i have been to busy to take pics or process them

I

imported_Grouse

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so here are a few from this summer before i stopped taking pics.



First set Lotus, 4k miles, had been poorly polished out after a wetsand. I don't have great pics of the wet sand but.. well...



Process,

wheels with p21s wheel,

tires and wells with p21s TAW

plastic with einszett pastic,

Wash with 2 oz p21s TAW and 2oz einszet glanz in foam canon.

wool mitt,

Clayed with Clay pad,

polished Roof, rear quarters, engine, and bumper with menz sip, 106, apo 60.

Polished doors, front with 106, apo 60

Interior (no pics no time)

Klasse aio on aluminum

1z cockpit premium on other interio

lm soft cleaner on leather

lm leather vital on leather

lm protection cream on leather.



before

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Foam canon

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After Clay pad and tape.

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To the left of the "O" in lotus you can see some wetsand/rub out marks. To the right of the "t" no marks.

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only afters

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Next up is an S6



This was a polish seal and clean that we ended up doing a compound step on.



Process same as elise but foam gun not foam canon.

polish was SIP, 106 2x fmj

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This was the other car we did that day. Full exterior comprehensive.

sip yellow,

sip green

106 blue

fmj

cg 5050.



I only have a before shot, I will see the car soon enough when i do his nsx. I will see if i can sneak a pic then. It was a little after 9:30 pm when we finished that day.



This is how both the s6 and s4 started.

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Next up is an acrua TL.

what a PIA to finish down. it was approaching 75 that day with mediocre shade. so like 100+ on paint temp.



Wheels p21s wheel gel,

tires, trim, engine and wells p21s TAW

car was 2oz p21s taw and 2 oz cg super suds in foam gun

clay megs blue

solvent was ppg tar and sap remover

polish was sip green, 106 blue, 85rd blue on orbital fmj x2

interior was prochem ultra pac for the HWE

Leather lm soft, lem leather vital, lm protection, Einszett cockpit premium

Tire poorboys bold and bright

wheels, and lenses wer JW prime



before

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After clay and taping

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After sealants

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More of the Foam canon cosmo.



This paint was not fun, cosmo's never are. It was 90+ sip was acting like a whiny biatch. but we got it done.



The process was long.

normal wash wheels, trim, tires wells. No engine cleaning as directed by the customer. He did remove the rims for mike to detail though. The pain had about 4-400 layers of the turtle wax/zymol cleaner wax on it. With the heat sip would gum up a pad every 3-5 passes on a pannel. Making it absolutely a nightmare to remove.



we left at about 9:00 pm this day after about 5 hours of polishing on a car that had never been detailed.



foamed

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after

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interior

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mikes 3 hour work on fikse's

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Another e-46 3-series PSC.



Wheels p21s wheel

tires, trim, engine, wells p21s TAW

2oz p21s/2oz einzett glanz foam canon

megs blue clay

1z metalic polish wax

prochem utp vlc

1z leather care

axiom multi surface on interior as a whole,

1z cockpit premium on interio plastic

cg gel on exterior plastics

bold and bright on tires.



before

Look at the road paint

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before interior

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After clay and taping

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interior after

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exterior after

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oh yeah and over 160k on the odm, first detail. The customer just wanted the road paint of the car paint. Told me not to worry about the wheel well. <shrug>
 
Wow, I actually thought on the last BMW, That the rims were really that color. You did a great job get them back to there original state.
 
There are about 150 cars i just never took pictures of. When your cruising along on a car for 8 hours or more. stopping to take pics simply is a distraction that often takes you out of your groove.
 
corvettecrazy said:
A lot of sweet details.



Black TL= :cooleek:



I think your tahoe needs these

Air Lift 1000 Load Assist Rear Spring Kits: AIR-60769 - summitracing.com
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LOL yeah it needs helper springs. This is the first real day off in a long time. I only have it because i am sick.. hawking green icky phlegm . anywho A rework of the suspension is planned for this winter. along with a rework of the trailers shelving and placement.
 
90% of the time i do one car a day. If i have help i may do 2 depending on the customers needs. To be honest i pushed this last bout a little long nearly 5-6 weeks non stop. I am sick, worn out and dead tired. I have 5 days off. So i am simply going to schedule more pragmatically.
 
Great job on the cars! I use to live in Seattle and loved seeing all the old home styles, thanks for the flashbacks! Wedgwood area of seattle



I see that you use the green painters tape also on your cars............I like it do you find problems with it? It is way cheaper than the blue.



Cheers,
 
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