April Update: Tesla Model Y with Ultimate Vehicle Protection!

April Update: Tesla Model Y with Ultimate Vehicle Protection!

Please note Liquid Finish is currently functioning under Essential Services for vehicles. We do take great care in properly isolation and low volume to avoid any Covid 19 issues. We hope everyone stays safe!

Tesla Model Y SUVs have landed! First of many to come. This Midnight Silver Model Y came in for minor correction and thorough coating of all exterior surfaces: Opti Glass Pro on all windows, Opti Coat Pro Plus for all painted areas, and New Car Trim Treatment!

As part of the Opti Coat Pro Plus service an inspection wash includes complimentary education session to cover how to maintain your coating. Microfibers, chemicals, tools, wash styles, any manner of car care is covered.

Wheel faces, lenses, paint, and chrome were covered with one step Optimum Opti Coat Pro system. Opti Coat Pro Plus comes with a 7 year warranty (paint failure) along with a hydrophobic, easy to clean, marring, scratch, and acid resistant surface.

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2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Gloss Coat

2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Gloss Coat

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New Jeep Grand Cherokee new car treatment with Optimum Gloss Coat, 22PLE Rim & Metal, and minor interior protection throughout the vehicle. Tons of deep scratches and marks all over the vehicle, spent quite awhile inspecting/searching for minor issues. 22PLE was a breeze to apply after using my LHR75E 3inch buffer to brighten the metal surface followed by multiple wheel wipe downs. Hyper Dressing, Optimum Protectant Plus for the rest of the vehicle. Check Facebook for our full depth commentary:

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2015 Corvette Z06 Blade Silver Gloss Coat

2015 Corvette Z06 Blade Silver Gloss Coat

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Beautiful new Z06 in for a special car coating treatment. After a safe rinseless optimum wash, claybar treatment revealed minor embedded dirt as well as minor adhesive residue leftover. I did find some minor marks, most near the door handles and the rear spoiler. Paint & wheels were polished with Optimum hyper polish blue, then thorough wipe down inspection. Gloss Coat was applied on day one. Our luck is awesome, it was raining on day two for the final checks and trim protection treatments. Beautiful silver with metallic spectra grey wheels. Beware the shiny beast!

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Porsche Macan S White New Car Coating

Porsche Macan S White New Car Coating

New Porsche Macan S White new car treatment. We took extra steps to completely decontaminate this new vehicle from the dealership after a European Delivery. Full service included: Paint Coating, Trim Coating, Interior Protection & full detail. Every surface was protected or restored for long term protection. We did do some paint correction for some minor defects to clarify the surface.

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New Car Coating: 2014 Passat Urano Grey

2014 Passat GE Urano Grey New Car Coating

New car treatment for this Passat with 1111 miles. LED light checking revealed no obvious flaws, some hood/roof/trunk water etching which we reduced down with a few compounds. Vehicle underwent the usualy decontamination, Optimum Hyper Polish, then coated with an awesome Nano Glass Coating. Bulletproof Coating by CAR Industries. Optimum Protectant Plus on the Interior. We love this coating treatment for the awesome gloss, slickness, and overall protection.

Products

• Cleaning:  Optimum Power Clean & Optimum No Rinse, Hyper Wash
• Wheels & Wells: Optimum Power Clean various brushes, Liquid Finish’s Special “Super Clean” Solution
• Tires: Meguiars APC+, Liquid Finish’s Special “Super Clean” Solution, Meguiar’s Hyper Dressing
• Clayed with Nanoskin Glide & Optimum Opti-Clay
• Door & Trunk Jams: Car Soap & Optimum OptiClean, CAR Bulletproof Coating
• Polish: Meguiar’s M205, M100, and Hyper Polish majority of vehicle
• CAR Bulletproof Coating
• Various Products: Optimum OptiClean, HD Express
• Wheels: HD Express
• Interior:  APC+ & Optimum Plus Protectant on Vinyl, Rubber, Misc Surfaces. Full Vacuum & Dusting, Vapor Steam
• Trim & Tire: Meguiar’s Hyper Dressing & Ultima Tire & Trim Gel
• Exhaust Pipe: Optimum Metal Polish & P21S Polishing Soap
• Windows: HD Touch & Sprayaway Glass Cleaner

EQUIPMENT

•  Rupes Big Foot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher with 5.5 BackingPlate & Washer Mod
• Solo 418 1 Liter Pressure Sprayer
• Buff & Shine Pads, Rupes Pads
•  Griots Garage Random Orbital Polisher
• Wheel Woolie, Swissvax Wheel Brush, OXO Bottle Brush
• Microfiber Mitt, Sheepskin Wash Mitt

RESULTS & PICTURES:

