richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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This customer came to me from 2 hours away. It is my third customer from that distance this summer and I've had one that came from 4 hours away. I feel very honoured to have people go to that effort to bring me their vehicle and I strive to do my best so that they are ultimately happy with their decision to do so.
Anyway, this car had very, very low mileage on it and was just dirty from being driven for 2 hours down the highway. Here it is as it arrived. There was some swirling in the paint from where the dealer had touched it:
First up was the wheels. The tires were cleaned with Zep 505. The barrels were cleaned with Zep Citrus and then with a wheel woolie and Megs HW. The faces were cleaned with a demoted wash mitt and Megs HW. The wells were cleaned with LATA. This was to be a wheels-off detail.
The car was then washed with Megs HW followed by a decontamination wash with IronX paste. It was then clayed with a CarPro Clay Towel.
After consulting the manual to confirm the torque specs for the wheels, I removed each wheel and coated the barrel, face and the caliper. I did something different this time too and coated the plastic wells with Americoat. Here is one wheel all done:
Each wheel was then torqued back to spec. The customer was happy that the matte finish of the wheels was not made shiny by the application of CQF.
Now it was time to play with some paint...my favourite time. I lit a cigar, and got to work to see what was going to make the biggest difference. I tried a Megs mf pad with M100 and it didn't do it for me. Once again, black wool TB pad to the rescue! That was followed up with a CarPro flash pad which I was using for the first time. I was glad I bought it! Very nice finishing pad indeed. The paint, glass, wheels, head and tail lights were all treated to CQF. The windshield had Forte applied to it and the trim DLux applied to it. The tires were shot with Opti Bond @ 100% with my air gun.
Here is a pic of the paint curing with an IR light:
I was very happy at the level of clarity the paint attained. It was a black mirror which is what I wanted for it!
Thanks for looking! Comments are always appreciated.
Anyway, this car had very, very low mileage on it and was just dirty from being driven for 2 hours down the highway. Here it is as it arrived. There was some swirling in the paint from where the dealer had touched it:
First up was the wheels. The tires were cleaned with Zep 505. The barrels were cleaned with Zep Citrus and then with a wheel woolie and Megs HW. The faces were cleaned with a demoted wash mitt and Megs HW. The wells were cleaned with LATA. This was to be a wheels-off detail.
The car was then washed with Megs HW followed by a decontamination wash with IronX paste. It was then clayed with a CarPro Clay Towel.
After consulting the manual to confirm the torque specs for the wheels, I removed each wheel and coated the barrel, face and the caliper. I did something different this time too and coated the plastic wells with Americoat. Here is one wheel all done:
Each wheel was then torqued back to spec. The customer was happy that the matte finish of the wheels was not made shiny by the application of CQF.
Now it was time to play with some paint...my favourite time. I lit a cigar, and got to work to see what was going to make the biggest difference. I tried a Megs mf pad with M100 and it didn't do it for me. Once again, black wool TB pad to the rescue! That was followed up with a CarPro flash pad which I was using for the first time. I was glad I bought it! Very nice finishing pad indeed. The paint, glass, wheels, head and tail lights were all treated to CQF. The windshield had Forte applied to it and the trim DLux applied to it. The tires were shot with Opti Bond @ 100% with my air gun.
Here is a pic of the paint curing with an IR light:
I was very happy at the level of clarity the paint attained. It was a black mirror which is what I wanted for it!
Thanks for looking! Comments are always appreciated.
