Anthony Onorato
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- Feb 27, 2012
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The owner of this GTR contacted me a few weeks ago interested in correction and restoration of the paint. This GTR was plastidipped orange since January, and the owner removed it just a few days before I came to work on the car. There was some dip in some of the cracks and crevices that was a real pain to remove. I struggled for a while with it, and did the best I could for the time that I had. I even went by the next day for a few hours to try getting some more off, which I found using Tarminator to be amazing at breaking it down. I will do my best to get the rest off in a couple weeks as I will be going back since the owner is interested in coating with 22PLE after hearing about it.
Anyway, the owner wasn't around when I got there, so we had already made arrangements with keys, etc...so that I'd be able to get right to work. As I initially inspected the car, I found plenty of swirls and scratches, but the weird thing about the paint was the haze on it. It looked like an oxidized single stage paint. Luckily it cleaned up great, and hopefully my LSP will stop it from happening again(which is another reason 22PLE seems like a great idea).
I heard horror stories about Black GTR paint, however working on it didn't seem that bad. It corrected pretty nicely, and I was able to finish down without marring the surface.
Products used:
Adam's APC
Adam's Car Shampoo
Sonax Full Effect
Optimum No Rinse
Meguiar's Clay
Stoner's Tarminator
Meguiar's M105
Meguiar's D300
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
LC Cyan Hydrotech
LC Tangerine Hydrotech
Both on Flex 3401
IPA
Sonax Polymer Net Shield
Chemical Guys VRP
1Z Einszett Cockpit Premium
Initial inspection:
This pic shows how bad the haze was:
Same on the driver's front fender:
Swirls and holograms:
This is after one quick pass of Cyan pad and M105, addition correction was achieved with another pass, in addition to 3/6 on the tangerine:
Exhaust before:
After:
Washed again to get rid of polishing dust and strip any oils, followed by an IPA wipe to have a bare surface for Net Shield:
Applying Sonax Polymer Net Shield:
Final shots:
Thanks for looking!
Anthony Onorato
Anthony's Auto Detailing
South Jersey, NJ
Anyway, the owner wasn't around when I got there, so we had already made arrangements with keys, etc...so that I'd be able to get right to work. As I initially inspected the car, I found plenty of swirls and scratches, but the weird thing about the paint was the haze on it. It looked like an oxidized single stage paint. Luckily it cleaned up great, and hopefully my LSP will stop it from happening again(which is another reason 22PLE seems like a great idea).
I heard horror stories about Black GTR paint, however working on it didn't seem that bad. It corrected pretty nicely, and I was able to finish down without marring the surface.
Products used:
Adam's APC
Adam's Car Shampoo
Sonax Full Effect
Optimum No Rinse
Meguiar's Clay
Stoner's Tarminator
Meguiar's M105
Meguiar's D300
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
LC Cyan Hydrotech
LC Tangerine Hydrotech
Both on Flex 3401
IPA
Sonax Polymer Net Shield
Chemical Guys VRP
1Z Einszett Cockpit Premium
Initial inspection:
This pic shows how bad the haze was:
Same on the driver's front fender:
Swirls and holograms:
This is after one quick pass of Cyan pad and M105, addition correction was achieved with another pass, in addition to 3/6 on the tangerine:
Exhaust before:
After:
Washed again to get rid of polishing dust and strip any oils, followed by an IPA wipe to have a bare surface for Net Shield:
Applying Sonax Polymer Net Shield:
Final shots:
Thanks for looking!
Anthony Onorato
Anthony's Auto Detailing
South Jersey, NJ
