Deep Gloss Auto Salon: Cadillac CTS-V in Infra-Red

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Deep Gloss Auto Salon

Cadillac CTS-V in Infrared



This is what greeted me on my arrival ​

Exterior Cleanse:​

Pressure Wash

Surf City Grime Destroyer

Foamed with Meguiars Gold Class / Surf City Pacific Blue Mixture

Two bucket wash with Surf City Pacific Blue

Surf City Beyond Steel via foaming sprayer

5 Gal bucket with water and Meg’s gold class for tires and to dip wheel brushes in

Riccardo Clay

Optimum No Rinse Clay Lube

Surf City Clearly Better Glass Cleaner



Surf City Grime Destroyer being applied and working it’s magic ​

Lovely Foam:​

2 Bucket Wash

Rims before; in process and after​

Interior (no before pictures)​

Interior Vacuum

Trim treated with Surf City Dash Away​

Klima Cleaner​

Tips cleaner with Blue Magic cream (before; during and after)​

 

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Chrome Trim:​

Badge and Chrome trim treated with Duragloss 501

After stripping the paint the true condition of the paint was more visible. Obviously the swirls were apparent prior to stripping the paint but it became obvious that the previous detailer used fillers as much more inclusions came to the surface.



Swirls; marring; holograms, scratches - this paint work had it all!​

Paint Correction Tools:​

Flex

Makita

Lake Country CCS Green/White/Blue Pads in 4�/5�/6.5�

3M Wool

Schlegel 3� wool pad

3M UK backing plate



Paint Correction Products:

Menzerna Power Gloss

Menzerna Super Intensive Polish

Menzerna 85rd

Prep Sol wipe down to ensure true defect removal



In Process 50/50’s and before and afters:​

Before:​

After​

Before​

After​

Before:​

After:​

This vehicle had pigment in the clear coat as is displayed by the color transfer on my wool pad​

Towels:

Excel Detail waffle weave drying towel (blue)

Eshine Dehydrator

Eshine Glass Thief

Detailers Domain Uber micro fiber towel



Exterior Protection/Dressing:

All trim protected with 303 Aerospace Protectant

Tires Dressed with Surf City Tire Pro

Wheel wells dressed with Adams Undercarriage spray

Rims sprayed with Duragloss Aqua Wax



LSP:

Dodo Juice Supernatural

Z8 Wipedown





Final Product (after) Glamour Shots:

*it was raining for the last few hours of this job.. It really pained me to only be able to take indoor afters.. I really wanted to see the lovely Supernatural glow in full sunlight!.. oh well, on with the show* ​

 

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[Lumadar]

What the heck? There shouldn't be any pigment IN a clearcoat, or it wouldn't be very clear lol.



Were there specific sections that gave off the paint? I wonder if specific trim or something was single stage?

 

[blk45]

Looks great! What's up with the orange font though?

 

[Autofan]

Nice detail man the paint looks perfect now. Customer must have been happy it looks like he never washed his wheels.



I love to drive those things

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

What the heck? There shouldn't be any pigment IN a clearcoat, or it wouldn't be very clear lol.



Were there specific sections that gave off the paint? I wonder if specific trim or something was single stage?

It was not SS..The tinted clear coat is stock from the factory from GM o

in this color....

Looks great! What's up with the orange font though?

Thanks man.. I was hungry for an orange last night...lol

Nice detail man the paint looks perfect now. Customer must have been happy it looks like he never washed his wheels.



I love to drive those things

Thanks!! Yes, the customer was floored.. we both were out looking at the vehicle during the full sun inspections during the correction and I am glad due to the fact that tye sun was gone once I was finished

 

[David Fermani]

Yup, tinted clear. Looks very nice Jason. Are you detailing in Kansas or did you snag an out of towner? Too bad it rained, I hate when that happpens after all that work.

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Yup, tinted clear. Looks very nice Jason. Are you detailing in Kansas or did you snag an out of towner? Too bad it rained, I hate when that happpens after all that work.

Thanks David... The customer is a transplant.. he works for GM and wanted to get his ride "Deep Glossed" for the Woodward Dream Curise next week....



At the end of the day when it was raining I thought to myself how glad I was that I took the sun shots I did while it was out!

 

[somebody]

Great work the finished product looks great!

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Great work the finished product looks great!

Thanks!!!

 

[Pats300zx]

Awesome job Jason. How long did it take you???



I noticed you had the car foamed. Was it hard to wash it like that in the full sun??

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Awesome job Jason. How long did it take you???



I noticed you had the car foamed. Was it hard to wash it like that in the full sun??

