BluKoo
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The is a detail completed by my brother and the following text was lifted from detailingworld...
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Some of you may know by now that I am rather fond of my Porsches, so when the owner of this one dropped in by a couple of months ago with a view to booking it in it goes without saying that I was rather looking forward to it 
The car by the owners own admission has had a hard life up to now, it's done over 90,000 miles, gets driven daily (even in winter) and pretty much every panel on the car has been painted at some point (to be fair 95% of it was done well although the after prep left a lot to be desired which we'll see in a minute!). He basically thought that most of the car was going to need a re-paint but I told him to leave the car with us for a week and hopefully by the end he'd be pleasantly surprised :thumb:
Anyways, enough of the blurb - let’s see some before shots:
One tired looking 911:
Someone's cat obviously likes to go for walks over the bonnet:
Couple of bird bombs:
Very "milky" looking paintwork in places:
The "big reds" were looking more a sad pinky colour!
The interior was pretty grubby in places too:
First job was to remove the wheels to clean the arches properly:
For some reason I don’t have an after pic at this stage :confused: but you'll see later on that they were actually done 
The wheels were put back on but not cleaned yet as the sealant I was going to use can't get wet for several hours so they would get done once the car was inside.
So, APC through the foam lance at a temperature of approx 60/70 degrees:
Then rinsed off thoroughly:
APC was then applied and agitated with Raceglaze Detailing brushes to clean all exterior trim/badge/shuts etc:
Engine bay was cleaned with Meguiars Super Degreaser:
Not the most exciting engine to look at really!
The car was then washed with the 2 bucket method, Autosmart Tardis was used to remove some large tar deposits and then Iron Cut was applied to remove any iron contamination - no pics of this stage as it was really heavy with rain by now.
Inside, the car was clayed with Meguiars Mild which removed a little bit of contamination but not a huge amount:
After drying with PB towels and the Black Baron I turned my attention back to the wheels:
Process was as follows:
- Gloss-It wheel gel (4:1)
- Autosmart Tardis
- Iron Cut
- IPA wipe down
- Nanolex Professional Sealant
Unfortunately, the wheels had all been refurbished at some point and while the faces were pretty good the inner rims were really rough and a lot of dirt was trapped under the clear 
They came up pretty well considering:
However, you can see where old weight residue had been painted over:
Seriously, how difficult would it be just to give the whole wheel a clean before painting?? This is one of the things that frustrates me the most and it's probably the same for detailers up and down the country.
While the wheels were off I decided I needed to do something about those calipers, so we went from this...
...To this...
This was achieved by removing any flaking bits of clear coat (if there's any left!)...
Then touch in any chips (Ford Colorado Red is a 99% match for these by the way :thumb and apply several (think I applied 6 to each!) coats of lacquer...
Et Voila!
Once all 4 corners were done it was finally time to turn to the paintwork:
That "milky" look on the roof was actually DA sanding marks!
Mmmmm nice!
Paint thickness readings were all over the place with this car, the lowest readings were mid 200's with the highest spots up and over 1000 microns!
With the roof being one of the worst places for defects I chose this as a good start for a test section to determine what polish & pad combo I would need.
In the end, 2 hits of Menzerna 3.02 with an Orange Lake Country Hydrotech pad @1800rpm's gave surprisingly good results...
That's the good thing with a resprayed panel, sometimes it won't always be as hard as the original paint would have been and this was the case with the 911 - I'd say it was of medium hardness over the majority of the car and not once did I have to go any more aggressive than 3.02
This was typically the level of defect left in:
Paint levels being what they were, it would have been possible to safely remove these if it had been a Ne Plus Ultra level of detail but the owner wanted it capped at 5 days to stay within budget so we had to find a good compromise :thumb:
Here's a before and after showing the difference in the clarity of the paint:
Before:
Milkyness gone
A few more before and afters:
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After:
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After:
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After:
Few 50/50's:
Bonnet under the Sun Gun:
And under the Aquartz light:
The paint protection film on the rear quarters were polished with Menzerna 203S @1200rpm's:
Before:
After:
The Passenger side one didn't correct as well as the driver’s side though. I tried a few different things with no change other than the slight increase of clarity:
Before:
After:
The smaller pads were handy as ever on this one:
Rear bumper after, again showing 1 or 2 deeper randoms which were left:
Before:
After:
The Turbo spoilers are always a 2 second job to mask up! Not...
