Ha I love how all the cars I get are absolutely destroyed. I never seem to get those enthusiasts who just need a couple swirls removed, I get people who it looks like they've been washing their cars with a rock with sand as lubricant. I got this car, I saw the oxidized as hell paint, oh crap my first single-stage paint, goodbye pads. Here's how it went. I'm sorry in advance for this detail, I forgot to take A LOT of pictures. I don't know why, but I took a bunch of befores and then forgot the afters. No interior pictures, rim cleaning, or clay bar pictures. :sorry: Wash: Meguiars Gold Class 2BM w/ Grit Guard Sheepskin mitt Uber red and blue WW drying towels Clay: Adam's Gray Clay ONR Clay lube Uber red towels Paint: Makita 9227C/3M Perfect-It backing plate Uber Blue/ P203S, PO85RD (Mixed, One step.) Uber Original MF Towels M105 inside handles LSP: Bilt-Hamber Auto Balm (I think, I did this a car a month ago.) Uber Red notched applicator Uber No Name Super Plush towel Misc: 303 Aerospace 1Z Cockpit Premium Various Brushes and MF towels Meg's Wheel Brightener Folex Meguiars Hyper Dressing Meguiars APC + Meg's Endurance Tire Shine Leather Master's Vital Reconditioning Cream Lexol Leather Cleaner UQW in door jambs Surf City Grime Destroyer Stoner's Tarminator Meguiars All Metal Polish 0000 Steel Wool Poorboy's Wheel Sealant Black WOW Ok, onto the detail. Keep in mind, this is a one-step detail, I did what I could and I made sure the guy knew it. I only had a day to do it, so keep that in mind, this was just an average guy wanting to "freshen up" his car a little bit, not expecting or paying for perfection. Again, sorry for the lack of pictures. Pre-wash pictures, it was actually pretty clean except for some fungus. As you can see, the car looks pretty oxidized: Fungus: Note the lack of reflection, also pay attention to the side moldings, they are kinda discolored, I fixed it later.: Dirty tires: :doh: :thud: I cleaned this to about 90%, the rest of it wasn't worth it, I was on a time schedule and it would have taken a good half an hour to get all the nooks and crannies. I forgot an after, sorry. Clean Car: Ok, at this point I clayed the car, forgot to take pics but it was pretty bad, felt like sandpaper. The car was oxidized as crap, as far as I could tell. It was a cloudy day so no sun(It came out for like 20 minutes). Reflection = Fail. 50/50 after one pass, WHAT? NO OXIDATION! THE CAR JUST HAS THAT MANY SWIRLS :thud: Afters, some with LSP, some with no LSP: Bad 50/50 of the body side molding: Body side molding back to white :applause2: I have to make the music and stuff for the videos, check back in like 2 days. Ish. Depending on how lazy I am. Hope you guys enjoyed even with the lack of pics! :mounty:
great turnaround for the limited amount of time bobby. :applause::applause::applause: How long did it take you?
Yea haha the owner washed it with a stiff brush, I told him to throw it away immediately and showed him how to properly wash it. Thanks for the compliment! Thanks Gianni! It took around 10 hours, I really had to work the polish for a long time to make sure it wasn't hologramming. It was only a one-step BTW.
Ha yea, it's funny how oblivious some people are to swirling and such, when I look at a car, that's the first thing I notice! He also has an M(older Z4) coupe that I'm doing, I'm scared to see what condition that one is in.
Wow he's luck it was a light color cause that paint was really in bad condition But because it was white it didn't look quite as bad
