on the contours
Finished final polishing around 5, gave it a final wipedown and pulled the car out to see the result before LSP
After final polishing, no LSP
Very happy with the level of clarity now, still some enhancements to be made.
Pulled it back inside to apply LSP, do the interior and final touches.
Interior was in okay shape, really wanted it to look brand brand new with a faint matte finish
Seat cushions removed
The leather was treated a few times to get rid of the slight greasy finish prior and leave a soft natural feel behind.
Finished interior, I spent about 2 hours total on the inside.
Keyhole, all plastic pieces etc finished up
While the LSP was curing up all the trim and glass were done. Tailpipes before
Tailpipe after. Wheels were then sealed, glass cleaned, all trim dressed etc.
Excuse the leaves
Seals treated
Final shots, straight from the camera to Photbucket. Used Nikon D60 w/ kit lens.
Finish under the LED, no defects, no holograms
Long way from this?
Took a long time to finally get this one up, now its done... and im curious what they'll say now Stop
Time on the 911 was just under 30hrs, thank you for taking the time to read this whole thing
imported_Luster
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What a SWIRL-FEST!!!!
The Porsche looks fantastic! 20 hours of correction is insane! But well worth the time. The car looks brand new!:thumbup::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:
The Porsche looks fantastic! 20 hours of correction is insane! But well worth the time. The car looks brand new!:thumbup::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:
unexplainedbacon
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Im amazed everytime, both with the writeup and the work. That was an incredible turn around, bravo!
supercharged
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amazing work, David!!!
imported_broker99
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Absolutely fantastic work, great turn around. The customer should have been blown away by the results considering what is looked like when you started. :notworthy::thumbup:
imported_glfahlc
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dude, you are my idol. that car was trashed and you made it new again. amazing attention to detail is what makes you a detailers detailer. congrats david
Old Pirate
AMG Classic Car Detailing
That's how it should be done, corrected and seal........Bravo:thumbup:
bmw5541
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Now that's why they call it detailing. Your attention to detail is truly AMAZING. I can only wish to do the kind of work that you do. My hat is off to you. Beautiful job:notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:
imported_Stokdgs
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David -
Another AWESOME Detail !!!
I did a 1997 black 911 Targa, that I thought was swirled, but it was nothing like the way newer one you did!
I am continually amazed at the amount of skills you have and how well you use them.
Congratulations on the unbelieveable turnaround on this !! It is so easy to see why people bring you their nice cars - you make them way way nicer than they could have every imagined...
I want to ask you, where do you get that extension that looks to be a few inches long, that goes from your buffer to the backing plate?? I sure would like to get a few in different lengths if they have them. Pls advise.. Thanks!
Dan F
Another AWESOME Detail !!!
I did a 1997 black 911 Targa, that I thought was swirled, but it was nothing like the way newer one you did!
I am continually amazed at the amount of skills you have and how well you use them.
Congratulations on the unbelieveable turnaround on this !! It is so easy to see why people bring you their nice cars - you make them way way nicer than they could have every imagined...
I want to ask you, where do you get that extension that looks to be a few inches long, that goes from your buffer to the backing plate?? I sure would like to get a few in different lengths if they have them. Pls advise.. Thanks!
Dan F
Street Dreams
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Truly appreciate the kind words Dan. The extension actually came in the box with my metabo rotary, I believe they make extensions for sale on some site.. let me do some research and find it.
John Henry
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Fantastic job, David! Great write-up also.
I'll be looking for the backing plate extensions too. And the towel bar/spray bottle hanger... what a great, simple idea!
Thanks for posting.
I'll be looking for the backing plate extensions too. And the towel bar/spray bottle hanger... what a great, simple idea!
Thanks for posting.
Street Dreams
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I just wanted a simple solution to store my most used bottles. Cabinets are terrible because you always need to reach back to get what you need. Now I know if a bottle is missing just by looking also.
imported_RaskyR1
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Holly cow David! That's some amazing correction! Excellent work! :cornut:
Did the owner say how it managed to get it that poor of condition?
Did the owner say how it managed to get it that poor of condition?