wong05tsx

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Another Nighthawk Black Pearl job today. Brian's Si was delivered to me the night before for me to work on the next morning. Brian's main concern with the car was to rid the swirls and to apply a good layer of LSP. As usual, I went to my go-to product for my Honda/Acura jobs; Menzerna P085RD. On the front bumper it looks like someone backed up into him leaving some deep scratches on the paint. After 30 minutes of testing different combos, I was able to remove almost all of the scratches on the bumper with a purple foam wool pad paired with Meguiars 105 Ultra Cut Compound. The yellow pad/Optimum Compound didn't even leave a dent in it! Anyways, I took a ton of pictures on this one since the car turned out great! I especially love working on cars when I can take my time and work on my own pace (without the client waiting around). Brian was very happy with the results, and it sounds like I may be doing his girlfriends IS250 in the near future! Stay tuned!

Here’s the process:

Chemical Guys Citrus Wash with Euro-W Bucket + Grit Guard & DI Sheepskin Mitt
Clay Magic Ultra Fine Clay with Optimum No Rinse Wash as lube
Optimum Compound / UDM 4″ / Yellow
Menzernas P085RD / UDM 4″ / White
Optimum Poli-seal / UDM 4" / Cyan
Meguiars 105 Ultra Cut Compound / Flex 4301 5.5" / Purple Foam Wool
Menzernas P085RD / Flex 4301 5.5″ / White
Optimum Poli-seal / Flex 4301 5.5" / Cyan
Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection / By Hand / Foam Pad (Synthetic Polymer Sealant)
Optimum Spray Wax
Optimum Power Clean
Stoners Invisible Glass
Duragloss 321 non-silicone tire dressing
Black WOW
Optimum Metal Polish / #0000 Steel Wool

50/50 Taken out in the sun to check. Micromarring is fixed during the poli-seal. This pic is taken right after polishing


Accident spot

Yellow pad ... no luck

Purple wonder

After


Corner shot
Before

After


Door shot before

after


Scratch before

Scratch after


Swirls before

Swirls after


Exhaust before

after


Corner before

after


Dull panels before

Black WOW'd


Hood before

Hood after


Afters

civicdrivr

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Looks good.

Denzil

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Great work Johnny!

SweetJazz

Great Recovery!

TSXHunter05

another great job Johnny!

PortlandRL

Noice!!!

Steven Bell

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Beautiful work.

HokAy

Canon s90 or G series camera?

wong05tsx

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Canon G9

Bulkiest P&S ever but it takes nice pics!

princelybug

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STRAN

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Great detail. Is black one of the harder colors to detail?

Jskman987

Wow... Looks fantastic!! I recently completed my first attempt on a complete polish & wax job on my ‘04 NHBP TL. I used a PC 7424XP & optimum polish but did not use the Meguiars 105 Ultra Cut Compound. I must try this product next time on a wool pad to see if I can eliminate the deep scratches. I knew the wool pad had better cutting action but I was afraid of the heat build up since this was my first attempt at machine polishing. The car still came out really good but I know I did not achieve 100% paint correction. I know I will get better with more experience.

For those that have not tried this process, I highly recommend it. Don’t take me wrong, it is a lot of work especially with the masking of the rubber window glass seals, tail lights etc. but it is well worth the effort to do this so you don’t have to clean off excess polish & wax at the end.

TS_eXpeed

Gawdamn. That car was a hot mess.

Nice work, man!