Best of 2016 Detailing Work Video
Thanks to all my clients and the support they give in trusting me with their vehicles. Just a quick video of various detailing from 2016.
Jul 06
20140
commentsBy Brandon Woo
Tags#cardetailing 911 carrera s durham detailing new car treatment north carolina opti-coat porsche porsche detail white
ULTIMATE VEHICLE PROTECTION: 2014 PORSCHE 911 Carrera S White
2015 PORSCHE 911 Carrera S White
VEHICLE INFORMATION:
A 2014 Porsche Carrera S with our ultimate vehicle protection package. Vehicle had some slight differences due to usage and preference. IronX & Decontamination stage for special decontamination of the paint. Paint preparation portion of the detail involved quite sometime polishing, thankfully heat and overall conditions were great. Our “Frankenstein” Combo today
- Optimum Opti Coat All Paint.
- CAR Products Bulletproof Coating on all Trim, Wheel Jams, & Small Areas
- Ultima Interior Guard Plus & HD Fabric Protector for Interior
Paint Repair: 2014 Escalade ESV Hood
Vehicle: 2014 Escalade ESV Black Raven Platinum Edition
Treatment:
– inspect vehicle paint thickness, primarily the hood. Paint thickness ranges for vehicle from 100-120 microns. Hood had a high of 140 microns to 100 microns.
– Optimum No Rinse waterless wash of the hood area, fenders, and front bumper
– claybar to decontaminate area, revealed a fair amount of contaminants
– removal of swirls and defects were evaluated with a three steps:
1) Meguiars M101 Compound with Microfiber Cutting pad
2) HD Adapt with White Polishing Pad
3) HD Polish with Green Light Pad
We consulted with the client to ensure a 95% correction was achieved, as well as acknowledging remaining defects would have to be sanded to achieve perfection. Client approved of the approach.
– sealed area with a paint sealant
Products:
- Optimum No Rinse Wash
- Clayed with Nanoskin Glide & Yellow Erazer Medium Clay
- Optimum OptiClean
- Protect: Collinite 845
- Various Products: Optimum OptiClean, Meguiars Last Touch, Menzerna Top Inspection
- Polish:Meguiars Foam Cut Compound M101, 3d Car Care HD Polish, HD Adapt.
Enhancement Detail: 1995 Porsche 993 911 Black
Vehicle: 1995 Porsche 911 993 Black
Condition: Paint readings on all surfaces and overall impression was a definite need for paint enhancement. Paint was somewhat soft, hence the ability for a good finishing polish and proper buffing technique to eliminate a huge amount of swirls. Pictures were a bit lacking due to time and sun constraints.
- document paint thickness, record visual condition, find wear and tear items, and inspect all surfaces
- vacuum any carpet surfaces by moving chairs, carpeting, trunk and gaps
- center console & all vinyl were scrubbed with a horsehair brush and Leatherique Prestine Clean
- leather & headliner front and back wipe down with Leatherique Prestine Clean
- carpets removed, cleaned with VX5000 steamer
- wheel cleaned with Griot’s Garage Wheel Cleaner, flushed the wells
- tires heavily degreased and treated with Prima Nero
- Body Wash with Meguiar’s Hyper Wash after polish
- claybar windows and paint. Worst areas were on the wing and roof.
- final polish with 3d Car Care HD Polish & Meguiar’s 205 Polish/ White Pad
- HD Speed for a polymer base, then lower sections and hard to reach areas done by hand (wheel jams, etc)
- HD Poxy as a protectant
- final wipe down of body with Meguiars Last Touch
- rear license plate area bracket removed, cleaned, polished, and sealed with Optimum Opti-Seal.
- engine bay lightly steamed and wipe down with Optimum Power Clean
- many hours spent with q-tips and towels to remove all the wax residue throughout every crack / seem on the vehicle.
- Trim protected with CarPro Perl, Ultima Tire & Trim
- Prima Hydro for small areas such as wheel jams
LF Restoration: 2008 Jerez Black M3
2008 Jerez Black M3 with dealer induced swirls. Thankfully only from the carwash and dealer neglect.
Process & Products:
Wheels – Sonax Wheel Cleaner, Optimum Power Clean, various brushes. Sealed with OptiSeal Tires – Power Clean & Optibond
Wash – Foam bath with Poorboy’s SSS, Power Clean – Pre Wash.
Clay – Yellow Erazer for decontamination.
Polish/Compound – D300 Correction Compound & M105 with Cutting MF Pad, D300 with Finishing MF Pad.
Finish – Optimum Poliseal, Optimum Optiseal, Optimum Car Wax. Finish Kare 425 Wipedown.
Interior – Optimum Protectant Plus
Renew: 335 Coupe with Optimum Trio Set
Beautiful Orion Silver with a much needed Renew Package.
Wheels – Optimum Power Clean various brushes.
Tires – Optimum OptiBond
Wash – Bath with Optimum Wash, Power Clean – Pre Wash/Prep Paint.
Decontamination – Nanoskin Towel, Optimum No Rinse
Polish – Optimum GPS with Orange 5.5 Low Profile
Wax – OptiSeal, Optimum Car wax
Wheels – OptiSeal
Various Products: Optimum OptiClean, Finish Kare 425
Interior:
– Vacuum, Vapor Steam with VX5000, Power Clean
– Einszett Plastik-reiniger, Lederpfledge – For Leather Protection
– Optimum Protectant on Vinyl, Rubber, Misc Surfaces
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