Jsmooth
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- Nov 9, 2012
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I've done a lot of Tesla's but never one like this. A Chip Foose color originally and painted at the factory on this P85D. I was honored to be contacted by a very researched and informed customer to complete the correction of the paint. For this I could only use the Finest techniques and products available to me. I really feel like this car changed colors during my correction and had a blinding "pop" to it when I was done. For this rare opportunity to me, I was mobile so I packed up and made a 2 hour commute in horrible traffic to get there. Very worth it! No help on this one, I really could not remember the last time I did an entire car start to finish by my self(I'm never with out my side kick little brother, but on this day he was back at the shop tending to other things).
Lets get on with it!
When I got there the paint looked dull... Color was really cool but I knew something was up even in this lighting
Decon with Iron-X was the truth teller from factory applied wax or glaze
Sanding marks were every where! I was pressed for time when I was doing this so not a ton of pics but car was covered in this sort of damage.
After compounding I was able to remove them. The paint was polished with my old faithful never fail! Black Fire SRC Finishing polish for major bling!
Getting glossy up in here! Still haven't polished. First was making it look good, second was blinding me!
8 hours later of me working as efficiently as I could(Lucky me I've done 500 tesla and think I could do this blindfolded) I was ready to coat it! This is bare naked paint after 2 car pro eraser wipe downs in prep for Cquartz Finest!
3 Coats of Cquartz Finest later! All paint coated, Trim coated, Glass coated! The wheels were getting replaced next day with some HRE custom ones!
That Gloss!
It took me 10 hours to this. No break, no stopping. And the entire front end was wrapped in PPF so minimal polishing there. Results were nothing less than blinding.
The next day after new wheels were installed! I love how this color changes in different light! Still waiting to see it out in the sun where it looks orange.
Thanks for looking
Joseph Torbati
Bay Area OCDetail
Lets get on with it!
When I got there the paint looked dull... Color was really cool but I knew something was up even in this lighting
Decon with Iron-X was the truth teller from factory applied wax or glaze
Sanding marks were every where! I was pressed for time when I was doing this so not a ton of pics but car was covered in this sort of damage.
After compounding I was able to remove them. The paint was polished with my old faithful never fail! Black Fire SRC Finishing polish for major bling!
Getting glossy up in here! Still haven't polished. First was making it look good, second was blinding me!
8 hours later of me working as efficiently as I could(Lucky me I've done 500 tesla and think I could do this blindfolded) I was ready to coat it! This is bare naked paint after 2 car pro eraser wipe downs in prep for Cquartz Finest!
3 Coats of Cquartz Finest later! All paint coated, Trim coated, Glass coated! The wheels were getting replaced next day with some HRE custom ones!
That Gloss!
It took me 10 hours to this. No break, no stopping. And the entire front end was wrapped in PPF so minimal polishing there. Results were nothing less than blinding.
The next day after new wheels were installed! I love how this color changes in different light! Still waiting to see it out in the sun where it looks orange.
Thanks for looking
Joseph Torbati
Bay Area OCDetail
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