SpeedFreak Detailed: 2013 Boss 302 Laguna Seca Correction

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This car came to me from RRT Racing in Sterling, VA. The car had previously been covered in stickers for the first year of it's life as a track/press car. The shop removed most of the stickers but there was adhesive left around all the edges that needed removed. This car was pretty hammered and really needs a multi stage correction. That being said, all that was in the budget was a one step......so I had my work cut out for me. They also requested that I not touch the wheels, so those received no cleaning. I experimented with a multitude of different combos until I found one that actually worked VERY well. The results, for a one step correction are pretty amazing!!


Products used:


  • CG Citrus Wash
  • ZEP Citrus Degreaser
  • Clay Magic blue clay
  • DoDo Juice born slippery clay lube
  • Adhesive remover
  • Menzerna SF4000 on LC Microfiber cutting pad via Rupes Bigfoot LHR21ES
  • Sonax glass cleaner
  • Optimum metal polish
  • Blackfire Wet Diamond sealant



50/50 Driver's side door



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Driver's quarter before, and 50/50s



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The roof wax FULL of extremely deep scratches, most all of which were not touched by the relatively mild abrasives




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The passenger side fender was also extremely scratched, so nothing miraculous but a noticable improvement.



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Passenger door 50/50s



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Few afters, the car needed to leave so I just got a few quick shots.



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Thanks for looking!


-Brian
 
What a turnaround! Amazing job. a master at work.
 
That is a massive transformation, 50/50 shots are just amazing, very nice job on that Boss 302.
 
Wow - what an amazing turn around. It pains me to see the scratches, especially in a black, but you took the challenge, making it all better.

Beautiful transformation and further proof that I need to add more money to my Rupes "money jar"...got to get one of those.
 
The before looks like it had been washed all its life with a Scotchbrite Pad.
The afters look dripping wet. But as you've noted, there was not an entire fulf correction achieved.

Even though you used a LC MF Cutting Pad with the Rupes, don't you maybe think a more aggressive polish might have worked better as a one step correction rather than SF-4000?
Mark
 
Mark,

No. When doing a one step, ESPECIALLY on a black car, you need to remove as many defects as possible but even more important is to make sure whatever combo being used will finish out defect free. You may be able to get away with it on a light color, but not black. I will never deliver a vehicle to a customer with buffer induced markings of any kind.

The combo I used delivered far better results than most one step polishes will see.

Brian
 
SpeedFreak81 said:
Mark,

No. When doing a one step, ESPECIALLY on a black car, you need to remove as many defects as possible but even more important is to make sure whatever combo being used will finish out defect free. You may be able to get away with it on a light color, but not black. I will never deliver a vehicle to a customer with buffer induced markings of any kind.

The combo I used delivered far better results than most one step polishes will see.

Brian
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Hello Brian,
Of course my comments were not questioning your expertise so much, I'm more "asking", but would maybe assume there would be other products, either within the Menzerna line up, or others perhaps, such as the new Wolfgang Uber Compound, which would perhaps maybe given slightly better correction, and still finish LSP ready?

Would a product such as Menzerna SIP not have given such good results?
Thanks, Mark
 
On a correction such as this.........

Is the clear too thin now to do this much correction ever again?
 
Why in the world would a customer ask you to polish their car, but not touch the wheels?

Odd
 
As always great work! I always look forward to reading your write ups to see what different kinds of pad and polish combos you use. :dblthumb2:
 
MarkD51 said:
Hello Brian,
Of course my comments were not questioning your expertise so much, I'm more "asking", but would maybe assume there would be other products, either within the Menzerna line up, or others perhaps, such as the new Wolfgang Uber Compound, which would perhaps maybe given slightly better correction, and still finish LSP ready?

Would a product such as Menzerna SIP not have given such good results?
Thanks, Mark
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I would not use SIP for a one step correction on a black car. 90+% of all the swirl marks were removed, which is incredible for a one step. What was left was scratching pure and simple. There is no polish that will remove deep scratches AND finish down LSP ready. This is why there are multi stage correction options. ;)


allenk4 said:
Why in the world would a customer ask you to polish their car, but not touch the wheels?

Odd
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Budget. He wanted all the time I could provide to be spent on correcting the paint.

J504 said:
As always great work! I always look forward to reading your write ups to see what different kinds of pad and polish combos you use. :dblthumb2:
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Thank you!:dblthumb2:
 
Amazing work! and what an interesting combo of product/pad! Well done!
 
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