2006 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT in Nero Carbonio Metallic

[Brian_Brice]

2006 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT in Nero Carbonio Metallic

The entire car pretty much looks the same, aside from all the etching on the horizontal panels which my camera didn't want to capture. Swirl marks and deep isolated scratches plagued the finish.

Everything was taped up to prepare for polishing after washing and claying, including the interior b pillar which was machine polished along with the door shuts.

50/50

The etching on the horizontal surfaces required sanding, and a lot of energy.

Still working on it, much more to come.

I have already sanded down all the touch ups and polished them out, just haven't taken pictures of them yet, it's the correct paint, but this metallic is so over powering that the touched up areeas look a little darker, but much better than big gashes in the paint.

 

[Brian_Brice]

Will finish the documenting soon...

 

[ASPHALT ROCKET]

Great job Brian, I have been waiting to see this.

 

[cobalt9123]

Wow, fantastic.

 

[Brian_Brice]

More touch up.

All the jambs were polished by machine (where I could get one)

Before

After

 

[Brian_Brice]

More polishing of the interior B pillar.

Leather brushed, and ready for Leatherique.

Initial application.

 

[Brian_Brice]

 

[Pats300zx]

Awesome job Brian. What products did you use on it?

 

[Brian_Brice]

Megs... 6,7,16,105,205,scratch x on tight areas in the door jambs. Hyper dressing, gummi fledge, leatherique, power clean, z10, zaio, for the most part, that's what I remember, I was trying to make it an all Megs detail, which I just about did, and there were many other products used, I'll just take a pic of them. Thanks again Pat. It's really tiring reposting things like this, but I do want to make sure friends of mine over here see it.

 

[Wills.WindowsAndWheels]

Megs... 6,7,16,105,205,scratch x on tight areas in the door jambs. Hyper dressing, gummi fledge, leatherique, power clean, z10, zaio, for the most part, that's what I remember, I was trying to make it an all Megs detail, which I just about did, and there were many other products used, I'll just take a pic of them. Thanks again Pat. It's really tiring reposting things like this, but I do want to make sure friends of mine over here see it.

Hey man great job...as great of a job as you did on the outside...i LOVE what you did with the seats. I know some people like the 'matte' finish..but I like it to shine like grease! (which is exactly what you did). What was your process of preping and applying the final product? I've never read up on leatherique, but I sure might try some now after seeing what you did with it.

Also might I add....what the heck did that body shop do to get that interrior pillar in THAT bad a shape...i mean wow...thats really (well WAS really) bad looking.

 

[Pats300zx]

Megs... 6,7,16,105,205,scratch x on tight areas in the door jambs. Hyper dressing, gummi fledge, leatherique, power clean, z10, zaio, for the most part, that's what I remember, I was trying to make it an all Megs detail, which I just about did, and there were many other products used, I'll just take a pic of them. Thanks again Pat. It's really tiring reposting things like this, but I do want to make sure friends of mine over here see it.

Thanks again for taking the time to show off your awesome work...:dblthumb2:

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Megs... 7

What did you use the #7 Show Car Glaze on?

It's really tiring reposting things like this, but I do want to make sure friends of mine over here see it.

Nice restoration, hard to believe cars like that can become so horrific in their appearance quality but that does seem to be the norm...

Thank you for sharing your write up, it takes a long time to buff out the car let alone stop everything, take pictures, then later after all the hard work is done, go through all the pictures, pick out the best pictures that tell the story, resize, upload, insert and then add words to create a write-up that helps others duplicate your success.

Thank you!

:dblthumb2:

 

[Brian_Brice]

What did you use the #7 Show Car Glaze on?




Nice restoration, hard to believe cars like that can become so horrific in their appearance quality but that does seem to be the norm...

Thank you for sharing your write up, it takes a long time to buff out the car let alone stop everything, take pictures, then later after all the hard work is done, go through all the pictures, pick out the best pictures that tell the story, resize, upload, insert and then add words to create a write-up that helps others duplicate your success.

Thank you!

:dblthumb2:

Thanks Mike, and it is a hassle, I have more respect for the guys that put together incredible photo's and write ups than I used to. It drains you, I have hundreds of photo's but narrowing them down to get the point across is tough to do.

#7 was used on all painted surfaces, I love the stuff, and I actually went over everything three times with #7 due to its simplicity, and I was in overdrive. I know very unnecessary but whatever. I was actually so close to doing an all Meguiars detail, if I had only used gold class wash, or got my v2110 quicker I may have. I was kind of influenced by an old thread I just read a week or so ago, where a detailer on many forums called megs products out for being subpar, oil filled, silicone ridden products. I gotta say, I love the way all those nasty things he mentioned looked on this metallic black.

Thanks again Mike, much appreciated, I'm sure the quality of my write ups will increase as the write ups go on, now onto the next one in my garagerops:

 

[Brian_Brice]

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

#7 was used on all painted surfaces, I love the stuff, and I actually went over everything three times with #7 due to its simplicity, and I was in overdrive. I know very unnecessary but whatever.

It's an interesting product for sure... one of those products a person has to use, get the feel for and hang of... I wrote quite a bit about it here and that article is slated to be posted to
AutoTraderClassic.com


A good write-up doesn't have to be a long write-up, but usually the more things you do to the car automatically means more pictures and more descriptions...

Digital cameras make it so easy to take 20 to 30 pictures of one thing, hoping to get just the right photo to tell the story but then you have to look at 20 to 30 pictures and pick just one picture and discard the rest. One thing that helps me is to try to only take 2-3 pictures of a process or whatever the story is I'm trying to tell and then I only have to look at 3 pictures for that one shot. Knowing your camera really well and crossing your fingers helps...


But very nice work and a stellar example of a Pro that pays attention to the details.


:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

 

[Brian_Brice]

That's a tremendous write up yourself Mike. I envy your #7 collection. I only have the bottle on the far right (the newest edition) and have gone through a few bottles of it in the past few years. I have never used it the way you did in the write up, I get around black (or black metallic) where the lsp is going to be a wax, and #7 is in my hands. I love the added depth I seem to get on reds as well, I do not use it as a functioning cleaner but rather a depth enhancer, not really responsible for any cleaning or correction. Good to know the stuff has even more an up side than I thought. I apply in straight lines, knock the high valleys down, and remove.

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

How do you use a DA and sand paper and not burn through the clear??? That's pretty awesome!

 

[Brian_Brice]

How do you use a DA and sand paper and not burn through the clear??? That's pretty awesome!

Well, you're pretty much using liquid sand paper and a da or rotary every time you polish, just no lube with the sanding paper.

 

[Wills.WindowsAndWheels]

Well, you're pretty much using liquid sand paper and a da or rotary every time you polish, just no lube with the sanding paper.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding this...but are you saying you sanded dry?? I thought you wet sanded

 

[Brian_Brice]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding this...but are you saying you sanded dry?? I thought you wet sanded

No, I sanded moist, trizact papers which you actually can sand dry with the same results.