Detailing thread- Q&A Welcome!

[fr250t]

Unless you want to buy some Collonite 915 and stuff I'm selling cheap

Your killing me with the options man! lol I'll source somthing out, thanks anyways

[vp920b]

Working on Penga's car tonight..

Hopefully it will be done by tomorrow night..

3x pass of UC+ DAS6 Pro and Suburf pad. Still got few small deeper scratch and swirl but won't do it more than that because only 90-100 microns I played with that paint.

Swirl:
50:50
3x pass

[hamish_023]

What do you mean by 3 passes? As in only 3 overlaps withthe DA or 3 try's with UC.

[vp920b]

3 times I try to use UC. Every 3-5 minutes, then stop. Then try again 3-5 minutes, then stop. and one more.

Hard to explain but yeah it's something like that..

[hamish_023]

Why not use 203S Menz, or If you don't have menzerna range then megs 105 and finish that down on a polishing pad, instead of multiple goes with UC?

[vp920b]

Even menz 203S need to be multiple passes.

Anyway, everything goes well.

Will do write up tonight.. So tired after 13.5 hours of worked..

[vp920b]

Subaru Liberty tuned by STI, black metallic(Penga's Car).. Very heavy scratch and RIDS.

Tools:

Bilt Hamber Shampoo
Meg's QD+Mother's clay
DAS-6
UC
205
P203S
Suburf pad-Meg's yellow pad-LC orange pad-Menz orange & white pad-LC red finesse pad
Repco black tire
Autoglym wheel cleaner
Sonax window polish
Meg's no smear window
Armor all interior cleaner
Mothers mag's and aluminum cleaner

LSP:
Blackfire Wet Diamond 2x
Zaino Z6

80% better than last time, before is a mess..

Before





50:50





After UC+205 and check under sunlight









Finish Product











Comments and critics appreciate. Thanks

Total man hours: 13.5 Hours

[hamish_023]

Did you use 205 and then UC?

[vp920b]

Compound first then 205..

Stated UC+205..

[hamish_023]

Had a small challenge today...

Before:


After:


Treated with opti-coat to protect them after fixing them up

[hamish_023]

Another interesting detail:

Wash:



Clay barring:



Accessing the paint (Major damage to drivers side panels due to hitting a bush and average condition all over)









After:



You can just see the deep cuts still but have been hidden well and the deep ones that went through to undercoat have been carefully touched up and polished flat



Worst panel:



After:
















Entire process took a bit over a day

Products used:

Autobrite foam
Duragloss wash
Mint clay bar (Fine)
Powergloss on particular panels that also needed light wet-sanding
203S on tangerine LC pad
85RD/106FF on white/black LC
60:40 IPA wipe
Blackfire sealant
Perl Tyre dressing

[vp920b]

Top notch work Hamish..

Well done..

[hamish_023]

180SX with some problems all round and quite thin paint on the roof (being solid black, no metallic is shows everything)

Washing:





Clay barring (The almost flat rear glass panel was the worst)



The roof:



Measured at 120-145um on the roof, in comparison to 180um for the rest of the body so care was taken.



Accessing the paint:














Starting on the roof:

2 passes with Menzerna 85Rd on black finessing pad resulted in a lot clearer, flatter paint but didn't cut into the paint at all.

50/50



Moving onto the bonnet:

203S with tangerine LC pad and finishing with 106FF on black finessing pad





The rest of the car:







And finished!











Time taken 7 hours

Products Used:
Wolfgang foam
Duragloss wash
Concours blue clay bar
dodo juice clay lube
Menzerna 85Rd,106ff,203s
Lake country pads tangerine hydrotech,white, black polishing
IPA cleanse 20:80
Blackfire wet diamond sealant
Poorboys APC on plastics
Perl tyre shine as well as coated wheels arches

[rooby]

Wow, that's an amazing job.
The pain on that car had seen better days before you started.

[hamish_023]

Had a good weekend doing a nice EVO 7

After the usual foam, and thorough wash:







2 Stage paint decontamination: (claybar & Iron decontamination)





Before taping up the car rubbers and trim some hand polishing was done were machine couldn't reach.





Measured a very healthy thick paint ranging from 270-348um over the body



Getting ready for machine polishing:



Starting with the headlights:

203S on tangerine 4" Hydrotech LC pad then finished with 106ff on tangerine 4" Hydrotech LC pad
IPA wipe ready to be sealed later with opticoat to prevent oxidisation.







Now onto the paint:
















Now some after shots













Have done a few other cars in the meantime:

http://hamish023.imgur.com


The EVO sold the day after the detail.