just thought i'd share this one from thursday
 

Knowing you guys appreciate fast cars - this is probably the fastest one Ive done yet ( car speed not work speed!)

Well I was asked to look at this car - Its a 2005 Ford mustang. Its supercharged and is kicking out around 540 bhp!! It had an original owner from new in the US. It was then imported and breifly owned by a UK owner then bought by the current. The current owner is pretty swwitched on to car care and has always washed correctly. However The previous two had not really cared for it correctly - this became very apparent upon inspection.

Detail Requirements

The said owner just wanted the paint correction service carried out. He wanted the car to be rid of the swirls and scratches and wanted to be able to fill up at the petrol station without having to look at at horrendous marring!

The detail

I arrived at 0730 hours - set out my tools and equipment and took the car out for washing. I knew this car would be a challenge and wanted to get started asap.

First up - the wash. Usual procedure here, TBM, Megs Shampoo plus, dried with sonus towel.

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With the car washed and dried I could get the lighting on and the inspection stage started - heres some brinkmann and halogen shots. You will notice the defects are a combination of bad swirling and lots of straight scratches.

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Note the light dispersion as it is scattered out across the defects - you can hardly tell the twin filaments of the brinkmann apart as they just blur into one messy reflection

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heres a better shot of the scratches

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I set about taping up ( taking longer than normal due to the stripes) and then proceeded to take PTG readings. For a big american car the standard of paint application was very good indeed and pretty uniform throughout giving an average of around 125 microns top to toe.

I started by taping up sections on the bonnet so i could determine the best and safest method of correction.

Knowing the paint was soft i tried a sonus polishing pad on the makita graced with a small amount of menzerna FF and started to work in on speed 1 then then 2 then back down to one. This removed most of the swirls but 3 sepaerate applications and passes were needed to get perfect.

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I checked the PTG and approx 2 microns saw safe removal. Now at this stage i wanted to speed up the defect removal as I had a huge car infront of me. I switched pad to sonus light cut and stuck with FF - this brought it down to 2 passes. In the end it was the same pad dressed with Menz IP - working in at speed 1 then right up to 3.5 with mid to high pressure and one pass. Then down to 2 then one. This was good and very quick and againg saw approx 2 micron removal. and some excellent clarity, however to perfect I passed with PC wearing megs polishing pad and FF.

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I did some 50:50 shots too to highlight the effectivness

Same procedure as above - i might add that the menz was working at its best today with the temp returning to a 10deg average - working in nicely and spreading like butter

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I then completed the bonnet and took a few pics - calling the owner out at this point to demostrate the finish that he could expect and to see if it was acceptable

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I then dropped down and worked my way around the sides of the car - I found the swirling and scratching just as bad

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again same procedure, however I found that following the final speed 1 pass a quick sprtz with with LT on panel and not the regular pad, then another quick pass brought out great clarity and negated the need for the PC follow up.

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I continued around the vehicle correcting the paint. I then cleaned the polish residue out of the paint using clearned fluid on PC. Given the cars usage the owner wanted a durable finish so it was Klasse SG and collinite 476s as I would be retuning in a few months to apply a carnauba for summer.

I actually stopped a eight o'clock so a full twelve hours on just correction.

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All in all a very rewarding day for me - I went through it all and at the end I felt I had acheived something and faced one of the hardest correction jobs a detailer could have to work on - soft gloss black. days like these can serve as a good tester and these jobs keep you hooked and coming back for more. The customer was impressed too which above all is the most important thing

Thanks for reading

Matt

Great work as always Matt

That's a big old lump of a car :thumb:

Great job Matt... that takes some effort :cool:

Lovely Job.

Stunning , just stunning:)

Thats something else, Top job Matt plus the car is awesome too boot!!

another detail by Matt black is best when polished:thumb:

:notworthy Superb Matt, even more gutted now I cant make the detailling, and now that the bumper paint has blistered and flaked off. Yan it has now grown from 6inches long 3inches wide to a truely gut wrenching 14 inches long and about 7 inches wide :cry:

:eek: :notworthy: stunning - I don't think I've spent 12 hours in total, in my whole life, washing the car.

If you don't mind me asking, what price are you looking at ? Curious thats all - I'd love to ask you to do mine, but its not a commercial enquiry - won't be offended if you didn't want to say.

Still...stunning

Gareth

[QUOTE=Russ71;6692807]:notworthy Superb Matt, even more gutted now I cant make the detailling, and now that the bumper paint has blistered and flaked off. Yan it has now grown from 6inches long 3inches wide to a truely gut wrenching
14 inches long and about 7 inches wide :cry:

that will make you eyes water:lol1: :lol1: :lol:
john holmes look out do i call you donkey:D

[QUOTE=milf hunter;6692845]Call me stallion :norty: I really must stop looking at it, as it tends to get bigger everytime. :lol1: :eek:

[QUOTE=Russ71;6692857][QUOTE=milf hunter;6692845]

Call me stallion :norty: I really must stop looking at it, as it tends to get bigger everytime. :lol1: :eek:

a magnifying glass is a wonderful tool for making things larger :lol1: :lol1:

[QUOTE=milf hunter;6692910][QUOTE=Russ71;6692857]:lol1: :Suspiciou you found out my secret:D

[QUOTE=milf hunter;6692658]another detail by Matt black is best when polished:thumb:

Matt you can give mine a polish when you done next :eek:
and the car

Gareth you must have missed this....

https://www.scoobynet.com/wales-26/5...-19-march.html

;) :D

[QUOTE=milf hunter;6693007]PMSL :lol1:Matt have you changed your name on DW

Remember seeing it, but seeing as car wash/waxing/cleaning etc are alien terms to me, I had absolutely no idea what "detailing" was :D - Matt would need at least 2 of those days just on mine:lol1:
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[QUOTE=Scudy23;6693430]Hi Mate

Yeah - its now OYM - the business name is Offyourmarks ltd - have joined up on the pro section and thought any future visits to DW from customers would be better associated with my company name rather than matt the cat lol!

website nearly ready now so have a look in a week or so - you might see a couple of familiar scoobys on there!