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OTD 05-14-2012 06:56 PM

2011 Subaru STI Minor Paint correction
 
Hi guys

I want to start off with some intro about me. My name is Franki and I'm a automotive technician by day, a detailer by night. I love keeping my cars pristine. I like to share some of my knowledge with you all and hope to see some shiny FRS and BRZ on the road soon!!



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I went and test drove the FRS in Baltimore MD and I felt in love with it!! yes I drove 4 hrs from NJ to drive it!!


anyways back to topic...

I have a 2011 STI in for Minor correction + Aquartz. This Subaru was the most challenging paint I ever dealt with, the clearcoat just sucks whatever polish I lay on it. I used Menz Powerfinish, superfinish, and AF Rejuvenate, but none of them worked. After 2 hrs of testing, I found baby oil does the trick with Menz powerfinish and Uber green polishing pad. This was not a full paint correction, but the owner really wanted something to aid his washing, so he chose to have Aquartz applied.

here is a video and pictures of what was done!


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZErwAZ9agrQ"]2011 STI Minor Paint Correction Detail + Aquartz - YouTube[/ame]




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Thanks for looking!!
Any questions or comments are welcome!!

Rick Boxx 05-15-2012 08:06 AM

Nice job man!!! :clap::clap::clap:

ZetaVI 05-15-2012 10:40 AM

Mad props. Great work.

rawbz 05-15-2012 12:42 PM

Hey Franki thanks for the post but all your photobucket links exceeded bandwidth.

Question though, what about the paint made it challenging? The products you were using were not cutting at all (i.e. clearcoat was very hard) or the products weren't bringing you to the finish you were used to (i.e. maybe indicative of a soft clear coat?)

I never had any experience with Subaru paint and the fact you're working on black is very interesting (preordered black BRZ)! However, I've never heard of using baby oil?

Snoopyalien24 05-15-2012 01:14 PM

Use imgur - no bandwidth to exceed

OTD 05-15-2012 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rawbz (Post 212731)
Hey Franki thanks for the post but all your photobucket links exceeded bandwidth.

Question though, what about the paint made it challenging? The products you were using were not cutting at all (i.e. clearcoat was very hard) or the products weren't bringing you to the finish you were used to (i.e. maybe indicative of a soft clear coat?)

I never had any experience with Subaru paint and the fact you're working on black is very interesting (preordered black BRZ)! However, I've never heard of using baby oil?

This particular paint on this car is known to be sticky and soft. Meaning it heats up fairly quick, clear-coat then open it's pores and suck the polish in. The baby oil helped ease the tension ( I guess ) and polish removal was easy enough, not causing towel marring. I think the new paint will be different, but I won't know until I work on one :)

OTD 05-15-2012 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24 (Post 212772)
Use imgur - no bandwidth to exceed

Thanks! I will try that next!

OTD 05-15-2012 08:12 PM

pictures are up again, enjoy!

Celicadude 05-15-2012 08:29 PM

Nice!! I love a well detailed black car. The maintenance to keep it looking that way is a bitch though. But well worth it.

ichitaka05 05-15-2012 08:57 PM

Call me newb, but what's that digital gauge thing? I always see it, is it show how clean it is?

OTD 05-15-2012 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ichitaka05 (Post 213393)
Call me newb, but what's that digital gauge thing? I always see it, is it show how clean it is?

good question!

no it's to measure how much clear coat I have to play with before beginning polishing to remove paint defects.

ichitaka05 05-15-2012 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OTD (Post 213404)
good question!

no it's to measure how much clear coat I have to play with before beginning polishing to remove paint defects.

Ah~ gotcha! Thanks for the lesson :thumbup:

rawbz 05-15-2012 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OTD (Post 213291)
This particular paint on this car is known to be sticky and soft. Meaning it heats up fairly quick, clear-coat then open it's pores and suck the polish in. The baby oil helped ease the tension ( I guess ) and polish removal was easy enough, not causing towel marring. I think the new paint will be different, but I won't know until I work on one :)

Do we know if the brz paint will be different? I figured it'd be identical to this one on the STI?

rawbz 05-15-2012 10:24 PM

Great pics and video btw. Delete the 'how to wash your car's thread and put this in its place.

I did get a bit nervous when I saw a ring still on your hand tho!

OTD 05-15-2012 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rawbz (Post 213552)
Great pics and video btw. Delete the 'how to wash your car's thread and put this in its place.

I did get a bit nervous when I saw a ring still on your hand tho!

LOL you're the second person that tells me this. and I will let the owner know about his ring...

Snoopyalien24 05-15-2012 10:52 PM

This is my fear of owning a black/dark gray car

djdnz 05-16-2012 11:12 AM

Yeah I noticed the ring as well... eek.

sa1126 06-04-2012 11:36 PM

Awesome pics. STIs are suck cool cars.

Turbowned 06-05-2012 03:36 PM

Looks very, very nice! I'm glad I'm not the only one who obsesses over car cleanliness; none of my car-guy friends seem to care as much as I do... don't really get it.


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