Thanks Pat.. Although it looked bright it was early in the morning and I had no problems with the foam... I normally foam no later than 7am'ish



12 and some change on the paint, not all panels were compounded.

 

[mixxer]

Great job ,wonder what is the reasoning behing tinting the clear?

 

[LRD]

great work

it looks like you spend a lot of time there...

tell your client to wash his wheels from time to time

 

[gmbound]

What the heck? There shouldn't be any pigment IN a clearcoat, or it wouldn't be very clear lol.



Were there specific sections that gave off the paint? I wonder if specific trim or something was single stage?

Tinted clear is a process that's been in use now for years, it can be found on Infrared, Victory Red, Mary Kay Pink! etc

Nice detail man the paint looks perfect now. Customer must have been happy it looks like he never washed his wheels.



I love to drive those things

I'm very happy with the results and my V won't see the outside of the garage again until Saturday Morning

Yup, tinted clear. Looks very nice Jason. Are you detailing in Kansas or did you snag an out of towner? Too bad it rained, I hate when that happpens after all that work.

great work

it looks like you spend a lot of time there...

tell your client to wash his wheels from time to time

In response to all the Clean Wheel comments! I do clean my wheels, I have Hawk HPS+ pads on the front wheels and Hawk HPS on the rear. The racing version (+) put off a lot of dust the rears you can barely see the dust.

Last week it rained just about everyday including the day Jason detailed my car, rain plus brake dust looks like mud!



Now, I need you guys to vote for Jason's hard work and make this car the top cruiser.

From now until 8/16 @ 6pm you can vote to make this car the "Top Cruiser"

Text GM103 to 466398

I Repeat

Text GM103 to 466398

There is no limit, do this until your thumbs go numb!

Thank You and come see his work in person at the Woodward Dream Cruise!

 

[gmbound]

Jason, I sent you another link to pics I took yesterday for the 5 minutes that the sun came out!

 

[gmbound]

Can we get some more votes?

Vote Now! Top Cruiser Award

Vote for your favorite GM Century Cruise Parade Vehicle!



Text GM and the corresponding number assigned to each car to 466398.

e.g. Text GM1 to 466398. (std msg fees apply)

• Vote as often as you'd like

• Voting ends August-16 at 6:00pm EDT



Cruisers Leading the Pack (updated August-13)

1965 Chevrolet Impala SS (GM45)

2006 Cadillac CTS-V (GM103)

1969 Pontiac LeMans (GM62)

1957 Chevrolet Corvette (GM24)

1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC Z28 (GM90)

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Great job ,wonder what is the reasoning behing tinting the clear?

Thanks Mixer... not sure why but the paintwork sure is great looking.. when I was doing close up inspections in the sun I became dizzy from the depth of the paint and the flake.. it was really nice looking

great work

it looks like you spend a lot of time there...

tell your client to wash his wheels from time to time

Thanks.. it was just the front wheels that were that bad and they weren't really caked on... if they were as bad as they looked I would have had to break out the Meg's wheel brightener

Tinted clear is a process that's been in use now for years, it can be found on Infrared, Victory Red, Mary Kay Pink! etc





I'm very happy with the results and my V won't see the outside of the garage again until Saturday Morning











In response to all the Clean Wheel comments! I do clean my wheels, I have Hawk HPS+ pads on the front wheels and Hawk HPS on the rear. The racing version (+) put off a lot of dust the rears you can barely see the dust.

Last week it rained just about everyday including the day Jason detailed my car, rain plus brake dust looks like mud!



Now, I need you guys to vote for Jason's hard work and make this car the top cruiser.

From now until 8/16 @ 6pm you can vote to make this car the "Top Cruiser"

Text GM103 to 466398

I Repeat

Text GM103 to 466398

There is no limit, do this until your thumbs go numb!

Thank You and come see his work in person at the Woodward Dream Cruise!

Jason, I sent you another link to pics I took yesterday for the 5 minutes that the sun came out!

Can we get some more votes?

Vote Now! Top Cruiser Award

Vote for your favorite GM Century Cruise Parade Vehicle!



Text GM and the corresponding number assigned to each car to 466398.

e.g. Text GM1 to 466398. (std msg fees apply)

• Vote as often as you'd like

• Voting ends August-16 at 6:00pm EDT



Cruisers Leading the Pack (updated August-13)

1965 Chevrolet Impala SS (GM45)

2006 Cadillac CTS-V (GM103)

1969 Pontiac LeMans (GM62)

1957 Chevrolet Corvette (GM24)

1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC Z28 (GM90)

Hey Phil,



I am glad you are happy with the work.. Thanks for the pics... I just voted for you again!



Have fun at the cruise!