Porsche 996 TT

[Keithbeats]

I posted on the Introduce Yourself section and thought I'd post an after pic of the car finished with #105, the G110 polisher and some nXt Tech Wax. Looks new again.

hood from sanding off the water spots before:


after:

[james0509]

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oh wow you only used 2 products and got this amazing shine?

great results

[Ganesa]

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looks great... :]

[cardriver]

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That finished black looks awesome .

[the_invisible]

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oh wow you only used 2 products and got this amazing shine?

great results

The color black can be deceiving, especially on camera.

I have detailed a few black cars for other people. I took some pictures of the before and after conditions. These cars looked hideous before the paint treatment, but looked better in pictures than they really were. As such, I didn't bother to show them off on the Internet.

The fact that an LSP was followed immediately by the application of M105 made me a little skeptical of the true condition of the car. Perhaps different combination of pads were used to compensate for the lack of a follow-up polish.

[cardriver]

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I was thinking.. "What if the 'before' picture is just a 1873 Toyota Corolla and not actually the Porsche, and the Porsche picture was just taken off Google Image Search?"

Kidding...sorry to be Buzz Killington!

I guess this is why we do complete write-ups and not one simple "Before & After" pic. You know us...suspicious internet types .

[john m.]

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Nice! Looks good man! Be sure to get some full sun pics tomorrow to really show off your work!

Guys dont knock the one polish of 105 so fast. It can actually finish down nicely.

[Markus Kleis]

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The color black can be deceiving, especially on camera.

I have detailed a few black cars for other people. I took some pictures of the before and after conditions. These cars looked hideous before the paint treatment, but looked better in pictures than they really were. As such, I didn't bother to show them off on the Internet.

The fact that an LSP was followed immediately by the application of M105 made me a little skeptical of the true condition of the car. Perhaps different combination of pads were used to compensate for the lack of a follow-up polish.

Although some of what you are saying may be true, you may want to go about wording than in a different manner rather than directly implying a fellow member's work is not as good as they say.

I say that especially because I myself have 1-stepped (with a rotary at that) seriously messed up paint with M105 to absolute true perfection.


Before






After M105, 4 inch orange pad, and my Makita. No other corrective work was done, and in some of these pictures, not even wax (all the 50/50 and the partial after shots are no wax).















Paint is a mysterious thing...sometimes the process and results defy traditional logic and methodology.

[Hemin8r]

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I've tried finishing down 105 with a finishing pad and it still seems to have a very slight dullness/haze. I'll then do a 50/50 with 205 or another less agressive polish over the 105 and it's made a significant difference. Maybe it was the way I worked it or the type of paint?
Sun pics would be nice otherwise that Porsche looks sweet! Doesn't Porsche for the most part have paint on the softer side?

Nice correction on that Jeep Mark!

[cardriver]

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Personally, I vomit a little bit any time someone mentions m10...five, but if anyone has any doubts, Mr. Superior Shine has proven otherwise as I'm sure we are all aware .

[the_invisible]

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Paint is a mysterious thing...sometimes the process and results defy traditional logic and methodology.

Agreed. And with the introduction of compounds such as M105, most users can now safely remove defects that were simply unheard of.

The M105 has greatly increased the defect removal ability of hand application, Dual Action, and Random Oribital Waxers.

There are many wise ones out there questioning the ability of anything other than the Rotary. Innovation may come as being strange to people who are accustomed to traditional logics and outdated methodologies.

[the_invisible]

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Personally, I vomit a little bit any time someone mentions m10...five, but if anyone has any doubts, Mr. Superior Shine has proven otherwise as I'm sure we are all aware .

Didn't you read the thread where the guy burnt through the clear coat on his car using ScratchX 2.0?

[cardriver]

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Didn't you read the thread where the guy burnt through the clear coat on his car using ScratchX 2.0?

Not sure if I've read that thread, but I'm sure it's happened before .

[J. A. Michaels]

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Huge improvement on the Porsche. Look very good.

[Keithbeats]

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Hey guys,

I'll take some more photos outside once the battery in my camera charges.
It is true though that those are the before and afters.
I had a serious water etching issue and went down to Dawydiaks is SF (for detailing)
and they said they'd try and remove the spots but can't really guarantee anything and
would charge about 300 dollars for the effort.
I thought to myself, "I have all the time in the world and could purchase my own equip and do this myself." So after my first post on July 20th, I've been working on this. And just yesterday I finished to my own satisfaction.

I'm just really glad I did it instead of sending it out to someone. Plus I gained a Meguiar's G110 and some well needed experience.