A few details from the past-Both black Porsches

The 928S4 I had Bret working with me, that was done back in May and the 2007 Carrera S I did myself in Nov.

1987 Porsche 928 S4 w/ 93k miles.

First I want to say thanks to Bret, he made the drive down to help out for a few days. Then he took over with the polishing. I am sure that had nothing to do with the fact that I just got a new Metabo the day before. I could not pry that rotary out of his hands.

A few before pics from when I went to look at the car:











The owner was kind enough to drop off the car on Thursday before I went to work. So I vac'd the seats and applied some Leatherique RO to the seats and let the car sit out in the hot sun while I was at work.



Some before shots:















Wheel wells, wheels and tires got 777 APC 1:4 and scrubbed.
Wheels where in good shape, just one of the fronts had some crub rash. Otherwise there where pretty clean. Inner barrels where pretty dirty (brake dust.) I tired some of the REAL WHEEL CLEANER by PPC and it would not cut the old dust. I used PB SnR and that cut it without issue. I used both products as a spray and rinse.

Then we did a wash with Duragloss 901, sheepskin mits and 2 bucket method.

Pulled the car inside and clayed. I used blue magic clay and Bret used the sonus green clay, both used body shine #20 as a lube. We where suprised to see a lack of bonded contaminants. The car has been sitting outside for a while as the owner was building a garage.



Then it was time to start polishing and the testing of products began.

Here is Bret trying out my new metabo using the edge system and a green wool pad w/ presta 1500 polish. I am telling you that this setup is so smooth, it makes using a rotary almost effortless.





The defects just laughed at us. So it was time to step it up to:

black wool P1500
green wool P1500
green foam PSMR

Not sure how much we are going to cut to get those deep scratches out.

Darn bulb blew on one side.



Decided to do some wetsanding:





Heck lets go for another round:











Give us 80 total man hours to have the car looking like that.

Bret continued to polish while I worked on the interior. Most of the carpet in the porsche comes out in sections. So I removed the sections that I could, laid them out on the garage floor and used our kirby on them. The wife just loves when I used "her stuff" on details.

By this time a camry had arrived that I booked a few days before. So I gave the inside of the camry a good vac while Bret happily buff away on the porsche. I fired up the mytee extractor and used it on the carpets of the porsche and also used it on the camry interior (seats and carpets.)

Bret was about halfway done polishing, so we called it a day. We setup the airmoves and a fan to dry the inside of the camry. A few hours later it was 90% dry.

Got up the next day and decided to knock out the camry first with a one step polish, ect. We let it sit outside all nice and clean only to be rained on a few hours later while we worked on the porsche.

Bret wanted to try out the Menzerna SIP with the black wool. He had been using the presta 1500 but wanted more cut. He liked working with the SIP, but as its rated at a 2000 cut. It was not enough for this trashed paint.

Like Ryan said use very little of the SIP, here is Bret posing with the amount that he used on a wool pad:



So I remembered that I had a bottle of vintage (1993) Presta 1000 cut polish that a friend had given me a few weeks ago. I shook it up for 15-20 mins. Bret gave it a try and was happy that it even had a longer working time then the presta 1500.

Before anything:



After presta 1000, black wool at 1500



After 2 passes of ZPC white LC pad PC6:



Looks like we finally found a winning combo. We finsihed the rest of the car with this combo. Bret still happily running the metabo and I was using the PC.

We then took the car back outside for a Z7 wash to get all of the dust/splatter off of the car. Mind you that the presta line does not dust that much at all.

After the wash:



After the wash Bret and I did an application of ZAIO applied with white LC pads PC6. That pretty much wrapped up Sat, another long day. The 928 was just looking a "little better" then when it arrived. Bret headed home and I will take it from here. Thanks for all your help man!!!

Sunday morning I did 1x of Z5pro and an application of Z8 a few hours later. Also applied CS to the rear wing. Time was running short and I still had to quick vac the carpets and get them all installed in the correct position. I also vac'd the rear hatch area. Cleaned all the glass and did the 2nd step of the leatherique process by cleaning the seats w/ pristine clean. This is some high quality leather for sure. Nice and thick. I gave the interior dash a quick wipedown with the same towel that I used to remove the prestine clean. I then applied a quick coat of Z-16 to the tires. I think I missed it, but Bret had applied ZAIO to the wheels on sat.

