Detailing thread- Q&A Welcome!

[vp920b]

Great job Hamish on the M3..

It's a PITA to work on Beemer paint..

I couldn't get the before shot since I only rely on the sun and I had no halogen light to check the paint(no such equipment on my hometown)..

For applying cquartz, it's way better than gtechniq. Gtechniq is a PITA and if you leave it too dry, it will be damn hard to remove.. If it smears, then you need to compound it..

We'll see how cquartz will lasts in Indonesia(99% humidity, everyday above 30 degrees C and washed by a women )..

Thanks

[hamish_023]

Naldo, send me a PM if you want sme portable lighting that is good as hallides for showing swirls etc to take to your hometown.

I think you will find Cquartz won't be effected much by those conditions, It's a good coating

[vp920b]

What kind of halogen light Hamish? Is it hot like a normal halogens? Because I can't stand on the hotness if doing detailing jobs in Indo.

Thanks

[hamish_023]

Today cars: another evo10

Wash:



Before:







50/50:



After:










http://hamish023.imgur.com for more pictures of the detail

Hours spent: 8

[Hybrid]

Wow that BMW turned out bloody amazing!!, awesome job Hamish.

[hamish_023]

Mazda RX8 had been hacked by another detailer and was it bad condition. 12hours spent on saturday and 2 hours on sunday.
Being a solid black It hides nothing

Before:











50/50



Before:


After:



After:

[hamish_023]

Also did the interior of the RX8. Seats are so much better then the Liberty's!

[hamish_023]

Yet another EVO,

Wash


Clay didn't bring much up besides a couple of tar spots and light contamination


Headlights had been heavily sanded and still yellow from the DIY kits


Paint had minor-moderate swirls but very had to capture on the odd silver/blue colour


50/50


Before


After




Headlights restored and coated:



More final shots





Time taken: 7 hours

As always comments welcome

[vp920b]

Just did my own libs after 3 months buying it.

In good condition only bad in contamination.

Process:
Iron X
Bilthamber Clay
Suburf+das6 pro
P203S
Megs 205
Clean with QD
Wheels got Zaino Z6
Hood got Cquartz

LSP: Blackfire wet diamond(leave for 12 hours) then now topped with Dodojuice Rubbish Boys Juice edition.

After polish:



After Wet Diamond 12 hours:



Hood using Cquartz bcos to prevent stone chips:


All finish after applied dodo juice for 6 hours:








Will update using my cam. That's from my Blackberry camera and the last one using my camera.

Total process: 6 hours.

Thanks

[vp920b]

Subaru Legacy B4 own by neni, lots of swirl, easy to dry and hazy, and sticky.

Tried many combos like Menz P203S+M205 and Megs UC+M205 with Suburf-yellow Polish pads, no luck at all. Try number megs #9 with finishing pad still hazy.

Until I knew from my mates in Indo, that using ColorX is recommendation from Meguiars for sticky paint and it works for finishing.

So the combo will be P203S with suburf pad half cars, and another half using Megs UC with suburf pad then finish with ColorX with polish pad. Works very very sweet and love it.

So the tools are:
DAS6Pro+suburf pad+Polish pad+finish pad
Iron X
Clay+Megs QD
lots of MF
Menz P203S
Megs UC
Megs ColorX
Autosol all metal polish for muffler
Zaino tire black(very flat look though)
LSP: BFWD+Zaino Z6

Total hour: 10 hours.

Before & 50/50 & Hazy:









After Polish:







After finishing touch:





Thanks guys..

C&C appreciated.

[Hybrid]

Fantastic job!, the paint on that car was really trashed on the priors by the looks of it.

That is one crazy colour too, very very unqiue.

[hamish_023]

Nandi fantastic job, as I said yesterday to you, get some Optimum polish. It's very good on soft and sticky Holden and some subby paints : )

[hamish_023]

Also why so much dust Naldo?

[hamish_023]

Did a 8 hours job on a VY SS that had been attacked by another detailer, creating buffing trails etc

Wash



Before:

[hamish_023]

50/50's of before and after:









After:









As always comment's welcome