DetailedByPrecision: 2013 Evo X bought used from dealer with enoromous amount of isolated scratches

This job was a referral from a car I did previously. They are good friends and work together at the same job. The customer now a friend of mine bought the Evo X from a used car dealership and noticed a lot of scratches and rock chips. He contacted me and we got together in person to inspect the car and talk about the options and my approach to address the issues. I suggested to him to buy the touch up paint from the dealership ahead of time to be prepared ahead of schedule. He dropped off his car and it was time for me to get to work.






Working on exhaust tips, compound in cracks and crevices before washing



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Moving on to the decontamination phase. Wheels, Wash, Iron X, Clay, PTG measurements



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Whole car was averaging around low 60's microns..... I had to be extra careful when I was polishing some of those isolated scratches out.



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Marking all defects with tape to identify easier and to keep track



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Touched up a nasty area on the rear bumper



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Finished pics



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Applied BFWD Paint Sealant



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Total time: 13 hrs

What I learned from this job:


Always do a walk around the whole car before performing any work. Never know what you might find. In this case, the whole car was polished by dealer before it was sold

I'm not sure if Mitsubishi's paint quality is on the low side or too much polishing by previous work resulted in very low paint readings

Paint hardness was on the medium side




Thanks for viewing for those who made it this far. Appreciate comments and questions are welcomed. I had a lot of fun working on this car.

 

Very nice ride and great job!! What works on removing wax from plastic/trim pieces if you don't mind me asking??

Thank you and detail on!!

Hoover

 

Great work. Also interested to hear how you approached the dry compound residue out of most crevices. 60 microns sounds way too low. Sure you calibrated it correctly?

 

Thanks Hoover! Good ol Opti Power Clean 3:1 was used to remove the old caked on compound. For the trim as well.

Thanks! OPC to the rescue... I wish the readings were wrong but it's not......

 

Nice work, pics and write up!

 

thank you Sizzle!