Finals:













Sun shot:



Area that was wetsanded, man I wish the whole car looked this clear.



Interior:

 

2007 Black Porsche Carrera S

The client lives in Charlotte, but bought a new black 2007 911 here in Atlanta a few months ago.

It must of went something like this...Sir we thought you ordered the following options on your paint. Buffer trails, holograms and swirls. :scared:

The client sent me these pics:











The client convinced the dealership to give me access to a detail bay for the day.

So after trying out different combo's on this soft clear such as:

106ff on white pad- seemed to work ok at first but would not get out the deep RIDS.
P1500 on a orange pad-Still not enough cut.

Wash

Blue wool with p1500 metabo 1600
White CCS/106ff/metabo 1500 x2 on some areas.
blue CCS/3M ultra fina/metabo 1500
Z6 wipedown
3x of Z5pro

Tires Z-16


Had one of the guys at the dealership pull it out into the sun to check for buffer trails after polishing, none to be found. I wish I would of had my camera then, but the clock was ticking. Was dark out when I got done and the client needed to get back to Charlotte. So only time for a few pics.











The client was great to work with. He pretty much hung out the entire day, went out to get us lunch/drinks, ect.

Update! The client was kind enough to make some time in his busy schedule to take some sun pics.

New pics:

 

The 1987 was just a total freakin mess intside and out! That is one outstanding turnaround! Great job to both of you!
The 2007 is impressive as well! Awesome shine!

 

Awsome work!

 

WOW!!!!! :druling: :druling: gorgeous vehicles, both of them look incredable, just incredable...man you should take :takeabow: buddy that's incredable :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: . Interior on the older vehicle was behond a mess and the paint, man the paint was chewed up but you guys did an incredable job at bringing it back to life :applause:

Thank you for sharing, I'm enjoying your posts gmblack3 keep them coming buddy :wicked:

 

Awesome work Bryan. The 911 is stunning...

 

Great workmanship you both did on the 928! awesome recovery on that trash interior and exterior, both cars looks amazing Bryan!.......:applause:

 

:mounty:wowowee!

dayam man, ur work impresses me everytime!

great shots and thanks for the indepth write up. Ill take note just incase i ever feel i need to reflect back on an upcoming detail...

 

I remember these.

 

Thanks Rocco!

Thanks Johny!

Nice, Thanks for all of your kind words. I think Bret and I tried about 6-8 different polish combo's on the 928. I had the leatherique RO on the seats of the 928 for 3 days, the first day being out in the sun. Leatherique really works well when you have time to let it work.

Thanks Pat!

Thanks Angelo!

Neil, Thank you! I know that sometimes my write ups can be long-winded, but I hope to hear that others can learn from me as I do from other detailers.

Thanks Phil!

 

I always enjoy your write-ups Bryan, very informative and great photos of you work! Just keep them coming!

 

I remember these two, they still make me gasp when I see them!

 

Great work Bryan

 

Thanks Angelo!

Thanks P1et! They where quite the jobs!

Thanks Todd!

 

Great cars, great work, great pics, great write up!!

Man those cars looks liked aged prom quenn's when you got them, they left looking smoking!

I can't beleive how clean your clay was, I was expecting to see some major contaminants!!

Thanks for taking the time to do a top notch write up, I really enjoyed it.

Thanks for sharing!

 

You guys get an APLUS from FMINUS!

 

Maaaaan those Porsche's must be happy

 

Thanks Motorcity! We expected the clay to be discolored from the first panel too.

Thanks FMINUS!

Happy cars=happy clients! :applause2:

 

What wool pads are you using?

 

WOW!!:thumb: Fantastic turnaround, and that reflection is great. Awesome Job!!!!!!:elefant::applause2::applause2::applause2::applause2::applause2::applause2::applause2::applause2::applause2::applause2::worship::worship::worship::worship: