Detailing thread- Q&A Welcome!

[hamish_023]

VX SS with heavy swirls and needing some serious TLC



Before condition:







Panel had been repainted and wet sanded but panel beater didn't finish it off:





Working my way down the car:

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Assessing in the sun:


Final shots:





Time spent 8 hours

[SH30RB]

Top job hamish! you know how to make a crapadore look good

[hamish_023]

This one looked nice IMO (Had black wheels about to go on instead of the chrome), and the cammed V8 sounded tough. Will be heading back to do his brothers black Monaro

[augo]

Top job on the Commodore! ^^
I've only had my car for a few weeks. The guy I bought it off had it polished or waxed (not sure) before I picked it up.
Looked pretty good but not 100% in general, anyway I washed it once and it looked good, washed it again today and I've
noticed some white cloudy looking marks here and there, first I thought it was scratches but when I look close it looks more like dried
up polish or wax that hasn't been finished properly. Should I try and buff it off? Don't want to put swirls and make it worse. Cars black

[hamish_023]

Got pics? Hard to tell without them

[augo]

Yeah I thought pics would help, will take some tomorrow in daylight.
Cheers

[hamish_023]

Another Commodore, This time a Maloo:





Before:



After:

[hamish_023]

50/50 of paint corrections:

[hamish_023]

After:

[hamish_023]

RX8 that I detailed a while ago was back from getting to close to a bush:

2500g then 3000g wet sand paper then wool and foam to refinish it off to a nice finish, Deep cuts still visible but not noticeable (95% improvement).

Paint still measured above 100um average and plenty of clear still to play with

Before:






After shots:

[HoFF]

Top result Hamish

[jslayz]

All I can say is, very well done.
The owner must have been impressed.

[hamish_023]

Top result Hamish

Cheers Tom

All I can say is, very well done.
The owner must have been impressed.

Yeah he was stoked, wanting to get his Audi R8 done in the near future which should be good

[SegR]

Hamish you make me feel better about the (not as bad as your clients') shitty paint on my car which needs some loving