Facebook in progress commentary: 2014 Urano Grey VW Passat New Car Coating

New Car Coating: BMW M4 Black Sapphire

VEHICLE INFORMATION:

A beautiful beast of a car:BMW M4 Black Sapphire Black on Black! We had our hands full, so early morning commute and treatment to this beauty. Not too many issues for a black vehicle, but we definitely had to spot level a few areas. Final notes:

• Hyper Polish, then M205 with MF Finishing Disc to remedy deep rids from the factory
• Hand polish all the intricate curves and paint groves
• Optimum Opti Coat All Paint.
• Interior wipedown & dressing removal from sides of door. Ugly dealership dressings are bad1

Vehicle was in great shape, just needed a thorough cleaning and coating. We set this client up with proper wash tools and the finest Korean microfibers!

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New Car Treatment: 2014 Jaguar F Type R British Racing Green

VEHICLE INFORMATION:

This beautiful 2014 F Type R was treated to a basic new car preparation. Paint levels looked uniform and no significant issues were seen besides tending to some horrible dealership dressing.

– front hood & area prepped for full paint protection film, paint was safely clayed and cleaned

– full paint and glass protection with Optiseal & Blackfire Wet Diamond for conventional gloss

 – exhaust pipes polished, wheels deep cleaned to remove any packaging residue.

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Ultimate Vehicle Protection: Corvette C7 Torch Red

VEHICLE INFORMATION:

A 2014 Corvette C7 Torch Red with our ultimate vehicle protection package. IronX & Decontamination stage for special decontamination of the paint. Paint preparation portion of the detail required a few deep defect removal areas due to severe deep scratching. Our “Frankenstein” Combo today

• Optimum Opti Coat All Paint.
• CAR Products Bulletproof Coating on all Trim, Wheel Jams, & Small Areas
• Leather Master Protection Cream & HD Fabric Protector for Interior

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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

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Ultimate Vehicle Protection: 2015 Porsche Macan Turbo Black

2015 Porsche Macan Detail “Frankenstein” Combo

VEHICLE INFORMATION:

This beautiful 2015 Porsche Macan was given the ultimate vehicle protection. Started off with a high foam wash to remove all the light dirt and remove any polish residue. IronX & Decontamination stage revealed no significant issues to the paint. Paint preparation portion of the detail involved quite sometime polishing, thankfully heat and overall conditions were great. We did find 1 area near the driver front fender where a polisher was incorrectly used. Final Coating/Treatments that we chose our “Frankenstein” Combo:

• Optimum Opti Coat All Paint.
• CAR Products Bulletproof Coating on all Glass, Wheel Jams, & Small Areas
• Gtechniq C4 Trim Restorer for all trim (front air damn, sides, mirrors, front trim.

Humidity & heat really accelerated the curing/air phase of the detail. We chose Leather Master Protection Cream & Optimum Protectant Plus as neutral safe protection versus any coatings that could inhibit normal contamination progression.

PRODUCTS & PROCESS:

• Cleaning:  Foam Chemical Guys Citrus Wash, Optimum Power Clean, Meguiars Hyper Wash
• Wheels & Wells: Optimum Power Clean various brushes, Liquid Finish’s Special “Super Clean” Solution
• Tires: Meguiars APC+, Liquid Finish’s Special “Super Clean” Solution, Meguiar’s Hyper Dressing
• Clayed with Nanoskin Glide & Optimum Opti-Clay
• Iron Decontamination: CarPro IronX
• Door & Trunk Jams: Optimum OptiClean
• Polish: M205 Meguiars, Optimum Hyper Polish, M100 Meguiars
• Pre Prep Coating – Menzerna Top Inspection
• Paint Coating: Optimum Opti Coat
• Wheel Jams, Window & Misc Areas: CAR Products Bulletproof Coating
• Trim Coating: Gtechniq C4 Trim Restorer
• Various Products: Optimum OptiClean, HD Express
• Wheels: Optimum Opti Coat
• Many hours spent with q-tips and towels to remove all the wax residue throughout every crack / seems on the vehicle.
• Interior: Optimum Power Clean & Protectant Plus, Vapor Steam
• Leather Treatment: Leather Master Protection Cream

EQUIPMENT

•  Rupes Big Foot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisherwith 5.5 BackingPlate & Washer Mod
• Solo 418 1 Liter Pressure Sprayer
• Buff & Shine Pads, Rupes Pads
•  Griots Garage Random Orbital Polisher
• Wheel Woolie, Swissvax Wheel Brush, OXO Bottle Brush
• Microfiber Mitt, Sheepskin Wash Mitt

RESULTS & PICTURES:

Facebook Album – Ultimate Vehicle Protection 2015 Porsche Macan Black

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