Trashed Jet Black Paint from 1997 - Preview

[Thomas Dekany]

BEFORE

AFTER

MAKING PROGRESS

BEFORE

AFTER

 

[ajnavo61490]

Nice E36

 

[tssdetailing]

UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what did they wash it with-tree bark? What did your claybar look like? How about some process info?

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Thanks gents.



HD UNO - wool,yellow, orange,

EZ CREME - finishing pad

HD POXY is curing over night.



Still need to do the interior and it doesn't look pretty.



PS:Clay bar didn't pick up much at all.

 

[tssdetailing]

Strange that for all that marring, there wasn't much in the clay.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Ok, so the car is now all done. Worked 5 days total on it.



The hood for some reason had very thin paint on the windshield side. About the first 10 - 12inches had only very low 80, so there was no paint correction done on the area, only medium polishing. Swirls are gone, however all RIDS remain. Some edges also had RIDS that were not removed completely, but I reduced them as much as possible.



Interior Process:



Vacuum

3D interior APC

Steam

3D/HD mix - protectant

3D QD on windows



Before

After

Engine After

NOW THE EXTERIOR

AFTER CORRECTION

LEFT DOOR

 

[Thomas Dekany]

RIGHT SIDE OF HOOD BEFORE

AFTER

RIGHT FRONT FENDER AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

NOW SOME RANDOM AFTER POLISHING SHOTS

 

[Thomas Dekany]

FINISHED PICTURES AFTER POXY

 

[Accumulator]

tdekany- Hey, great work there!



Was that paint soft like today's Jet Black, or really hard like my '97's Byzanz Metallic?



Interesting that the paint was OK with such a low reading; mine was having issues where it was thin, even though it read a lot thicker than that (I suspect you can see such problems more with metallics than with straight colors).



Oh, and I see some more interesting vehicles lurking in the background

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Thanks Accumulator. The paint was very hard.



The paint was normal except for part of the hood, about a foot long line.

 

[sacdetailing]

sick work as you always do bro! love it. i owned same one just different color and with m bumpers

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Thank you Sac!!!

 

[Thomas Dekany]

 

[Accumulator]

Thanks Accumulator. The paint was very hard.



The paint was normal except for part of the hood, about a foot long line.

OK, sounds like mine. I do find it interesting that you could thin the nonmetallic paint so much more than I could the metallic :think:

 

[Thomas Dekany]

What do you mean?

OK, sounds like mine. I do find it interesting that you could thin the nonmetallic paint so much more than I could the metallic :think: