Detail: 96' Cobra (hammered) White Paint

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

Got started on the Cobra's paint today. (it is in very rough shape...even my most aggressive pad combo isn't doing squat on this paint without 5-6 passes per pad. :shrug:

Process:

1. washed entire car with dishwashing soap to strip all wax off the vehicle
2. claybarred entire car with megs claybar kit
3. used burgundy wool (red) and menzerna power gloss 5x via rotary
4. used megs m205 w/ orange ccs pad
5. 2 coats of poorboys ex-p sealant
6. 1 coat of s100 wax

Also, it's VERY difficult to see the swirls unless you look at certain angles, as shown here:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

This is just a 'teaser' thread of the full detail. I will be working on this car for a week straight due to the poor paint condition. Even though it's white, you can still see the paint is rough. frown2.gif


Made some progress on the roof today. MAN was it worse than the hood! After 10 total passes, I finally got it how I wanted it. I had to use M105 and a burgundy wool on it due to how deep the swirls/rids were.


Here's some pictures of the progress:



BEFORE:

AFTER:

Update from today: (01/09/10)

Took the wing off to be able to correct the entire trunk.

Took the trunk off to clean the disgusting grunge out from underneath it:

As you can see, it really needed it:

It was going to take a lot of scrubbing and soaking to get this trunk area back to where it should be, so I soaked with Meguiars All-Purpose cleaner, and then thoroughly scrubbed all areas with a mr clean magic eraser and an old toothbrush.

Me spraying down the areas and letting them soak:

Here's me scrubbing the areas with a magic eraser until it fell apart:

Scrubbing the hard to reach areas with a toothbrush:

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

Just a little bit of grime I'd say:

Further pics of my progress will be up later tonight/tomorrow :wave:

Here's a few shots from today. I blew out all the dust/dirt and wiped the trunk area down with IPA, and did 3 base coats of white, and 3 clear on top of that.

Had to step up on the trunk much like I did on the hood. It was in rough shape. I went with 4 passes with a Megs burgundy wool with some m105 with the Kevin Brown method, and was able to get an easy 95% correction on the left half of the trunk lid as shows:

vv money shot...very difficult to get white to have a deep gloss/shine with no LSP (sealant/wax)

^^notice the gunk left under the spoiler on the passenger side holes on the trunk lid...vs the holes on the driver's side.[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

Finished the rest of the trunk today and mounted the spoiler back on. Here are some 50/50 shots of before/after on the spoiler between all the swirls and the huge deep scratches:

Here's a huge nasty scratch on the back of the spoiler:

After some wet sanding with 1000 grit, followed up with some 3000 grit and being hit with some M105 compound and PFW, we have this:

All finished:

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

Finished up the back bumper and wet sanded a few deep scratches that the pfw/105 combo wouldn't remove...


Left rear bumper:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Right rear bumper:
BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[jpegs13]

Nice job bringing the Cobra back from the dead.

 

[PAR Detailing]

So you resprayed the trunk jam? Was this requested or did you do it on your own? How did you respray it? (paint gun or rattle can)

This is interresting, I have never though of that or considered it.

The car looks great by the way! Kudos!

Jon

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

So you resprayed the trunk jam? Was this requested or did you do it on your own? How did you respray it? (paint gun or rattle can)

This is interresting, I have never though of that or considered it.

The car looks great by the way! Kudos!

Jon

This car is mine, so I made the choice to do that. Paint was faded and missing in the jams so I decided to do 3 base coats of duplicolor white semigloss, followed up by 3 coats of clear. I think it came out good.


Thanks!

 

[PAR Detailing]

Ok sweet, ya it did come out good. I like that idea. Nice job!

 

[Impressions]

awesome job....sweet cobra

did the Duplicolor match??

 

[Gary Sword]

Very Nice! Looks like you put a lot of work in to it.

 

[evilwrx]

I agree with the others. Great job, and some interesting solutions to your problem areas.

 

[turbos17]

So did you buy this Cobra like this or did you let it go and see how awesome you are at getting out the defects? J/K! Looks amazing though!

 

[bmw5541]

:urtheman:I must applaud you. You did an amazing job on that Cobra. The 50/50 shots were great. You did an excelent job on the car, as well as the write-up.

Great work!

 

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One of my favorite details to date--not another "look what I did to my 2009/2010"

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

awesome job....sweet cobra

did the Duplicolor match??

you know! I looked as hard as I could and couldn't tell the difference! Im the MAN

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

So did you buy this Cobra like this or did you let it go and see how awesome you are at getting out the defects? J/K! Looks amazing though!

LOL! thanks everyone! just got the car a couple weeks ago, and have been working on it since last week off and on

 

[christian900se]

That is absolutely amazing correction, some striking 50/50s even on white paint! You must have some very hard paint in needing to take 5 passes with Power Gloss or were chasing RIDs, either way great job.

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

That is absolutely amazing correction, some striking 50/50s even on white paint! You must have some very hard paint in needing to take 5 passes with Power Gloss or were chasing RIDs, either way great job.

it was a combination of both...I wound up using m105 on the rest of the vehicle. Thanks for the kind words. White is very difficult to show any difference on. Glad people can notice

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

Just ordered some Blackfire Diamond Wet Sealant...can't wait to utilize all this product has to offer..

 

[sullysdetailing]

Nice Turn Around