Detail: 94' Black Supra

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Here's a few teaser shots of a test panel I did on the car:


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What I found to work best on this unbelievably soft paint was Megs 205 on a white ccs pad, followed up by some Menz 85rd on a blue pad. Thanks for looking. Should have many more pictures up of the rest of the detail throughout the week and a decent write-up. :hb

Passenger Rear Quarter Panel:

This panel is in some of the worst shape I've seen in a long time. The car had been keyed while owned by the previous owner, and I did my best to conceal the key marks as much as possible. A lot of wetsanding and buffing seemed to do the trick.

PROCESS:
Polished entire panel with Megs Yellow Solo Pad with some M205 on it to see what needed to be wetsanded and what did not.
Wet sanded deep scratches/key marks with 1500 Megs Unigrit paper, followed up with some 3000.
Hit the sand marks with a Megs Burgandy Wool pad with some M105 and the Kevin Brown method.
After this, I followed up with some M205 on a white CCS pad, and then some Menz 85rd on a blue CCS pad.

Here are the results:

BEFORE:


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DURING:
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AFTER:
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Wing Process:

3 Passes with M105 on Megs Yellow Solo Pad
1 Pass with M205 on White CCS Pad
1 Pass with 85rd on blue CCS pad


Here's some pretty sweet 50/50 shots:

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Driver's Side Rear Quarter Panel Process:

First, I did the entire panel with a yellow megs diamond-cut pad with some M105 to see how deep the scratches really were. I noticed the scratches were WAY too deep for sanding (most of them anyway). I used touch-up paint to fill in the deepest scratches, let it sit for 4 hours, and then hit it with some Megs 1500 grit, followed up with some Megs 3000 grit. After that, I removed the sanding marks with some Menz Powergloss and the diamondcut Megs pad. After that, I followed it up with about 4-5 good solid passes with that same pad with M105. After that was M205 on a white pad, and then 85rd on a blue pad :)



BEFORE:

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driverrearquarterbefore.jpg



DURING:


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AFTER:


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Driver's Side Door:

This was a even worse to work on than the driver's side rear quarter unfortunately... It required over 5 passes with various pads and polishes, and 2+ coats of touch-up paint in various places. I counted over 30 scratches that I wetsanded/got out. Unbelievable how little care people can take of such a nice car...


BEFORE:


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DURING:


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AFTER:


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Appreciate any comments, and thanks for looking.
 
Looks great. Where's the full car shots?!?!
 
Looks great. Where's the full car shots?!?!
haha these were meant to be 'teasers' :P

After the 3rd coat tomorrow, I will pull it outside for some full shots...

I think I forgot to mention this is my girl's car
 
Great work. I'm very surprised that touch up paint didn't come off during sanding.
 
it did...like it was supposed to. the paint laid in the scratch itself didn't though. I do it like this all the time on deep scratches. works great :)
 
the sealant gave it a nice wet look. which one did you use?

nice job too by the way. cant wait for the full write up.
 
Nice job :xyxthumbs:. Can't wait to see the finished pics. Wish I had the BALLS to wet sand!!
 
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