Detailer's Domain: S2000 - Paint Correction
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Detailer's Domain: S2000 - Paint Correction
My customer bought a leftover S2000 in BB with no miles (amazing deal). However the paint was another issue. Here is where we came in.
We put about 14 hours into the paint over 2 days and below are the results.
Other than the paint the car was mint!
What was done -
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Pre Washed with W99
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- 2 Step - Menzerna Super Intensive Polish with Menzerna Super Finish
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step – Lusso Oro
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
- Jambs steam cleaned
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna Super Finish
Lusso Oro
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Adam's Glass Cleaner
Adam's Glass Sealant
Interior
1Z einszett Cockpit
1Z einszett Leathercare
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Flex PE14-2-150
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Interior
Before
After
Exterior
Before
Wheels were in great shape we used Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner (no brushes needed)
Clean wheels
Tires were cleaned with the Uber Wheel/Tire Brush and Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Uber Fender Brush to clean up the wheel wells
Pre Rinse, Wash, Convertible Top Cleaned
After wash pics show how bad the paint really is
Claying
50/50 shots of the paint correction - Super Intensive Polish followed by Super Finish
Fenix showing the imperfections
Paint on the door panel before
After the necessary polishing
Headlights were polished out.
After the extensive polishing we rinsed all the dust off the car
Afters
Lusso Oro was used as a last step
Outside shots
Permission for this write up granted by the owner.
Enjoy!
We put about 14 hours into the paint over 2 days and below are the results.
Other than the paint the car was mint!
What was done -
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Pre Washed with W99
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- 2 Step - Menzerna Super Intensive Polish with Menzerna Super Finish
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step – Lusso Oro
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
- Jambs steam cleaned
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna Super Finish
Lusso Oro
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Adam's Glass Cleaner
Adam's Glass Sealant
Interior
1Z einszett Cockpit
1Z einszett Leathercare
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Flex PE14-2-150
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Interior
Before
After
Exterior
Before
Wheels were in great shape we used Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner (no brushes needed)
Clean wheels
Tires were cleaned with the Uber Wheel/Tire Brush and Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Uber Fender Brush to clean up the wheel wells
Pre Rinse, Wash, Convertible Top Cleaned
After wash pics show how bad the paint really is
Claying
50/50 shots of the paint correction - Super Intensive Polish followed by Super Finish
Fenix showing the imperfections
Paint on the door panel before
After the necessary polishing
Headlights were polished out.
After the extensive polishing we rinsed all the dust off the car
Afters
Lusso Oro was used as a last step
Outside shots
Permission for this write up granted by the owner.
Enjoy!
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Great turnaround! The satisfaction of working on black cars must be amazing.
Surprised that nothing harsher than SIP was needed to fix that.
Surprised that nothing harsher than SIP was needed to fix that.
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Astonishing results!
What happened to the paint to cause that damage?
What happened to the paint to cause that damage?
#5
Needs more Lemon Pledge
I almost cried when I saw the before pics...
Great work making that car look new again!
Ummmm... You holding out on us with the officer's 911?
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What the hell happened to that paint before you got a hold of it? Nice turn around.
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