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Pictures from Thursday Night Open Garage - March 31st, 2011
Well, we started out a bit slow last night, but then things got crazy busy! The new DA Microfiber Correction System is a huge hit and everyone wants to get their hands on it and try it out.
We got going with Henry and his '86 Mercedes SL with original factory paint. As yo can imagine, paint that old is going to have some issues, especially if it hasn't been babied it's whole life.
First off, the car was in serious need of claying!
We quickly determined that the paint on this SL is single stage, so we decided to go at with a fairly traditional approach. We started with Ultimate Compound to cut through the oxidation and other defects and fond we needed two passes to get decent results. We then followed up with a single pass of M80 Speed Glaze since these single stage paint just love M80. We then did a couple hand applications of M07 Show Car Glaze, and finished up with M26 Hi-Tech Yellow Wax.
As you can imagine, a couple passes of UC, a pass of M80, hand application of M07 and M26 takes a bit of time, even just for a test spot. So a discussion followed and we thought, what the heck, let's give the DA Microfiber Correction System a quick shot and see how it does.
Well, after a single pass of D300/DMC5 we could immediately tell that this was the way to go. Quite honestly, we were stunned. The level of defect correction with a single pass of the DA Microfiber Correction System exceeded that of UC x2 + M80 x1. The paint was still a bit hazy and not as deep and rich looking as the section we did with M07/M26 as a follow up, but we still hadn't hit it with the D301/DMF5..... but when we did, oh boy! The final result, 2 steps vs 5 steps, was astonishing. In literally a quarter of the time we had the results the car owner was looking for.
While we played around with the SL there was other activity taking place too. Dick used the DA Microfiber System to remove some fine scratches and swirls from his big Caddy SUV.
Others were outside putting a fresh coat of wax on their car.
Others took the DA Microfiber System to still more vehicles!
Our man Nick Winn gives a quick lesson on claying.
After a quick lesson on using the DA Microfiber System on this Acura, everyone was all smiles looking at the before/after results. When Nick Chapman tells you he's having fun detailing cars in Texas with this system, you know he's not alone after looking at all these happy faces!
In no time at all, the finish on the Acura went from mess to bliss.
one little grit or sheet of sand paper...geeeee
on my way home I had to put my new clay kit in the front seat with me so I wouldn't feel so empty handed. 
so me
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