richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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This 2010 370z had been put off from earlier in the summer and the owner was anxious to get it done. He had brought it by to show me and to point out some of the many chips it had. He brought the touch up paint with him as instructed. Here it is as it arrived:
The first up was the wheels. He waited around for his taxi so he got to see me in action cleaning a few of his wheels. The barrels were done with Tarminator followed by Zep Citrus and Megs Hyper Wash. The faces were cleaned with ZC followed by Megs HW and a demoted wash mitt. The tires were cleaned with Zep 505 and lastly the wells with LA Totally Awesome.
As a bonus to the customer, I shot Hydro into the barrels to give them a bit of protection since I wasn't going to be pulling them.
Next it got washed with Megs HW followed by a decontamination wash using IronX paste. It was brought inside and clayed using the CarPro Clay towel.
Now it was time to see what it was really like and to locate all the chips:
Now, I think you'll agree with me: that's a LOT of chips!
This was booked for a 2 stage correction to make it as nice as possible and with the addition of CQF. The first stage was my Tuf Buff black wool + M100 using Rupes 21 followed by M205 + yellow Megs finishing pad + 3401. For kicks, I had tried HD Adapt with the black wool for the first stage, but it did not bring out the clarity of the flake like the M100 did.
The paint and wheels were double coated with CQF and then cured with an IR light:
The tires were shot with Opti Bond at 100% using my air gun. The front trim was coated with DLux. Here are some inside shots of it all done (at night):
And, finally, I got a beautiful, clear, sunny day to show off the gorgeous metallic of this cool plum colour:
Extreme close up of sun shot showing the flake:
Thanks for looking! Comments welcomed.
The first up was the wheels. He waited around for his taxi so he got to see me in action cleaning a few of his wheels. The barrels were done with Tarminator followed by Zep Citrus and Megs Hyper Wash. The faces were cleaned with ZC followed by Megs HW and a demoted wash mitt. The tires were cleaned with Zep 505 and lastly the wells with LA Totally Awesome.
As a bonus to the customer, I shot Hydro into the barrels to give them a bit of protection since I wasn't going to be pulling them.
Next it got washed with Megs HW followed by a decontamination wash using IronX paste. It was brought inside and clayed using the CarPro Clay towel.
Now it was time to see what it was really like and to locate all the chips:
Now, I think you'll agree with me: that's a LOT of chips!
This was booked for a 2 stage correction to make it as nice as possible and with the addition of CQF. The first stage was my Tuf Buff black wool + M100 using Rupes 21 followed by M205 + yellow Megs finishing pad + 3401. For kicks, I had tried HD Adapt with the black wool for the first stage, but it did not bring out the clarity of the flake like the M100 did.
The paint and wheels were double coated with CQF and then cured with an IR light:
The tires were shot with Opti Bond at 100% using my air gun. The front trim was coated with DLux. Here are some inside shots of it all done (at night):
And, finally, I got a beautiful, clear, sunny day to show off the gorgeous metallic of this cool plum colour:
Extreme close up of sun shot showing the flake:
Thanks for looking! Comments welcomed.
