Completed yesterday evening(11-13-2010) this is a car I have done three times before, but there was a little more of a time gap between cleanings(13 months!!!) and it showed with fallout/bird dropping etching/hard water spotting. Not a tremendous amount of marring on the finish, but the clearilm(entire front end) was in bad shape. The marring on the paint may have not been severe but the RIDS that were there were pretty deep. The wash process would consist of two initial foam baths/fallout remover application/wash/clay/and one last foam bath with a good rinse. Here is the car before the start of the job, the film was marred bad with tree sap and bird dropping etch. Excuse the pics, my good camera was damaged @ The SEMA show and is being repaired. Bird dropping etch. Bird drop etch on "A" pillar. Sanded and corrected. Marring on drivers rocker(pick up those feet lol). After wool rotary and lot's of patience...... Here is the trunk, this pic show the amount of embedded fallout still in the paint even after a major de-con wash/clay. Same area from opposite angle. Entire trunk after wool/foam compounding. Trunk after meduim cut polishing step. Back in after second foam wash to remove dust. Clearfilm on the rear bumper had severe water spot etch, broke out Mark v "Splash" to remove it. There were three dents on the car, so I called in Chris from Diablo Dent who is the only one I trust on the high end cars I work on. These dents were in the rear quarter which required removing the entire rear wheel shroud to get the tool into the space so the repair could be done.
This pic shows the dent clearly. Fine polishing stage, checking with LED to make sure finish is where I want it. Wheels removed, then cleaned/polished/sealant application. Tires stripped of old dressings and dirt as well. Finished product before dressing the tires, entire wheel well and rotor assembly cleaned as well. Under car cleaning along with exhaust tips polished. Almost done. Clearfilm looking it's best.
great as always bob, your lift and shop are exactly what I want one day, when I get tired of travelling around all the time.
