This was my first full mobile detail in 8months, packed up the car and got to it. During the wash process, the car had almost no protection but a lot of old shampoo was rinsed out of the cracks. Washed w/ GI gloss shampoo. All emblems, cracks and crevices were agitated with APC 10:1. The ragtop was cleaned with, raggtop. Wheels were cleaned with GI wheel gel at 4:1 as they were not very dirty and the tires were scrubbed with ARO and Tarminator Pulled the car inside for claying, GI fine clay and Megs LT were used. After which the car was wiped down 2 times with IPA to prep for polishing. While the engine was still a little wet from the wash I cleaned it up with APC 10:1 on a damp MF, later everything was dressed with P & S express interior cleaner which left a simple matte look on the plastic and trim pieces. All door jambs were cleaned with the APC as well. After Tips polished with Noxon using #0000 steel wool on the chrome and #00 steel wool on the inside, then polishing again with just an MF Raised up the rear wing again after the wash to polish out the poles Correction was nothing major at all, only a few stops needed several stages of polishing or wetsanding . The car is still fairly new so a 1 step correction was agreed on with the owner for most of the car, except the few problem areas GI one step machine gloss GI EVP pad prime Flex 3403 I spread GI OSMG at 1100rpm, corrected at 1500rpm for several passes and backed down to 1100rpm again to finish and then jewel the paint. Problem area #1, wetsanded with 2500 unigrit and corrected with GI extreme cut and a 4" tuf buf wool pad, followed by OSMG using orange and green pads. Before During After Short polishing video. I already spread the polish at 1100rpm so here im working at 1500rpm with the EVP. I start off with faster passes and as I reduce speed I slow down and refine the finish One of the few things louder than the drone of a Flex 3403 pulled in the garage too Problem area #2, this guy was a little deeper and needed 2000 grit followed with 3000 to fully remove Few hairline scratches were underneath the Turbo emblem, corrected with an orange cutting pad and GI extreme cut After correction started with some trim treatment. Front lower lip was a little dry and worn. I applied GI TRV dressing with a foam foam painters stick 50/50 with TRV dressing Before I started on the rear seats I had to remove them and let them sit under the halogens for a bit to soften up, its thin leather backed by thick plastic so cleaning them properly was a little tricky before the leather softened up. (nice thing about porsche rear seats is that the are attached by velcro so they just pop right out) Tidied up the cargo area. Seals and plastic dressed with TRV as well After TRV Laid down the first coat of GI tire gloss and let it soak for 10minutes and then buffed it in Rear mats were a little dirty but the stains lifted fairly easy with Folex, some agitation and a wetdry Before After The rear buckets were cleaned with GI satin leather cleaner, followed with the satin leather polish and placed back in the car. I folded down the back seats and vacuumed there... to be honest there was barely any dirt back here but doing a quick once over with the vacuum lets the owner know you have been there... chances are they will never check but if they do you will be glad they see it! LSP: GI Gloss finish x1 GI Concourso Gloss x1 I let the base coat of Gloss Finish cure for 30mins and buffed off before applying the concourso, both were done by hand with LC 100ppi hand apps After removing gloss finish While the Concourso was curing I moved to the rest of the interior... one of the many crevices with old wax residue Under the seats were the 2 usual items, empty water bottle and a plastic bag but also a brand new rolling stones CD ... finding stuff like this means brownie points from the owner! "Oh I have been looking everywhere for this" :lol: Cleaned up the rubber roof lining for the ragtop When I removed the rear seat buckets there was some crumbs and stuff underneath, quick vacuum here Interior: GI satin leather cleaner GI satin leather polish P & S express interior cleaner Folex carpet cleaner Afters Odds and ends: Glass cleaned with Surf City clearly better (so far a really great product) Wheel wells dressed with Adams Ragtop protected with Raggtop protectant FK 425 wipedown Pulled it outside for some shots before the final wipedown 2 coats of GI tire gloss, wheels sealed with Rejex Back inside My next project for August, I think its a boxster One more...
Great job david, i like the video too. I need to kick it up to a rotary...anywho, i always enjoy your work.
I have been a little spoiled by my garage (air conditioning and lots of lighting) so mobile details are something I dont look forward to. The nice thing however was the garage space i had to work in was even bigger than mine, but to balance it out I had a single overhead light which came from the garage door opener! That made cleaning the interior and viewing paint a little tricky so I had to drag my standing halogens everywhere I went. I do prefer to work in my own garage/controlled environment though.
Wow gorgeous garage :thud: :thud: I dream of a garage like that one day I'll have it and filled with nice toys too :woo: Vehicle looks great well done :thumb: Hahaha nice one on the boxter :lol2:
Great job man. How do you apply your GI Tire Gloss? Do you spray it on and let it sit, or do you apply with an applicator?
Great job man on the P car thats another luxury4play car isn't it. I think I have seen the gt at the last rally I attended with these guys. You do some outstanding work buddy!!
Wow, great job on the detail. I'm sure you're looking forward to that "Boxster" detail... Is the Ferrari on the project list as well?
Boy you got the Porsche looking great! Nice client to have. Those cars..its like getting to massage a pretty woman....
No, its not like getting to massage a pretty woman.. they are machines, yes beautiful and fun machines but I treated this porsche like any other car I detail. :thumb:
