Twistedframe
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Glad to see the detailing forum up and running on 9thcivic. As some of you may know I have a side detailing business that I started a few years ago and it has really started to take off. I'm going to post some of my work here, basically just to stroke my own ego...lol
Oh and regardless of what it looks like I'm not doing this to try and compete with Chad...
Here is a new Corvette I did a couple weeks ago.
So I got this job from my good friend Dana, I should have known then that there was a catch and I should turn it down :lol: ...However since I'm either a moron or a glutton for punishment I went ahead and took the job. I got a call from a guy named Mike who may actually be more OCD than me (not a bad thing). He showed up bright and early Sunday morning with what looked like a pristine 2010 red Corvette. At first look we decided that a one step polish would get the car looking its best before Mike had the clear bra installed.
Tools and Products
Pre-foam soak with Autowerkes Exclusive ACP and DG 901
Wash with Werkstat Auto body soap
Clay with Ricardo yellow, CG Luber for clay lube
Dried with Pakshak waffle weave
Glass cleaned with DG Rain Repel
Trim dressed with Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber protectant
Compounded with M105 on wool (spots) and Yellow uber pad both on Dynabrade rotary
Bumpers compounded with M105 on Surbuf pads on Porter Cable DA
Polished with M205 on green uber pad on Dynabrade rotary
NO LSP Due to clear bra being installed in a few day
Poly-carbonate top polished with P21S Paint Cleaner
Wheels cleaned with car was soap
Tires and wheel wells cleaned with Autokwerkes Exclusive APC 3:1
Wheels polished/sealed with Collinite Metal Wax
Tires and wheel wells dressed with DP Tire Gel cut 1:1 and sprayed on
So I started by doing my normal pre-polish cleaning which involves foaming with a strong mix of APC and DG 901. It was painfully obvious after just letting the foam dwell that the vehicle was is much worse shape that I had originally surmised. Apparently the dealership had "detailed" this vehicle by slapping as much glaze and other fillers on it as they could. Well I still decided I was going to give the once step a try to see how it would turn out.
Here is what it looked like all stripped down. Before the glaze was removed it looked like there was just some very fine micro-marring and light water spots.
Here is what it looked like after I hit it will my strongest combo that could still be considered a one step, Orange Uber pad with Menzerna Powerfinish. This left a very shiny finish, but didn't even come close to removing all of the swirls.
Now I started doing some before and after spots, but soon realized I was going to run out of time. So first I will show you some spot before and after.
Door before
Door After
Quarter Before
Quarter After
Rear bumper side before
Rear bumper side after
Pillar Before
Pillar After
After this I realized I was going to run out of time. So I just grabbed some good sun shots after I did a section since pretty much the whole car looked the same before. Bear with the dust and crap in the crevices b/c I was snapping pics as I was working just in case I ran out of light. In my after pictures you will seen the totally finished vehicle.
Oh and regardless of what it looks like I'm not doing this to try and compete with Chad...
Here is a new Corvette I did a couple weeks ago.
So I got this job from my good friend Dana, I should have known then that there was a catch and I should turn it down :lol: ...However since I'm either a moron or a glutton for punishment I went ahead and took the job. I got a call from a guy named Mike who may actually be more OCD than me (not a bad thing). He showed up bright and early Sunday morning with what looked like a pristine 2010 red Corvette. At first look we decided that a one step polish would get the car looking its best before Mike had the clear bra installed.
Tools and Products
Pre-foam soak with Autowerkes Exclusive ACP and DG 901
Wash with Werkstat Auto body soap
Clay with Ricardo yellow, CG Luber for clay lube
Dried with Pakshak waffle weave
Glass cleaned with DG Rain Repel
Trim dressed with Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber protectant
Compounded with M105 on wool (spots) and Yellow uber pad both on Dynabrade rotary
Bumpers compounded with M105 on Surbuf pads on Porter Cable DA
Polished with M205 on green uber pad on Dynabrade rotary
NO LSP Due to clear bra being installed in a few day
Poly-carbonate top polished with P21S Paint Cleaner
Wheels cleaned with car was soap
Tires and wheel wells cleaned with Autokwerkes Exclusive APC 3:1
Wheels polished/sealed with Collinite Metal Wax
Tires and wheel wells dressed with DP Tire Gel cut 1:1 and sprayed on
So I started by doing my normal pre-polish cleaning which involves foaming with a strong mix of APC and DG 901. It was painfully obvious after just letting the foam dwell that the vehicle was is much worse shape that I had originally surmised. Apparently the dealership had "detailed" this vehicle by slapping as much glaze and other fillers on it as they could. Well I still decided I was going to give the once step a try to see how it would turn out.
Here is what it looked like all stripped down. Before the glaze was removed it looked like there was just some very fine micro-marring and light water spots.
Here is what it looked like after I hit it will my strongest combo that could still be considered a one step, Orange Uber pad with Menzerna Powerfinish. This left a very shiny finish, but didn't even come close to removing all of the swirls.
Now I started doing some before and after spots, but soon realized I was going to run out of time. So first I will show you some spot before and after.
Door before
Door After
Quarter Before
Quarter After
Rear bumper side before
Rear bumper side after
Pillar Before
Pillar After
After this I realized I was going to run out of time. So I just grabbed some good sun shots after I did a section since pretty much the whole car looked the same before. Bear with the dust and crap in the crevices b/c I was snapping pics as I was working just in case I ran out of light. In my after pictures you will seen the totally finished vehicle.
