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Hi Guys and Girls,

I made a promise to one of the SAU VIC members that if we could use his car as a demonstration vehicle at a recent detailing Clinic for SAU members, I would detail up the car for him.

Well, lucky for me (and him) he took the bait and we finally got round to doing the car a few months ago.

So here we go...

First we foamed the car with CarPro Iron X Soap Gel to break down any contaminants on the paint surface and dissolve any iron fallout embedded in the paint.

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We didn't just use Iron X as we wanted to give the car a good clean at the same time. Here it is left to dwell and do its thing on the vehicle.

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The car was then clayed to remove any residue contamination and make the paint feel silky smooth.

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Next was a proper wash using a variety or brushes to get out any old wax and polish left from previous Detailers.

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The car wash then foamed again, this time with a mix of All Purpose Cleaner and Car Wash to strip off any remaining waxes and protection on the paint.

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We dried up the car and masked it up to protect rubbers, edges of panels and other delicate parts of the car.

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Now we can see the Swirls that we hiding under the contaminants and old protection layer.

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The car was then polished using a rotary polisher, Lake Country Kompressor Pads and Menzerna Polishes. Here is the front quarter straight after the paint correction and jeweling step.

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We then applied Wolfang Deep Gloss Sealant 3.0 to give both protection and warm glow to the finish.

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This looked good but we wanted more depth out of this custom respray so we then topped the sealant with Pinnacle Signature Series 2 Wax.

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Great Job Antonio.How do you find the kompressor pads? I find the can cut alot quicker than their standard "equivalent" I'm addicted to the constant pressures unless do a heavy cut.

How long did you leave between coats on the wax?

Regards,

Mitch

Wow, that is amazing. Love the cars styling too. That red and the bonnet look mint. I miss my CF bonnet :( Come to Sydney and do my car or if anyone here can recommend any details in Sydney who will do a top notch job, please PM me. How much does this type of job usually cost?

Edited by SargeRX8

Wow, that is amazing. Love the cars styling too. That red and the bonnet look mint. I miss my CF bonnet :( Come to Sydney and do my car or if anyone here can recommend any details in Sydney who will do a top notch job, please PM me. How much does this type of job usually cost?

check out detailparadise.com.au there are some from syd on there.

Edited by immacreflections

the pads can be quite abrasive on plastics and no doubt rubbers too..

I polished my ute with them for practice and didnt mask it up..I ended up with fine scratches in some of my plastic chrome work ..also it has an unpainted black plastic bumper that has some swirls marks in it now that I cant seem to clean out....good thing I practiced on my work ute hey :)

On a side not these polishers are GREAT at cleaning up yellowing headlights..Dont ever sand your headlights with sandpaper, get someone with a polisher to do it and they come out looking brand new without scratches that sandpaper leaves..I think i just used a power gloss and a power finish, ..wiped them down with windex and coated them with proper UV sealant..wish I had taken before photos but heres a quik pik.

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I imagine Antonia

(or any more qualified detailer) may have different advice and the pads I used were probably a bit to abrasive a really soft one would be better ,but it worked really well for my old lights which were yellow as any..

the pads can be quite abrasive on plastics and no doubt rubbers too..

I polished my ute with them for practice and didnt mask it up..I ended up with fine scratches in some of my plastic chrome work ..also it has an unpainted black plastic bumper that has some swirls marks in it now that I cant seem to clean out....good thing I practiced on my work ute hey :)

Ah ok I missed the part where he said he was using a rotary to polish, I do mine by hand and am extra careful around those parts.

Thanks :cheers:

Edited by Dani Boi

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