This car belonged to the wife of my previous customer. He wanted the same type of service offered. The car was hammered! After test spots with M105 being hit a few times, the rids were just too deep to be safe. The rear bumper also had way too many dings, and rough exposed areas that my pad would tear over them. Deep scuff on the passenger side that is a large line and through the paint into exposed metal worries me about rust. So background info on the paint hardness- this thing is rock hard! M105 finished LSP ready with an orange pad (best balance of defect removal vs. gloss in this case). Wash 2BM CG CWC+Zep Citrus Presoak on lower panels RG Detail Brush on vents and badges Bug Sponge on front bumper Wheels Tires- ZEP Citrus 2:1 Wheels- ZEP Citrus 4:1 Dressed with Opti-Bond 1:1 with a Purdy Brush (next best thing to a Pneu Brush) Clay Ricardo Yellow ONR Clay Lube Polishing PCXP LC Flat 5.5", 4" Orange M105 Exhaust Scotch Brite with OPT to remove the caked on residue and it created a clean stainless-steel look Optimum Metal Polish on Dremel with felt tips (restored the gloss to factory) LSP Glaze- PB Black Hole Sealant- Menzerna Power Lock Befores: Through the paint Nothing I could do on the edge The "other" guys pro detailing...:crasy: More swirls and rids... A side view of what's in store for the next morning German brake dust! Don't breath this Let's see what we can do This thing has a lot of carbon buildup Really should take more interior befores... It was like this in all four corners+coffee stains During: Top cleaned with APC 10:1 After a wash...Whats really lurking under! The obligatory 50/50 shot : Great improvement I would say Afters: Dripping wet! Swirls B Gone! Tight beads Mats are drying Zebra under the carpet? Overkill? Still some defects left... err! Stretching topless Not bad, not bad at all! Near 9h Thank for looking folks!
Jeez! You weren't kidding about hammered. At first I thought I was looking at a beat b5 A4. This car was manufactured only about 3 and a half years ago and it wound up looking like that! Great turn around! How did you pull that off with a finishing polish? How much pressure was used?
wow you finished down that 105 really well. nice job on fixing that thing. those wheels prob took an hour and a half alone.
M105 is actually a compound, which surprised me on my test spot. Very slow passes with moderate/heavy pressure (make a mark on your backing plate, and as a guide put enough pressure that you see the mark make a rotation every second or so).
Would love to have seen some pictures of Sonax destroying the break dust on those wheels. Glad to see that Zep came through for you though! Great afters! Hopefully you can keep it looking that nice.
Nice job. That paint looks nasty. I did not see any differance on the 50/50 shot (i think because how the lights were positioned) but the after shots are pretty remarkable
Wish I had some Sonax, and hopefully the customer lets me maintain it in the future. Yes, when getting this I recalled that thread in mind. You guys pulled some crazy work into it.
