Hey all- Haven't had time to document my work recently, will document more once April and May roll around before I relocate. Up here is a Carrera with significant defects- marring, heavy swirling and the drivers door which was burned and unfinished from a body shop- you'll see the pics. Correctional was performed over two days and took around 15 hours to complete. Equipment used: - FLEX DA - RUPES 21 - PC 7424 - various pads- yellow/ green foam and Surbuf R - M105, Menz SIP, Sonax PF LSP applied- two coats of Menzerna PL Interior was given a Full Basic treatment- interior carpet and mats exracted, leather conditioned with Leatherique overnight and all the hard plastic cleaned and degreased. Quick shot of the rear seats out and getting leatheriqued Onto the befores: Dull, oxidized and heavily swirled paint Sanding marks The Heavily defected area- thanks body shop! Full Decon wash was performed- Sonax FE wheel cleaner/ Iron Cut to help the inner barrels- Megs. APC in the wells and profile of the tire- Dawn/ CG Citrus wash mix Uber Blue clay after with ONR to clay the surface Under the lights- near 99% correction achieved My camera was low on battery and had to be charged- only snapped a couple 50/50 and before and afters The heavily defected door.... After two passes with M105 Headlights were wetsanded with with 1500 grit on up to 3K and hand polished/ hit with my PC and a small 3 inch pad Afters Thanks for looking! - Dan K.
@ the door panel - How the heck do you manage to screw something up that bad and not notice it? Guy should be banned from a buffer for life.
LOL that would be my new Passat- 5 speed, decent sedan. Day before I was in West VA and managing to make it around decently in snow and all the crud on the roads.
Thanks man! The Rupes/ Flex combo is making my life so much easier for corrections- loved working on this metallic! - Dan