Western Members - fixing paint with wash?
whitedevil
04-01-2010, 04:34 AM
A while back i saw a post where a guy got a daily driver I think for his wife, it was a black granprix I think, and the paint was beat pretty bad lol. He detailed the hell out of the exterior with something.
What ever he did made it look awesome, and a friend of mine wants to do the same with his black ss. Any one rememberthat post and or what he used? I've searched like hell, and know about clay bar and all that, but he used some other method, figured I would go halves on my friend with this stuff, and detail my z28 as well.
In the post, this guy made that car look like new allmost.
LustrousWS6
04-01-2010, 05:48 AM
A while back i saw a post where a guy got a daily driver I think for his wife, it was a black granprix I think, and the paint was beat pretty bad lol. He detailed the hell out of the exterior with something.
What ever he did made it look awesome, and a friend of mine wants to do the same with his black ss. Any one rememberthat post and or what he used? I've searched like hell, and know about clay bar and all that, but he used some other method, figured I would go halves on my friend with this stuff, and detail my z28 as well.
In the post, this guy made that car look like new allmost.
Probably a cutting compound. M105 is my favorite. That with a high-speed can work wonders. I've gotten some pretty nasty stuff out with that and a D/A myself. No "wash" is gonna magically make mistreated paint look good.
Wicked94Z
04-01-2010, 02:15 PM
M105....
ss.slp.ls1
04-01-2010, 03:38 PM
This is the thread you are referencing:
http://www.autopia.org/forum/pro-details-before-after/126192-envious-detailing-pontiac-given-new-life.html
pweterss
04-01-2010, 07:23 PM
How much was that detail?
whitedevil
04-02-2010, 04:26 PM
Thats the thread! Yeah, that detail was absolutely amazing, I looked all over in the thread.... Didnt see any indication how much it cost the guy, but damn worth it.
ss.slp.ls1
04-02-2010, 04:35 PM
Thats the thread! Yeah, that detail was absolutely amazing, I looked all over in the thread.... Didnt see any indication how much it cost the guy, but damn worth it.
This is the thread referencing the thread (lol):
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/western-members/1221227-miraculous-change-my-gtp.html
OP posted this:
"For those that are asking, I did not do the detail myself, the gentleman who started that thread did it. He owns a local detail company called Envious Detailing (http://www.enviousautodetailing.com/). As for the products, I have no idea, he brought all of his own stuff.
His details start at around $125 or so, but a 3 step like that will typically run in the $500 range. He and I negotiated a price based on cutting certain things out etc. that would help to shave a bit off of that. It was far and away the best money I have ever spent on a vehicle!"
ReFtheMC
04-02-2010, 05:07 PM
I'm embarrassed to say but my paint is looking like that grand pix. Sigh...
SSMOKIN_Y2KSS
04-02-2010, 10:38 PM
m105 is the shit
surfsidedetail
04-02-2010, 11:46 PM
M105 works great ;)
proporio
04-03-2010, 03:46 PM
This is the thread you are referencing:
http://www.autopia.org/forum/pro-details-before-after/126192-envious-detailing-pontiac-given-new-life.html
this is the guys summary at the end of his post
"Process was the following:
ONR wash car
Apply P21S wheel gel to wheels, let dwell
Apply megs safe degreaser to tires, allow to dwell
Megs APC+ in the wheel wells
Go back and clean up all the wheels and tires and wells after a 5 min dwell time
Pull car inside, do a test section
Tape off car
Meguiars (http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/\"http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-car-care-products.html\"LEARN) 105 on PFW at 1500
Menzerna (http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/\"http://www.autogeek.net/menzerna-of-germany.html\"LEARN) SIP on tangerine hydrotech at spd 6
Re-wash car to rid of polishing dust
Menzerna (http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/\"http://www.autogeek.net/menzerna-of-germany.html\"LEARN) FPII on uber blue pad at spd. 6
Apply blackfire wet diamond with PC sped 4 on LC black pad
Meguiars (http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/\"http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-car-care-products.html\"LEARN) 21 to wheels
Apply chmical guys extreme wet to tires
Chemical Guys barebones in wheel wells
Meguiars (http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/\"http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-car-care-products.html\"LEARN) glass cleaner
Meguiars (http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/\"http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-car-care-products.html\"LEARN) final inspection (http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/\"http://www.autogeek.net/meg34finin.html\"LEARN) on all door jambs/gas tank
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