Did this one a few weeks ago with some help from Justin. Client had contacted me inquiring about the cost of the Opti-Guard application so we scheduled a time to meet where I could evaluate the cars condition. Over all it wasn't too bad, but there were several deep RIDS and the PPF looked terrible for having just been installed. The car had been prepped by the dealer and then washed once by the PPF installer...other than that it had not been washed by the owner and hasn't seen rain or snow yet. For some reason the metal panels were a PITA to correct, products didn't want to wipe off and just acted weird...we tried man different combinations too. The bumper covers and lower rocker panels didn't have this issue, but the clear was much, much harder! Process: Wash - ONR Wheels - Sonax FE Tires - OPC Clay - Blackfire clay with Final Inspection as lube Initial Correction step - D300/MF on the GG6. M101 on the rockers via GG6 and Cyan LC pads Refining step - 106fa via GG6 equipped with black LC pads. Jewelling step - PO85RD via Flex PE14 and blue LC pads. (106fa on the DA looked really good and Justin and I agreed the owner would have been more then happy at that point. However, a test spot with PO85RD via rotary made a slight, yet noticeable difference on this paint. I had the car an extra day and some time to kill before Justin came back so me being OCD, I went ahead and did this step on the house) Coating prep - ONR wash followed by a good wipe-down with Eraser Opti-Guard - Applied using Carpro Micro Suede applicator (All paint, trim, lights, wheels) Before pics Some of the deeper RIDS Swirls in the paint didn't translate too well in the pics... The swirls in the (brand new) PPF showed up pretty good though... 50/50 on the PPF Swirls on the rocker panels showed up well too (they were a little worse though) Rocker corrected Pulled the car out in the sun after an Eraser wipe-down to check my work and get sun pics while I had a chance. These are prior to Opti-Guard Me applying the Opti-Guard Justin followed me leveling off any high spots....the 2 person application is great IMO! Look how focused he is!
Amazing work Rasky ... love the metallic flake on that paint. News to me that Sonata paint is somewhat hard.
Thanks! Thank you! It was just the plastic panels that had really hard clear. The body was softer, but it responded really oddly with MF pads.
Looks great Chad, nice to see customers with those cars looking for top-notch work and opti-guard. -Kody-
Chad, Stunning, especially the pics in the sun before you applied the Opti-Guard ! Took that paint to another level it had never been before !! Client had to be resuscitated, right ? Thanks for the incredible job there you guys ! Dan F
Absolute Gloss! LOL @ Dan. heart attack was inevitable on that one. Superb work Chad! Thanks for sharing. Darren
No not sticky paint, it worked fine with the rotary and PO85RD. If just left more hazing then normal with the MF pads (Optimum and Megs) and wipe-off was hard even with D300....was really weird. I thought maybe it was some LSP applied to the paint but the plastic panels were fine...:shead: Thanks Kody! LOL, Thanks Dan! Thank you! Thanks! Thanks Darren!
great job paint looks great ...what is that your applying the opticoat with never mind i see it thanks
