Hacked Infiniti G35

This week saw an Infiniti G35 in for a correction detail. It was polished by the dealership after the owner purchased the car. The car was booked a ways back and I was excited to get it in. On with the detail...

On arrival the car was foamed, rinsed, foamed with a light dilllution of shampoo to add lubricity, and then washed via 2BM.

























Then the car was inspected in the sun and under a 200 lumen SureFire flashlight. The marring was pretty severe.



















































Correction was carried out with both a rotary and a DA polisher. I found this paint to be incredibly soft. It was certainly the softest I have ever worked on.
Powerfinish was used for correction and 85RD for finishing. Some 50/50 shots...










Checked under sunlight after IPA wipedowns. Lesson learned, use a light dillution of IPA on soft paints. No LSP on the car yet.






















Finished shots wearing RaceGlaze 42, and Swissvax Pneu of the tires.






















Back inside for a quick wipedown with DI water, and awaiting collection.










Thanks for reading,
Sean Tompkins

 

great work, i got a black g35 booked for tommorow too wish me luck! XD

 

outstanding.

what IPA dilution worked on the infiniti?

 

top notch job! you were right that thing really was hacked

 

I am not going to lie to you its a challenge.

I went on Dave Saunders of Street Dreams recommendation of 60% DI water and 40% IPA. I did an extra wipedown to be sure though. This is Dave's explanation of the situation.

 

lol bout how long did u spend polishing it?

 

From 9AM Monday until 9 PM on Tuesday. I did not predict the issues I would have and had no openings to spend an extra day on it. It was roughly 22 hours of polishing straight through.

 

sounds like ill be in for some fun

 

nice work . . . . . . that is pretty crazy to see that it took that long. Judging by the products you used it wouldn't seem that it would take that long but we all know and i'm sure have ran into those unforeseen issues that slow us down.

Car came out great though . . . . . so do you charge by the hr for correction or a flat rate?

 

I am pretty sure 50% of my issues were from the straight IPA wipe down I did after my first round of polishing. The paint got grabby and my towels marred the finish. On top of that the finished was left hazed. It was something else. I really want to use as strong of an IPA mix as possible to be absolutely sure the correction is as close to 100% as it can be. Try the 60/40 mix and it should be much easier.

We are by the day. However a day is considered 9 hours.

 

thanks for the tip =]

 

Way to stick it out with the soft paint and end up with a beautiful car in the end! Looks great!

 

Nice work!!!

 

Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is paint correction!

I know this was a paint in the ass from the start but damn its perfect now, great job Sean!

 

nice work Sean! car came out great :thumb:

 

Dave thanks again for the help. I am pretty thrilled about how it came out.

Thank you.