gmblack3

Client tells dealership as always, "Don't wash it!" They do.

So these pics are after the dealer "wash"









Dealership wants to use their local bodyshop to correct it.

Client agrees but only if they will pay his detailer (me) to fix it if they can't.

So after the attempt at correction by the bodyshop, here is how the car arrived to me:





Process:

Initital wash w/ ValuGard paint Neutralization System. Used foam lance for final wash step.

Rinsed at safe distance w/ PW.

Clean wheels with Valugard Custom Wheel Cleaner-Has a nice foaming action that clings very well. Various brushes.

Tires/Wells cleaned with Eimann Fabrik Hi-Intensity Cleaner- Does a great job removing those nasty dealer applied tire dressings.



Rinsed wheels, wells and tires at safe distance w/ PW.

Refoamed car via lance/PW Zaino Z7 soap.





Wash w/ quality sheepskin mit via 2BM.

Clay while still wet with zaino clay and Z6 as a lube.

Dry w/ quality WW MFs.

Wipedown paint with straight IPA.

Pre polishing paint inspection:











Checked thickness of paint with my PosiTest DFT PTG.

Paint correction-I went with the Kevin Brown Method using a PC6, orange pads and the latest M105 to remove the defects.

QEW wash to remove the polishing dust.

I followed with M205 using a white LC pad and PC set to 4.5.

gmblack3

I noticed the windscreen had some type of sap or something similiar. I attempted to remove this with straight IPA, but had no luck. So I polished the windscreen w/ Zaino Z-12 clear view glass polish using a white CCS pad on my PC at speed 4.5.

Car was rinsed at a safe distance with PW then foamed again via lance/PW using Zaino Z7 soap and washed via 2BM using a quality sheepshin mit. Rinsed again and dried with quality WW MFs.

Wiped down car w/ Zaino Z6.

Applied 2x of ZFX'd Zaino Z5pro.

Applied Zaino Z8 to paint and glass.

Zaino AIO applied to wheels.

Tires got Zaino Z-16.

Marine Blue

Nice job bringing the paint back.

It's rare to find a dealer or body shop that really know how to perform paint correction. Most are pumping out cars at a rediculous pace and will use a glaze to hid swirls.

Oh well, keeps guys like you in busines I guess!

uzj100

Brian-why the PC vs. rotary on this car?

gmblack3

Thanks Marine Blue! Everytime I deal with a bodyshop polishing it looks like this car did.

Over on autopia we call this the Kevin Brown method. Kevin came up with the process using M105. He will release a full "paper" on it soon. So who would of thought that you could use a PC to remove defects this severe. Not me till I finally tried it for myself. I have not touched either of my rotarys for the last 5 details I have done.

uzj100

D'Oh! It just hit me. I've been reading about the KB method, but missed that one little point about using a PC. I did notice though that your most recent posts listed using a PC.

Thanks for the reminder!

TOGWT

Interesting paint renovation method - I love it when something defies 'logic'.
How much pressure is applied with the PC?
What size foam pads are you using?

Great paint renovation job, as always > > >

95FL993CAB

as usual, an amazing job!

detailersdomain

nice job!

Sadiq

good rescue. bastard dealers.

EuroRennen

Really goes to show you how quickly your ride can get messed up. Not even my car and it makes me mad GREAT save!

jpcourt

Nice work!!! How long did it take you?

gmblack3

No problem at all.

I have been using a 6.5" scalloped edge orange pad that ABC makes, but they are now discontunied now. Apply enough pressure to where the pad still spins a little.

Thank you!

Thanks Phil!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Have watched in horror myself as one of the wash guys at a Porsche dealer here in Atlanta washed a new Cabriolet with a brush on a stick.

Thanks JP! 15 hours on this one.

JHowell37

That's because it took 15 hours to do what he did. What you have to remember is that most body shops are paid by the insurance companies who aren't going to go for this kind of stuff at all. It's not that they don't know how to do it, they just can't afford to dedicate the time to doing it right.

Marine Blue

I should have placed my comment in context. I know several members and friends that have paid body shops to polish their cars with promises of gleaming paint. The results were scary to say the least. They were lucky to have enough paint left to make corrections and in some cases corrections couldn't be made due to burn through. In these instances the body shop is being paid to get the job done right. Just saying from experience and please do not take offense if your a body shop owner, you may not operate this way.