Figure with the recent wintry weather in North Carolina I'd post a few writeups of past work. For the record, despite all the preparation work needed for OC, the product is a people pleaser and has brought in alot of new clients looking to do the treatment. First off: Jerez Black M3 was scheduled to address heavy marring from a previous detailer who used improper rotary technique. Paint had copious amounts of buffer swirling. We approached this with the intention of correcting most to all defects without hindering paint thickness. Two passes of compounding and a final polish brought the paint potential to 95%. Considering this vehicle will be tracked and other paint rashing are occurring, we stopped leveling the paint. The vehicle was left to be protected with a new protection combo. To avoid damage or inappropriate work, always ask for a paint demonstration and an explanation for why each approach is done! Problem of doing 2 step corrections in 1 day? No sunlight for all the hardwork. Curse you North Carolina weather. In Process Notice the haze at the middle of the picture, M101 microhazes if used to correct. Amazing it doesn't hurt the paint that badly. M205 polishes absolutely fine. After - No sun! Hurray.
Up for detail is a G37 with heavy marring and dealership negligence. Front bumper was repainted and funny enough as the easiest to correct. Ample improperly applied touchup paint where the dealer simply dabbed paint expecting it to gloss. Paint was by far the fussiest to work with, hence the 3 step correction and ultimate Opticoat application. This detail gives me nightmares. Wheels - Optimum Power Clean various brushes. Wash & Decontaminate - Optimum No Rinse, CarPro IronX, Clay Polish - SF 4000 Menzerna, Meguiars Ultra Finishing Polish M205, Meguiars Foam Cut Compound M101, SF 2500 Menzerna Protection- Optimum Opticoat 2.0 Prewipe with CarPro Eraser Wheels – Optimum Opticoat 2.0 Interior - Leather Master Protection Cream, 1Z Cockpit Premium Various Products - Optimum OptiClean, Finish Kare 425, Prima Nero, CarPro Perl Before - Initial Blackness Up close Under Lighting After
Paint was aggressively corrected, then sealed with Opticoat 2.0 for the ultimate protection available. I am horrendous at getting proper lighting to take pictures of the paint. Doesn't help that we're slowly losing daylight! Wash – Bath with Optimum Wash, Optimum Power Clean – Pre Wash/Prep Paint. Decontamination – Nanoskin Towel with Optimum No Rinse & CarPro IronX Wheels - Optimum Power Clean various brushes. CarPro IronX x3 & Clayed Polish – 3 Stages with: Surfbuf R Series Microfingers Pads Meguiars DA Microfiber Correction Compound Meguiars Ultra-Cut Compound M105 SF 4000 Menzerna SF 4500 Menzerna Protection- Optimum Opticoat 2.0 Prewipe with Alcohol, Optimum No Rinse, CarPro Eraser Wheels – Optimum Metal Polish & Optimum Opticoat 2.0 Windows – CarPro Ceriglass,Optimum Opticoat 2.0, & Optimum OptiSeal Trim – CarPro Perl Interior: Vacuumed, Optimum Power Clean, Einszett Plastik-reiniger, Optimum Plus Protectant Misc Products: Optimum OptiClean, Finish Kare 425, Optimum Metal Polish Before Cleaning up side pillars. After initial compound stage After Tires were retreated after pictures.
Finally a bunch of Opticoats. IMO, it has a great appearance to it! First bike! Tricky working on such small areas, but the look sure is awesome.
Amazing work! Quite jealous of the weather in the Carolina's right now. My parents live in Greenville, SC and text me all the time rubbing the nice weather in my face!
It comes and goes! We get nice weather for the next 2 months for sure. Then the humidity and heat come.
Nice work...I am looking to tackle my GTI correction coming up and always dread it for some reason...but this time I may take few days off from work and do it...
