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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 09:46 AM
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Default Seven Detailed - 2001 Jetta from Hell.

So if you read my first thread about the EVO I did with another detailer (Oakes if you know who the man is), this is the Jetta I was alluding to. Here goes...

So, this may be a great example to explain a "Paint Corrective" detail to those who wonder what it exactly means...

This 2001 Jetta came as a daily driven, automatic car wash queen and you can clearly see the effects of that combo with it's age. The paint was almost deemed hopeless, and the original quest for the job was to bring back the gloss in the paint, miracles weren't expected here on the owner's part. However, I love to take on a project and see what I can do, and I can honestly say that while it could have come out better with more time and such, it came out better than I was expecting as well. I will let the pics do the talking this time!

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Menzerna PowerGloss - Yellow
Menzerna PowerFinish - Orange
Menzerna SuperFinish - Green
Blackfire Wet Diamond - Blue
Collinite's No. 845



These photos show the damage I was against after the wash, clay, rewash....quite a few of the defects/scratches were just too deep and while I was able to make them better, they still remained.









Logo on the trunk, the actual lettering wore off, this was the base/adhesive just baked into the paint. The first shot is before removing it and polishing the trunk.




This time, I took quite a few more 50/50 shots, and what a difference you can see I'll let the photos do the talking...












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A few paint photos under the spotlight after correction, like stated before, some deep defects still remained but quite a bit of them gone as you can see






Reflection Photos








Overall shots of the car, it was dark and the vehicle was leaving shortly, so no fancy outside photos this time.





Thank you for looking, Please comment!
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:03 AM
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You do amazing work. That car looked hopeless!

Out of pure curiosity, how much do you charge for that?
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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could you please shoot me a pm as far as pricing. my car is black and looks like your before pics
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Spd-Kilz
You do amazing work. That car looked hopeless!
Out of pure curiosity, how much do you charge for that?
Not a vendor so I can't post it on the forum... you can send a PM if you'd like
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could you please shoot me a pm as far as pricing. my car is black and looks like your before pics
I can help
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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how long did it take from start to finish
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by EchoMirage
how long did it take from start to finish
it was actually done in one day... with two people working.
If I or Oakes were doing it by ourself, it'd be a 2 day job pretty easily.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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AWESOME WORK!! Once again!!
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prestige in turnersville was where i got my old 08 lancer lol..small world

ps: btw your freakin amazing
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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I would say thats another car.... can't believe its the same if it wasn't for the 50/50 shots!
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The look on the owner face when they saw their car had to of been priceless . Awesome job man .
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Holy christ that paint was absolute crap. My 96 Blazer has better paint and its never been detailed after 100+ trips off road haha.

Awesome work man!
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Originally Posted by z28camaross2
prestige in turnersville was where i got my old 08 lancer lol..small world
ps: btw your freakin amazing
Originally Posted by transam5.7lt1
I would say thats another car.... can't believe its the same if it wasn't for the 50/50 shots!
Originally Posted by LT4vert
The look on the owner face when they saw their car had to of been priceless . Awesome job man .
Originally Posted by schmidtycamaro
Holy christ that paint was absolute crap. My 96 Blazer has better paint and its never been detailed after 100+ trips off road haha.
Awesome work man!
Thanks guys... I appreciate the kind words!
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Did you use a PTG? Do you think some wetsanding could have gotten alot of the remaing junk out?

You used a rotary correct?
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Originally Posted by RickyMartinZ28
Did you use a PTG? Do you think some wetsanding could have gotten alot of the remaing junk out?
You used a rotary correct?
Sorry I'm having an off day but tell me what you mean by PTG?
I used a Porter Cable 7424 duel action
wetsanding coule have got a lot more out, unfortunately thats not something I do.
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