Porsche Pilot
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- Jun 25, 2010
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A new customer contacted me from a referral and wanted her Porsche cleaned up. The car is a daily driver and she commutes 50 miles round trip daily. I picked the car up at night so I really couldnt see how dirty it was till I inspected it in the morning. The customer just wanted a "wash and wax". I explained the polishing process...1 step, 2 step, etc. The customer was in a hurry to leave town and told me to just clean it up. Even though she would have been happy with a wash and wax I always give my Porsche customers a little extra. Since I had the car all day I settled on a 2 step process but not to show car standards.
Here is my process and products used:
1. Pre-soak with P21s TAW and agitated around emblems and creases.
2. Washed with DP Extreme Foam via the Gilmour Foam gun and two bucket method.
3. Dried with Cobra Guzzlers. Normally I would have blown the car dry but I wasnt worried about inducing swirls since correction was next.
4. Taped off with 3M masking tape.
5. Clayed with Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay with ONR as clay lube.
6. I settled on a combo of Megs 205 on the LC orange via the Flex on the large panels and the PC on the smaller areas. The 205 on orange gave me better results than 105 on white and finished nearly LSP ready.
7. After 205, I hit it with Wolfgang FG on the white LC pad.
8. I sealed the paint with WGDGPS
9. After the sealant cured overnight I applied Sig II to subdue the sealant a bit and add that deeper glow.
10. The tires and wheels were cleaned with Megs APC.
11. Tires treated with DP Tire Gel....becoming my fav topper for tires.
12. Trim pieces and the various gaskets were treated with 303 Aero.
13. Interior was thoroughly vaccummed. LOTS OF DOG HAIR! My metro vac and shop vac worked overtime to get that hair out. I pulled the backseats out and thought I had found Jimmy Hoffa in there.
14. The customer requested that I use Lexol on the leather interior. Not my fav but I do as I am told.
All in all I was happy with the results. I would have preferred more correction but I achieved 85% and the customer didnt even expect that. The front clip was riddled with stone chips so I will apply some Dr Color Chip in the coming weeks. The pictures are not the best as I had an Acura in waiting and wanted to get this thing back in the customers garage.
Swirlies compliments of the local Swirl-o-Matic.
Road Grime
Gnarly wheels
TOGW
More swirls
Getting the patient prepped
Inside funk
Under the rear seat pads
Clay bar after just the hood
One pass with M205 on the Orange LC pad
A definite improvement
Afters
Here is my process and products used:
1. Pre-soak with P21s TAW and agitated around emblems and creases.
2. Washed with DP Extreme Foam via the Gilmour Foam gun and two bucket method.
3. Dried with Cobra Guzzlers. Normally I would have blown the car dry but I wasnt worried about inducing swirls since correction was next.
4. Taped off with 3M masking tape.
5. Clayed with Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay with ONR as clay lube.
6. I settled on a combo of Megs 205 on the LC orange via the Flex on the large panels and the PC on the smaller areas. The 205 on orange gave me better results than 105 on white and finished nearly LSP ready.
7. After 205, I hit it with Wolfgang FG on the white LC pad.
8. I sealed the paint with WGDGPS
9. After the sealant cured overnight I applied Sig II to subdue the sealant a bit and add that deeper glow.
10. The tires and wheels were cleaned with Megs APC.
11. Tires treated with DP Tire Gel....becoming my fav topper for tires.
12. Trim pieces and the various gaskets were treated with 303 Aero.
13. Interior was thoroughly vaccummed. LOTS OF DOG HAIR! My metro vac and shop vac worked overtime to get that hair out. I pulled the backseats out and thought I had found Jimmy Hoffa in there.
14. The customer requested that I use Lexol on the leather interior. Not my fav but I do as I am told.
All in all I was happy with the results. I would have preferred more correction but I achieved 85% and the customer didnt even expect that. The front clip was riddled with stone chips so I will apply some Dr Color Chip in the coming weeks. The pictures are not the best as I had an Acura in waiting and wanted to get this thing back in the customers garage.
Swirlies compliments of the local Swirl-o-Matic.
Road Grime
Gnarly wheels
TOGW
More swirls
Getting the patient prepped
Inside funk
Under the rear seat pads
Clay bar after just the hood
One pass with M205 on the Orange LC pad
A definite improvement
Afters
