A Shiny Red G8 GT... showing the benefits of a one step correction on a daily driver.

I'm not surprised with the end results due to your experience and always seem to do great work.
I'm a bit surprised at how well the Hyper Spray worked on those nasty swirls.
Goes to show you that we don't always have to reach for the 105 or any other harsh product to remove defects.

I've read it doesn't dust at all, I watched Mike and a guest of his who was there to show off his product and the results were good but this car you worked on really showed me how well it works. :iagree:

Much respect for you due to the amazing work that you do:dblthumb2:

Thanks for the review and pictures, that's how we all learn about products we never used.
I've never used a" Spray Polish" but with the outstanding results you got with this beautiful car makes me want to try it.

Great work bud:)
 
VISITOR said:
red never looks so good, awesome job...
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Thank you!

PapaSmurf said:
Very nice! You do incredible work.
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Thanks for the kind words!

HateSwirls said:
I'm not surprised with the end results due to your experience and always seem to do great work.
I'm a bit surprised at how well the Hyper Spray worked on those nasty swirls.
Goes to show you that we don't always have to reach for the 105 or any other harsh product to remove defects.

I've read it doesn't dust at all, I watched Mike and a guest of his who was there to show off his product and the results were good but this car you worked on really showed me how well it works. :iagree:

Much respect for you due to the amazing work that you do:dblthumb2:

Thanks for the review and pictures, that's how we all learn about products we never used.
I've never used a" Spray Polish" but with the outstanding results you got with this beautiful car makes me want to try it.

Great work bud:)
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Thank you for taking the time to read and comment!

While it is true that this car definitely needed some work, I suspected that a one step would suffice because the vast majority of the defects appeared to be light (what I assume to be wash induced) swirls. These are typically greatly improved with a simple one step polishing process, however it also helped that I was not working with black paint and the G8 paint was great to work with (in terms of ease of correction). A two step would have yielded near perfect results, but I did not think it would be worth my extra time or the extra expense to the owner (as he was on a tight budget anyway).

HP has more cut than M205... it is similar to PF2500. It does not dust if you work clean and don't use excess product. I don't particularly care for the spray bottle, but it isn't a big deal.
 
I'm not surprised with the end results due to your experience and always seem to do great work.
I'm a bit surprised at how well the Hyper Spray worked on those nasty swirls.
Goes to show you that we don't always have to reach for the 105 or any other harsh product to remove defects.

I've read it doesn't dust at all, I watched Mike and a guest of his who was there to show off his product and the results were good but this car you worked on really showed me how well it works. :iagree:

Much respect for you due to the amazing work that you do:dblthumb2:

Thanks for the review and pictures, that's how we all learn about products we never used.
I've never used a" Spray Polish" but with the outstanding results you got with this beautiful car makes me want to try it.

Great work bud:)
 
Great job Zach :)

I just did a Blue G8 GT for the first time two days ago! Lovely paint to work with! I used Orange LC's via Flex 3401 w/D151 and it corrected 75%+!

I need to get myself some hyper polish to try out. I just really want Reflect more than anything! Have to use up quite a bit of Menzerna on the shelf first :(


-Beach
 
BeachZone said:
Great job Zach :)

I just did a Blue G8 GT for the first time two days ago! Lovely paint to work with! I used Orange LC's via Flex 3401 w/D151 and it corrected 75%+!

I need to get myself some hyper polish to try out. I just really want Reflect more than anything! Have to use up quite a bit of Menzerna on the shelf first :(


-Beach
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Thanks!

Reflect is a bit finicky... if you are looking for a one step polish I tend to use OHP a lot more. Reflect has significantly less cut and I often use it as a fine finishing polish, but many have reported having trouble finishing down perfectly on softer jet black paints.
 
Beautifully executed, the whole detailing but also the presentation. Thanks for sharing such good work.

Kind Regards.
 
zmcgovern45 said:
Thanks!

Reflect is a bit finicky... if you are looking for a one step polish I tend to use OHP a lot more. Reflect has significantly less cut and I often use it as a fine finishing polish, but many have reported having trouble finishing down perfectly on softer jet black paints.
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Hmmm I haven't done much reading up on Reflect to have heard about these issues :(...
Somewhat disappointing.
One would think that being it has less cut it may finish better? All I really work on is Black paint! So definitely don't get rid of my Menz FF3000 or SF4500?


-Beach
 
BeachZone said:
Hmmm I haven't done much reading up on Reflect to have heard about these issues :(...
Somewhat disappointing.
One would think that being it has less cut it may finish better? All I really work on is Black paint! So definitely don't get rid of my Menz FF3000 or SF4500?