The top part with all the vents can actually be unclipped but this one had the "pull me much further and I'm going to snap in half" feel about it so I left it in place
50/50:
Gloss-It Light Cut spot pad was used for these bits:
Before:
After:
I always try to get the masking tape as close to or even tucked under the trims where possible as it prevents you from leaving a slightly duller masking line once removed:
Top part corrected, lower part untouched:
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After:
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C Pillar before:
After:
Once all the correction work was done I refined the finish with a Lake Country polishing pad and Menzerna 85RE @1500rpm's:
The paint was then dusted down and given a thorough IPA wipe down...
...followed by an application of Nanolex Professional:
Nanolex was also applied to the exterior glass while 3M Glass cleaner was used for the interior:
The interior was then thoroughly hoovered and dusted:
The leather was cleaned and conditioned with products we can't name yet and any grubby marks on the carpets were cleaned with APC:
303 Fabric Guard was then applied:
Same process for the mats:
All Plastic and Vinyl surfaces were cleaned with APC and then protected with Werkstat Satin Prot and all the other various details such as the tailpipes (Raceglaze Alutec), shuts (Werkstat Prime Strong) & engine bay (303 Aerospace Protectant) etc were attended to.
A final wipe down of the paintwork with Nanolex Spray in the morning removed some light hazing and left us with the following:
Wheel bolts painted black again:
You may have guessed that I quite enjoyed this one and the owner was pretty pleased with it too :thumb:
Thanks for looking!
Clark
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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your brother never ceases to amaze me! what an amazing transformation. looks brand new now!
5 days though 
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Good read that, can't believe people let a car of that calibre get in that condition!
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
Location: Kingston upon Hull
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fantastic, bet he had a great look on his face when he turned up to that 
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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Now that is a detail definately worth doing.
To me the paint didn't seem THAT bad until you see the side-by-side correction
[Edited on 24-09-2010 by AndyKent]
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FlamingCorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
your brother never ceases to amaze me! what an amazing transformation. looks brand new now!
5 days though
its impressive, i would be bored of doing it after an hour never mind doing it day in day out! very impressive results tho
i get bored when flatting and buffing a car after an hour! lol
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Ian W
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Seen it on DW, stunning car, my favourite shape to 
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beccyhedge
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polished bliss is the best i want his babies NOW
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ed
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YES!
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Yet another amazing result
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by FlamingCorsa
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
your brother never ceases to amaze me! what an amazing transformation. looks brand new now!
5 days though
its impressive, i would be bored of doing it after an hour never mind doing it day in day out! very impressive results tho
i get bored when flatting and buffing a car after an hour! lol
yeah same here, although i think if i got paid vast sums of money for it i wouldn't be so bored
definitely a job you need to have a passion for and put your heart into, rather then turning up and not wanting to do it.
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jr
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Stunning, ims ure someone will say than can do the same with some turtlewax and a bucket but again that card needed it
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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i read it as Riviera Blue first off for some reason, now that would be
do like ocean though, has a nice flip to it when its fresh and in the sun
top work though
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Jamescorsa97
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Registered: 19th Aug 04
Location: Middlesbrough Drives: Cliosport 182
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that is sex. amazing job!
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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WoW
I can imagine the owner doing a little dance around it when he arrived to pick it up!!
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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That's one of the best jobs I've seen, bloody impressive.
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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Wow!
Thats fantastic, what a result!
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vaux.dan
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Registered: 18th May 09
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love reading these, amazing job
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rsage
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Registered: 6th Dec 07
Location: Blackwood, South Lanarkshire
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thats cool, love older porsche's like that
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Tom
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Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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That's amazing.
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Chester Drives:Scirocco tdi bluemotion
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that looks a totally different car you dont realise how bad some cars are untill you get a decent detail like that
April 08 feature car
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SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
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Love the 993's we've got 2 in at the mo both in for colour changes
one going burgundy to black
another going green to silver
both nearly done an look the tits,
heck of a detail job there, and yes good thing u did mask up the rear bootlid vent as they are very fragile at that age
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John G
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i cant get over this detail, 5 days wel spent! id love to know how much this would have cost, worth every penny!
he should install a camera and record peoples reactions when they pick up, be great viewing, as only people who appreciate detailing would give a car to a detailer and be prepared to pay the cost
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AK
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lovely car
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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These threads make me laugh my ass off. It's a leaf blower and those brushes are 50p for 10 at any kit car show in the whole country. We've got about 20 of them. Cost a pound.
If you're banging them out for 13, hats off, you're having peoples' pants down. Fair play.
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