C6 Corvette correction - repairing someone else's detail job

Discussion in 'Professional Detailer's Studio' started by GoFast908Z, Jan 12, 2015.

  1. GoFast908Z

    GoFast908Z DB Pro Supporter

    This corvette owner sought me out to see if anything could be done to make his car look better. He had had another well known detailer in the bay area work on the car and it "just didn't look right". After about 30 sec it was obvious the previous detailer didn't know how to correctly work the hard corvette clear coat. Heavy DA haze and micro marring were present all over the car along with a few strike-throughs (when people say you can't burn with a DA....that's not exactly true). After 2 days of re-compounding and two more rounds of polishing, this C6 was back to looking sharp again!



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    lots more DA haze and micromarring

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    After compounding

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    More defects. Also 1/8" 3M Fine Line tape used to protect edge that had be compromised by other detailer, keeping the burn mark from getting larger during correction work.

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    All finished and sealed with Blackfire Wet Diamond

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    Thanks for looking!
     
  2. JordanL

    JordanL Virgin Detailer

    Looks great GoFast!
     
  3. AndyThomason

    AndyThomason Any Rag Vehicle Washer

    Looks awesome. Doesn't even look like it had been detailed previously.
     
  4. Meticulous-Detail

    Meticulous-Detail DB Forum Supporter

  5. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

  6. 911Fanatic

    911Fanatic DB Pro Supporter

    Nice save!
     
  7. mShu7

    mShu7 Birth of a Detailer

    Great save!
     
  8. AndrewBigA

    AndrewBigA Virgin Detailer

    nice save from the previous hack job!
     
  9. Socal Brian

    Socal Brian DB Forum Supporter

    looks great!
     
  10. vtec92civic

    vtec92civic Nuba Guru

    Nice job for sure. I understand we all start some place but really, how can you burn the clear with a DA? That's almost something you have to try to accomplish lol. The paint looked like he had a steel wool pad connected to his DA and went for it, head first. Nice save though
     

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