Black Saab

[Z06-Goose]

I detailed this car last week. It's a pretty black metallic and flakes color about 5k miles. It belongs to a fine lady friend of mine. The funny thing is that because her car was new, she was a little apprehensive about me using a buffer. In her own words: "I don't want to swirl the paint"
She goes to a lot of touchless washes, and the dealer had a couple of times "detailed it" for her. Well, after I washed the car, I had to take some before pics, so she could see when the car is cleaned what it really looks like

Process: Prep

-Wash with Duragloss Car wash
-Claybarred with Detailing Dynamics Claybar using Four-Star Clay Lube

Paint Correction:

-Prima Swirl with LC Orange Pad PC at 5 OPM
-Menzerna PO106FF LC Orange Pad quick once over at 5 OPM
-IPA 50/50 Wipedown
-Prima Amigo/RMG 8:2 mix LC White Pad 4.5 OPM
-Rejex Sealant LC Black Pad at 5 OPM

Interior:

No pics of the interior. Car is pretty new, so I did clean the leather seats with Lexol Cleaner, and conditioner. The dash and vynil with PB NL

Wheels/Tires:

Black Magic Tire Wet Shine
JW Prime to clean wheels, topped with Rejex Paint Sealant
Black Trim: Wizards Black Renew
Windows: Wiped with Stoners IG, and topped with Rejex Sealant
Wiper Blades: conditioned with 303 Wiper Blades Conditioner

BEFORE:

AFTERS:

 

[ltoman]

I love those reflection shots! Very beautiful work!! Nothing like a perfect black car!

 

[Z06-Goose]

I love those reflection shots! Very beautiful work!! Nothing like a perfect black car!

Thank you. I also must say that the clearcoat on the Saab was on the medium side. The defects came out without much work. I'm used to do a lot of vettes, and fbodies. It was nice to work on a friendlier clearcoat for a change :cheers:

 

[Dust2Glory]

this pic says it all!!!

 

[Gary Sword]

Great job! It looks like someone had keyed the car.

 

[ScottB]

its nice to see multiple products at use, coming together to make one fine and super reflective finish.

 

[dannythekid]

Great job, that is a cool paint color.

 

[pirex]

Nice detail! The saab is a good car to work with!

 

[Z06-Goose]

Nice detail! The saab is a good car to work with!

Thanks. The clearcoat is great to work with. It's not as hard as I thought

 

[Z06-Goose]

Great job! It looks like someone had keyed the car.

Thanks Gary. It looks like it was keyed, but that's actually the clearbra line. Besides the swirls, the car had a scratch about an inch long on the hood you can see on the second pic. It's about 12" in front of the wiper fluid little thing

 

[Z06-Goose]

its nice to see multiple products at use, coming together to make one fine and super reflective finish.

Thanks Scott!

 

[07ImpalaSS]

Good job.

 

[Surfer]

I'm a fan of Saab, I love the 9-3 sedan with sport wheels, very sharp looking car, just wish it had more power.