-Beach
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I would never write off SF4500... keep it on the shelf at all times just in case.

Some people report great results with reflect, other report marring. It appears there is a lot of variance depending on how long you work it and what machine speed you are using. Some report better finishing with a short work time. I suppose you just have to tweak your technique to best fit the product and paint you are working with.
 
Incredible work and awesome job documenting step by step.

I know how much extra time it takes to document these jobs, so I appreciate you doing it so we can enjoy it.
 
LuxuryMobile said:
Incredible work and awesome job documenting step by step.

I know how much extra time it takes to document these jobs, so I appreciate you doing it so we can enjoy it.
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Thanks for looking! I enjoy documenting my work... it doesn't take too long during the process to capture the pics once you get a good routine, but it does take some time afterwards to put together the write ups... I know I found these types of write ups to be very helpful when I was getting into this stuff, so I have no problem putting them together for people to enjoy and hopefully learn from :dblthumb2:
 
My wife has a Liquid Red 2009 G8 GT that we've had for a while now. I'm ashamed to say that I haven't had time to do a full thrown down detail on it yet. Liquid Red is an amazing color!

I thought the paint on her car was swirled up,but it's nothing compared to how bad that was! Gives me hope! Those interior pics made me CRINGE. We don't have kids,but our nephews are very respectful of our cars. They step all the way in the car instead of on the doors. I'm planning to use M205 or M105,and I'm most likely going with Blackfire Wet Diamond as my LSP. The results with that Sonax has me thinking though!

Do you have pics of the seats after you finished?? Did you use the 303 on them? I can't make the seats in my wife's car look good. Anything I put on them seems to vanish after a very short time. Coated leather is just a different breed.

I love my wife's car. The G8 is an awesome machine. It's the best riding and driving car I've ever owned. They do have suspension issues,and the AFM/DOD system has caused trouble too. They're not the cheapest cars in the world to drive and maintain,but boy is it fun doing so!
 
Nice job on this car...paint was in a bad shape but now looks amazing. Was impressed by the amount of dirt comming out of the tires.
 
AllenK said:
My wife has a Liquid Red 2009 G8 GT that we've had for a while now. I'm ashamed to say that I haven't had time to do a full thrown down detail on it yet. Liquid Red is an amazing color!

I thought the paint on her car was swirled up,but it's nothing compared to how bad that was! Gives me hope! Those interior pics made me CRINGE. We don't have kids,but our nephews are very respectful of our cars. They step all the way in the car instead of on the doors. I'm planning to use M205 or M105,and I'm most likely going with Blackfire Wet Diamond as my LSP. The results with that Sonax has me thinking though!

Do you have pics of the seats after you finished?? Did you use the 303 on them? I can't make the seats in my wife's car look good. Anything I put on them seems to vanish after a very short time. Coated leather is just a different breed.

I love my wife's car. The G8 is an awesome machine. It's the best riding and driving car I've ever owned. They do have suspension issues,and the AFM/DOD system has caused trouble too. They're not the cheapest cars in the world to drive and maintain,but boy is it fun doing so!
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^No shame! My cars get forgotten about since I am typically working on someone else's car.

I doubt you will need M105 unless there are a lot of RIDS. M205 on an White or Orange Pad would do wonders for cleaning up the light swirls and restoring some clarity.

Sorry, no pics of the seats... I cleaned the sticky messes with D103 and then finally wiped them down with 303.

vinharski said:
Nice job on this car...paint was in a bad shape but now looks amazing. Was impressed by the amount of dirt comming out of the tires.
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Thanks. Tuf Shine tire cleaner is great! Worlds better than just using an APC.
 
zmcgovern45 said:
^No shame! My cars get forgotten about since I am typically working on someone else's car.

I doubt you will need M105 unless there are a lot of RIDS. M205 on an White or Orange Pad would do wonders for cleaning up the light swirls and restoring some clarity.

Sorry, no pics of the seats... I cleaned the sticky messes with D103 and then finally wiped them down with 303.


Thanks. Tuf Shine tire cleaner is great! Worlds better than just using an APC.
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Thanks! I've cleaned them several different times with different cleaning methods. I've used Megs before also,and it left the seats nice and clean. My next product to put on the seats will be Optimum Protectant Plus,but I've always wanted to try 303.

My wife's car was far from abused,but it wasn't kept in super tip-top shape either It only has 24k miles on it.
 
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