White 997 Turbo in for a complete detail and paint correction. Main issues: -Very poor hand washing by previous owner -Glazed paint finish -Serious lack of gloss Onto the detail The Porsche was prepped using Autoglym CWC on the wheels & tires 1:1, wheel wells scrubbed with OPC 4:1. Paint was foamed using CG citrus soap and then washed using the 2BM and a mixture of CG cirtus soap and FK1 shampoo Some shots of the paint finish in early morning sun BEFORE even washing, not in great shape by any means, swirls, RIDS and machine holograms... the triple crown of paint issues. While the car was still wet I pulled it inside to use Iron Cut, sprayed on and left to sit for 3-4minutes. After dwelling you can see all the iron particles running off the paint, it would have taken 5-6 passes with clay to remove maybe 1/4 of these contaminants! After claying I took some paint readings, nothing abnormal so I moved onto paint correction. This car had a bunch of different issues and certain areas were far worse than others so 1 combo wasnt the best idea because Id be going to aggressive in places I didnt need to. Correction process went something like this depending on the area: Meguiars M105 w/ Surbuf pads Meguiars D300 w/ Microfiber cutting Discs Menzerna 106FA w/ Detailers Domain Green Foam Before After Working 106FA... again I like to open the hood so I can polish all the way to the edge of the fender without running my pad onto the adjacent panel thus causing a mess, especially if I already polished the hood. 50/50 between Front fender and passenger door Defects on the hood, yum Under the LED after compounding Hood after compounding and final polishing... Passenger door made for some great correction shots Front bumper was one of the key areas that had a serious lack of gloss, looked out of place with the rest of the car A 50/50 After a few combos which failed miserably on the rear wing I landed on Surbuf and M105 which worked great Less damaged areas I used the Megs MF cutting disc and D300... very smooth cutting with residue that buffs off like butter, or if you want to stereotype all the people of NJ into one vernacular you would say "BUTTAH" :thumb: Cleaning up marring by the Turbo badge, before After Choose to rotary the smaller areas that had heavy defetcs 50/50 on Drivers side Final polishing on the taillights with 106FA, compounded with M105 and DD yellow cutting pad After all paint correction was finished one final IPA wipedown was done before applying protection. Menzerna powerlock was used on the paint. Rejex sealant was used on the wheels. Thanks for reading! -Dave
Looks good Dave. I notice your go-to lsp is consistently PL, which is a great sealant, but have you played around any with any of the Super Sealants? (opti-coat, Cquartz, Gtechniq)
people do not realize how jacked up white can be. what a turn around. D300, that seems to be the new way to go for some issues it seems.
PL is just easy and works great on everything. I have had Opti Coat on my car since October, still going strong. I just got Aquartz from DetailersDomain and I have Nanolex on the way. Who doesnt love a Porsche Turbo? ...well GT-R owners, lol
Fantastic work! It looks stunning. How were you able to effectively brush the wheel wells with such little clearance? And another noob questions, but does polishing the headlights/taillights affect the UV protection, or increase chances of hazing in the future?
Without a doubt my favorite car, and then in white on top of that. You made it look the way it should. Great work.
With the right wheel brushes cleaning wheels like these are not a problem, the discs are big but compared to some cars where you have maybe 1/2inch clearance between the disc and barell. Worst comes to worst you can just rock the car back and fourth to clean the whole wheel. For the headlight/taillight questions I look at it 2 ways. First is the UV inhibitors that Porsche says they have on their headlights doesnt seem to work so great because over time the headlights inevitably look cloudy from sun damage. 2nd, even if I did remove all the UV protection that may or may not be in the lens its still better than having hard water etching clearly visible on the headlights and its still better than having dull swirled tailights. Not to mention I put the same sealant on paint as I do with the headlights, and Powerlock for sure does a great job protecting. I agree its a Wunderful car! The Turbo emblem in the back? Usually need to hand polish in between the letters by hand with a MF towel. I usually opt for a DA machine with Porsches so I avoid the sticky paint issue.
