Black Ws6 detail!
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Black Ws6 detail! I've had a friend's car at the house since earlier in the week, and put about 13-14 hours into detailing it the best I could. I did a 2-step polish and acheived probably an 85% correction on it. The deeper scratches and swirls are still there, just less noticeable. Here's the process...
-degreased and washed with Dawn detergent to strip the wax
-all-purpose cleaner (APC) diluted 5:1 for the wheel wells
-APC diluted 10:1 for wheels, inner wheels, and lower parts of the car that had a lot of grime.
-clayed with an agressive Clay Magic bar to remove and fallout, and overspray that was on random parts of the car
-wiped down with IPA (rubbing alcohol mixed 50/50 with water) to make sure every bit of wax or silcone was off the car and the paint was as bare as possible for compounding.
-i used an Edge double-sided pad for all the polishing. wool on one side, white foam on the other
-compounded with M105 using wool......also picked up a new Makita buffer, this thing rocks.
-followed M105 with M205 and finishing pad
-same polishing process for taillights and center section
-IPA wipedowns were done between each step of polishing to make sure the oils from the previous polish were not left behind.
-all exterior plastics and rubber cleaned and protect for F303 Aerospace Protectant
-tires dressed in Blue Satin
-wheel lips polished with Mothers Mag polish, along with the corsa tips
-wax and protected with Mothers #26
Before pics
-degreased and washed with Dawn detergent to strip the wax
-all-purpose cleaner (APC) diluted 5:1 for the wheel wells
-APC diluted 10:1 for wheels, inner wheels, and lower parts of the car that had a lot of grime.
-clayed with an agressive Clay Magic bar to remove and fallout, and overspray that was on random parts of the car
-wiped down with IPA (rubbing alcohol mixed 50/50 with water) to make sure every bit of wax or silcone was off the car and the paint was as bare as possible for compounding.
-i used an Edge double-sided pad for all the polishing. wool on one side, white foam on the other
-compounded with M105 using wool......also picked up a new Makita buffer, this thing rocks.
-followed M105 with M205 and finishing pad
-same polishing process for taillights and center section
-IPA wipedowns were done between each step of polishing to make sure the oils from the previous polish were not left behind.
-all exterior plastics and rubber cleaned and protect for F303 Aerospace Protectant
-tires dressed in Blue Satin
-wheel lips polished with Mothers Mag polish, along with the corsa tips
-wax and protected with Mothers #26
Before pics
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There was a bad stain on the right decal here from when the dusted for fingerprints when it was stolen. Jay wanted it off, no problem for 105/205
Easy on me, I have only been detailing for exactl a year now, and this is car #15 or so. EVERY car I have done, I have used this Edge buffing pad. As you can see, the results arent 100%, but are still OK....I only charged $160 for this. Now, I'm going to look into buying the 3m double sided pads equivalent to the eDGE SYSTEM that 3M bought out....when the price comes down. But I absolutley LOVE this adapter and the double sided pads, they are great!
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Thanks guys! Bowtie....if you have never used a high speed rotary before, I wouldn't suggest starting on your Z28. Find some old junk panels to practice on. You can really mess your paint up if you are just beginning....so I would practice on something like a beater car where it wouldn't really matter if you messed up! But if you are experienced with it, have at it and post up some before/after pics!
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Thanks! This was for a good friend of mine that I've known ever since I got into the local car scene 5 years ago, and I try my best to be fair with my friends on a price, but it still be worth my time ya know? If it wasn't for a friend, it probably would have been in the $250-$275 range, and thats actually still cheaper than most of the good professionals who actually know what they are doing (not the corner detail shops you see everywhere....tthey are hacks)!
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Thanks guys! Bowtie....if you have never used a high speed rotary before, I wouldn't suggest starting on your Z28. Find some old junk panels to practice on. You can really mess your paint up if you are just beginning....so I would practice on something like a beater car where it wouldn't really matter if you messed up! But if you are experienced with it, have at it and post up some before/after pics!
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Anything and everything you ever want to know about buffing, cleaning, detailing in general...check out www.autopia.org
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Wow Night and Day for $160...Id charge $300...
Looks like you know what your doing..Finally someone taped **** off adn did it right lol.. Could have taken a next step but with what you got..Looks amazing!
You should look into the 3M "perfect it" 3 step compounds and pads..Used is since I was 16 and I love it for black. It is the BEST iv seen for black paint! I use the 3rd step, blue compound on the blue pad probably once a month...something eles that might help..idk if you did it or not..I use micro fiber rags and I cut the edges were they are swen together..that scratches black..But Looks like you did a good job..start chargin a bit more..even if it is buddys!!..They got a car like that they can afford it..
Looks like you know what your doing..Finally someone taped **** off adn did it right lol.. Could have taken a next step but with what you got..Looks amazing!
You should look into the 3M "perfect it" 3 step compounds and pads..Used is since I was 16 and I love it for black. It is the BEST iv seen for black paint! I use the 3rd step, blue compound on the blue pad probably once a month...something eles that might help..idk if you did it or not..I use micro fiber rags and I cut the edges were they are swen together..that scratches black..But Looks like you did a good job..start chargin a bit more..even if it is buddys!!..They got a car like that they can afford it..
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Wow Night and Day for $160...Id charge $300...
Looks like you know what your doing..Finally someone taped **** off adn did it right lol.. Could have taken a next step but with what you got..Looks amazing!
You should look into the 3M "perfect it" 3 step compounds and pads..Used is since I was 16 and I love it for black. It is the BEST iv seen for black paint! I use the 3rd step, blue compound on the blue pad probably once a month...something eles that might help..idk if you did it or not..I use micro fiber rags and I cut the edges were they are swen together..that scratches black..But Looks like you did a good job..start chargin a bit more..even if it is buddys!!..They got a car like that they can afford it..
Looks like you know what your doing..Finally someone taped **** off adn did it right lol.. Could have taken a next step but with what you got..Looks amazing!
You should look into the 3M "perfect it" 3 step compounds and pads..Used is since I was 16 and I love it for black. It is the BEST iv seen for black paint! I use the 3rd step, blue compound on the blue pad probably once a month...something eles that might help..idk if you did it or not..I use micro fiber rags and I cut the edges were they are swen together..that scratches black..But Looks like you did a good job..start chargin a bit more..even if it is buddys!!..They got a car like that they can afford it..
As far as the microfibers, that's all i use as well, and have different colors dedicated to different tasks (yellow for paint, blue for glass, green for wheels, etc)...but all I do is cut the tags off. I'll try one with the edges cut off and see how I like it, I was just always scared they would come apart and fray that way! Thanks for the compliments and advice, I'm still learning!
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you can polish vinyl just like paint, but you must keep the buffer moving so the heat doesnt build up and melt through it. i kept the RPMs down around 800 on the edges, and bumped them up to 1200 for the big parts. I polished the vinyl here with the same process as the paint with great results.