Black Volvo XC60

vinharski

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Cool car, just needed some care on the interior and paintwork.

Car was washed and clayed.

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Not much contaminates, but had some. After drying the car, it was time to evaluate the real condition of the paintwork, and I could find almost everything.

Nasty buffing trails on the hood
A bird dropping on the hood probably left some marks on the clear coat. Someone tried to remove by buffing it with a wool pad.

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Swirls

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Respray

Right rear fender has been resprayed. Painting measures indicated 370+ microns. Overall readings were averaging 110.
Color was matching but the clearcoat had lots of orange peel. Had to wetsand with Trizact 3000 and 5000 to get nice reflections back again.

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Few scratches were there too, but no close-up pics thou.


Game Plan

- Rotary with Megs polishing pad + Megs ultimate compound:

Found it a very nice combo. UC can be worked longer than 3M compound I used to use. Worling the product properly, left an almost transparent film, easy to buff off

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- PC with Megs polishing pad + Sonax Nano Polish:

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Exceptions

Hood: Had to step-up using Megs compounding pad and 3M compound before doing the above steps.

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Fender: Sanded wih Trizact 3k and 5k, Megs compounding pad and 3M compound before following with the steps applied to the rest of the car.

Trizact 3K
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Trizact 5K
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Done
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SONAX Nano Paint Protect

The whole car was wiped down with a degreasing solution used for painting. Removed any oils from the paint to 1) make sure no defects were filled and left behind 2) prep. the surface for SONAX NPP.

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Tires: SONAX Extreme
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50/50
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Final pics

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That's it

Thanks
 
I always give props to those who tackle black cars since they are perhaps the hardest to perfect.
 
Great job! You know you're all in when you have to sand!
 
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