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So, this job was for a new customer who just found me online through Yelp and wanted to get all his cars cleaned up and the paint corrected as none of them had been professionally detailed in at least five years. The inside of this car was in great shape and just needed a quicker detail done in there, and the outside was clean, but needed the a lot of TLC toward the paint; the majority of the day was spent compounding and polishing the paint. After doing a couple test spots, I ended up with the following plan:
Rinseless Wash with RFEW
Decontaminate with the fine grade Speedy Prep Towel
Compound with M105 and a cutting disc
Polish with M205 and finishing pad
Seal with M21
The sun was really bright in most of the pictures which helped show the swirls (and lack-thereof after), but wasn't great for doing justice to the red color (in either the before or after shots).
So a couple before pictures:
As you can see, the color just seemed almost light red with the bright sun (using my phone for pictures probably didn't help either, but it is what it is)
And some sun shots before: Roof
Rear Spoiler:
A couple side panels:
And the Hood:
As you can see, a ton of swirls all over, but after a full afternoon of polishing it up, the results were fantastic!
I didn't think to tape a line and do a 50/50 shot (still getting used to documenting the work with pictures), but I took a before and after shot of the hood and cropped them into one photo to see the dramatic change. (Again, the iPhone distorted the color for some reason on the before picture, but you can still tell the improvement in the swirls)
And some more after sun shots:
There were a couple stupid wispy clouds that showed up in the reflection on some of these; I felt a little like I was fighting my camera more than the paint that day.
I pulled it in the garage for a couple under the fluorescent lights:
And a couple reflection shots for fun:
This spoiler took so much work by hand because the DA couldn't fit in so many places, this took way longer than originally anticipated. but had to be done to match the rest of the car.
My personal favorite shot from the day with the reflection of the house and trees off the back end:
Thanks for looking guys
Rinseless Wash with RFEW
Decontaminate with the fine grade Speedy Prep Towel
Compound with M105 and a cutting disc
Polish with M205 and finishing pad
Seal with M21
The sun was really bright in most of the pictures which helped show the swirls (and lack-thereof after), but wasn't great for doing justice to the red color (in either the before or after shots).
So a couple before pictures:
As you can see, the color just seemed almost light red with the bright sun (using my phone for pictures probably didn't help either, but it is what it is)
And some sun shots before: Roof
Rear Spoiler:
A couple side panels:
And the Hood:
As you can see, a ton of swirls all over, but after a full afternoon of polishing it up, the results were fantastic!
I didn't think to tape a line and do a 50/50 shot (still getting used to documenting the work with pictures), but I took a before and after shot of the hood and cropped them into one photo to see the dramatic change. (Again, the iPhone distorted the color for some reason on the before picture, but you can still tell the improvement in the swirls)
And some more after sun shots:
There were a couple stupid wispy clouds that showed up in the reflection on some of these; I felt a little like I was fighting my camera more than the paint that day.
I pulled it in the garage for a couple under the fluorescent lights:
And a couple reflection shots for fun:
This spoiler took so much work by hand because the DA couldn't fit in so many places, this took way longer than originally anticipated. but had to be done to match the rest of the car.
My personal favorite shot from the day with the reflection of the house and trees off the back end:
Thanks for looking guys
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