Some serious BLACK paint surgery!! Before and After
12-05-2009, 02:54 PM
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Some serious BLACK paint surgery!! Before and After
Some of you may have saw my thread a few months ago when I posted pics of my swirls and was a complete NOOB when it came to detailing. Original owner must have washed it with SAND PAPER!!
After practicing and detailing for about 12-14 hours on and off I can now say I’m no longer a Noob. However still not an expert haha.
BIGGEST THANKS TO DETAILED IMAGE, WITHOUT THIS GUY I WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN CLUELESS AND WOULD OF STILL HAD SWIRLS AND SCRATCHES ON MY CAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!!!!
I also got some interior products but haven’t had time to detail the interior yet, maybe next weekend.
Here’s what I used for the Exterior, all from Detailed Image.
Lake Country 4 Inch Blue Fine Finishing Pad - 4" 2
Lake Country 4 Inch Orange Light Cutting Pad - 4" 4
Lake Country 4 Inch White Polishing Pad - 4" 4
Lake Country 4 Inch Yellow Cutting Pad - 4" 1
Menzerna Power Gloss - 16 oz
Menzerna Final Polish II (FPII) - 16 oz
Menzerna Intensive Polish (IP) - 32 oz
Blackfire Wet Diamond with Polycharger - 16 oz
Porter Cable 7424XP Random Orbital Buffer
Intensive polish took out about 85 to 90% of the swirls. The power gloss on a yellow pad really helped taking out the deep swirls and scratches.
Here are the 6 steps I did:
1. Wash
2. Claybar (Mother’s Clay bar, didn’t order this I already had it)
3. Menzerna Power Gloss
4. Menzerna Intensive Polish (IP)
5. Menzerna Final Polish II (FPII)
6. Sealant - Blackfire Wet Diamond with Polycharger
HERE ARE THE PICS!! - IGNORE THE POLISH DUST IN SOME OF THE PICS
BEFORE
AFTER
Before left / After right, Only one pass with just the Intensive polish (hood)
After practicing and detailing for about 12-14 hours on and off I can now say I’m no longer a Noob. However still not an expert haha.
BIGGEST THANKS TO DETAILED IMAGE, WITHOUT THIS GUY I WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN CLUELESS AND WOULD OF STILL HAD SWIRLS AND SCRATCHES ON MY CAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!!!!
I also got some interior products but haven’t had time to detail the interior yet, maybe next weekend.
Here’s what I used for the Exterior, all from Detailed Image.
Lake Country 4 Inch Blue Fine Finishing Pad - 4" 2
Lake Country 4 Inch Orange Light Cutting Pad - 4" 4
Lake Country 4 Inch White Polishing Pad - 4" 4
Lake Country 4 Inch Yellow Cutting Pad - 4" 1
Menzerna Power Gloss - 16 oz
Menzerna Final Polish II (FPII) - 16 oz
Menzerna Intensive Polish (IP) - 32 oz
Blackfire Wet Diamond with Polycharger - 16 oz
Porter Cable 7424XP Random Orbital Buffer
Intensive polish took out about 85 to 90% of the swirls. The power gloss on a yellow pad really helped taking out the deep swirls and scratches.
Here are the 6 steps I did:
1. Wash
2. Claybar (Mother’s Clay bar, didn’t order this I already had it)
3. Menzerna Power Gloss
4. Menzerna Intensive Polish (IP)
5. Menzerna Final Polish II (FPII)
6. Sealant - Blackfire Wet Diamond with Polycharger
HERE ARE THE PICS!! - IGNORE THE POLISH DUST IN SOME OF THE PICS
BEFORE
AFTER
Before left / After right, Only one pass with just the Intensive polish (hood)
12-05-2009, 06:21 PM
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The before pics just make me wanna cry. I washed my old Cav with dishwashing soap and a bath towel and it looked nowhere near that bad. But awesome turnaround...best I've seen at least.
12-07-2009, 08:53 AM
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Wow, those before pics made me cringe, very nice recovery, I can't wait for my bottle of SIP to get here
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12-07-2009, 08:55 PM
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Damn...unless I'm missing something, that's one hell of a correction on that G35. I had to look at these pictures twice. The "before" pictures looked like a mess, but you did a great job on the Infinity.
12-11-2009, 09:03 AM
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Wow that's awesome! Good work man.
This thread makes me glad that I don't have a black car
This thread makes me glad that I don't have a black car
12-11-2009, 12:39 PM
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Wow! Awesome job. It just goes to show you that with some time and hard work, it can be done. G35c is one of my favorite car designs ever. Top 5 for me.
12-14-2009, 08:53 AM
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I can't wait to post one of these of my car this spring, great work
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