[AndrewBigA]

03 Mustang SVT Cobra with a little over 500 HP

Flex mini rotary

3M Perfect-It Ultrafine Machine Polish

Liquid Glass sealant - bottom coat
Collinite 476S Super Double Coat paste waw - top coat

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[AndrewBigA]

2003 Gold 350Z Heavy Clear Coat Correction with some extra surprises

heres a few pics of the car after 3 washes, 3 times clay barring & all prep tapping finished. this car is ready to be sectioned off for a handfull of 50/50 shots. ill try to let the pics do the talking to save some time typing every little step up. the pics will take you from start to finish. i hope you all enjoy reading the writeup when im finished with the car. this will be a big one & it has to be done by monday to make room for another big correction job. on Monday i have another 2 dr black g35 that the customer said has bad swirls & hasnt been detailed in 2 years, he thinks. on wed i have a white c63 amg coming in for a medium correction job.

i try to concentrate on the big jobs that require a lot of heavy machine work since neither of my 2 guys know how to buff & i dont plan to teach them either. my job is to book them as much work as they can handle to keep the shop as busy as possible. they do help me a lot on these big correction jobs. i have them do the prepping & i work side by side with one of them so this way theres 2 sets of eyes checking each panel as im buffing. ill have him follow a few panels behind me with a damp microfiber towel as he inspects the paint a second time under the halogen light after ive already done so. as the panel is being double checked, im already working out the swirls & other defects on the next panel ahead.
we go around the car once during rotary machine compound then do it again for the rotary machine polishing

after were done polishing the car well remove all masking tape & hose the car off to loosen any dust from the compounding & polishing. then the car gets brought back inside & wiped down with an absorber to remove about 85% of the water. a leaf blower is then walked around the car & the water drips are collected with another absorber towel. me & my guy will go over the car one more time with the halogen light, one holds the small 700 watt unit in his hand while the other guy is looking into the paint ot see if weve removed all of the defects 100% or not. if there is still some swirls & scratches left over ill tape the car again & give the car one last round of machine polishing till each panel is completely glassed out & ready for a coat of sealant then wax.

i wasn't going to put together a writeup but this one has a few surprises. the hood has been resprayed by a body shop & on the passenger half the clear coat seems to have faded a bit. i hope i can pull everything out without going past the clear coat & burning right through. im going to try to save the hood by wetsanding it with 2000 grit. to make the sandpaper soft ill rub 2 pieces of 2000 grit together then soak them in a cold bucket of water with a few drops of soap for lubrication between the paper & the clear coat. if i can save this hood ill save the customer a lot of money that he wouldve spent on the respray.

here are the pictures as of 10:47pm. its getting late & i must leave the shop but im addicted to this little place, i just cant seem to know when to end my day. i hope i can stay awake at the movie theatres tomorrow, if not my girlfiend might be a little mad. im a little nervous because she just signed up for a kick boxing class at her gym =/ hmmm...

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rubbing 2 new pieces of 2000 grit to take the bite out of the sandpaper

test section on hood after wetsanding

working it out

after compound & polish

you can still see the clear coat isnt 100% crystal clear. this is the best it will be. i wetsanded, compounded & polished the area 3 times. im happy with how it looks at this point. im not going to risk burning through with another round of wetsanding.

looking even better after a few rounds of polishing

[AndrewBigA]

05 BMW 330ci ZHP

Flex Rotary

Meguiars M105 Ultra Cut Compound

Meguiars M205 Ultra Finishing Polish

Collinite 915 Marque D' Elegance Paste Wax

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[AndrewBigA]

08 Bmw 528i

stevenbeboo e60.net

Flex Orbital

Meguiars Meguiars M205 Ultra Finishing Polish

Collinite 476S Duper Double Coat Paste Wax

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link to customers feedback from e60.net

The White Beauty is clean

http://forums.5series.net/topic/9672...opid__1150872&

here are the pics he took with his camera. juan in action & me in action with the Flex Rotary lol.

[AndrewBigA]

Ford F150 62 pics
-Clear Coat Correction

im finished putting the thread together. i most likely wont get around to posting the full writeup till early next week.

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ALL PRIVATE MESSAGES WILL BE REPLIED TO FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING.

THANKS EVERYONE. WE ARE HAVING A BLAST WORKING IN THE SHOP & STAYING BUSY. ME, JUAN & JOHNNY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR WEATHER LIKE THIS & WERE GLAD ITS FINALLY HERE.

i have 4 recent clear coat correction writeups that i will be posting up within the next few weeks.

the 3 that ive already done are

1 BMW E46 Vert blue
2 NISSAN 350Z gold
3 FORD F 150 Xcab silver

i also just started working on a really poorly taken care of 08 VW GTI white. the rear bumper & hatch are almost completely discolored to an ugly brownish tone from the exhaust & just not taking care of the car at all. the paint feels like sandpaper & all of the glass needs to be hand polished with some #000 steel wool.
were doing a full interior shampoo & a complete heavy clear coat correction job.
im going to start cutting the clear coat tonight with the rotary.

[AndrewBigA]

in progress crappy cell phone teaser shots 1,2,3

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