Detailer's Domain: New Car Prep - Opti Coat - 13 Subaru BRZ

detailersdomain · Oct 23, 2012

Subject: Subaru BRZ - WRB
Requirements - New Car Prep - Opticoat

Customer brought us his new BRZ, unfortunately it got hit with a bird sxxt storm and even though he got to most of it, it had already etched the paint.
We were able to get 99% of it off the car with D300 and Sonax 3/6.

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with Adam's Car Wash
- Decon
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Meg's D300 with Uber MF Cutting Pad
- Sonax 3/5 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Opti Coat
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -
Adam's Car Wash
Auto Finesse Iron Out
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's Microfiber Cutting Compound D300
Sonax Nano Polish - Coming Soon
Opti Coat
Wolf's Glass Guard
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Before shots

Wash/Decon/Autoscrub/Wheels/Tires/Wheel Wells

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action

Wheel Woolies were used ensure clean wheels

Rinse

Auto Scrub

Bird Bombs all over the car

Hood after compound and polish (just about all the bird bomb stains gone.)

Final touches

Opti Coat Applied

Wolf's Glass Guard applied

After