follow ft86club on our blog, twitter or facebook.
FT86CLUB
Ft86Club
Speed By Design
Register Garage Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Go Back   Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community - FT86CLUB > Technical Topics > Cosmetic Maintenance (Wash, Wax, Detailing, Body Repairs)

Cosmetic Maintenance (Wash, Wax, Detailing, Body Repairs) Wash, Wax, Details, Repairs


User Tag List

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 08-10-2013, 05:25 PM   #1
Mr. Sparkle
Senior Member
 
Mr. Sparkle's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Drives: Mr. Sparkle Detailing Wagon
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 225
Thanks: 3
Thanked 72 Times in 60 Posts
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
2009 Nissan 370z - 1 Step Paint Correction by Mr. Sparkle Detailing - Long Island

Recently was contacted for a 1 step correction on a 2009 Nissan 370z (black of course). Due to some scheduling conflicts, I took on this one during the overnight hours. Took care of the interior and the wash / decon in the early evening but didn't get down to any correction work until around 11pm. And it wasn't pretty....

Inspection under LED lighting after wash, iron x, speedy prep towel (med)






We had agreed to a 1 step correction. I can't lie, I did go over some deeper rids with d300 and megs MF pads as a courtesy. However, I didn't really photo any of that. Was looking more to document a decent 1 step correction so the before / after photos you see are a just that.

Did some test spots and settled on doing the 1 step correction done with:

Flex 3401 / Griots GG6 + LC Tangerine + Menzerna Power Finish (PF2500)

I started on the rear end as a change of pace for me (very exciting)


Trunk Before




Trunk after




Passenger Door Before




Passenger Door After




That same area up close before / after. You can see there are some defects leftover so this paint would benefit from a 2 step correction but it was not in the budget






The Hood Before



Hood After (again you can see some leftovers which might have cleaned up if a 2 step correction was in order)




It was pretty late by the time I made it around to the drivers side. Then I found the hidden message...

It looked like someone had written on this car at some point with an auto writer or some type of marker. But not cleaned off entirely then it left a stain? I don't know. It was very faint. And at roughly 2am I kinda thought I was seeing things. Glad I got photo evidence of what I believe was the word "comp" written on the qtr panel.







Fortunately this polished out. It was somewhere on this panel




After all that, car was wiped down with CarPro Eraser and protected with Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant.

The final product

Under LED lights only (how I spent most of the evening)






With the fluro lights on along with the LEDs










Reflection in the driver side door









Shut down the garage at 4am. Client lived nearby so I picked him up at 8am in time for work.

There is no mercy in this dojo...

www.MrSparkleDetailing.com


instagram @MrSparkleDetailing
Mr. Sparkle is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
opti-coat and paint correction in Eastern Long Island whitefrs Cosmetic Maintenance (Wash, Wax, Detailing, Body Repairs) 39 05-27-2014 11:52 PM
Body Shop or Scion/Toyota paint specialists in Long Island NY mikeg7827 NY / NJ / CT / PA 7 02-27-2013 12:15 PM
WRB BRZ - 2 step paint correction & Opti-Coat by Mr. Sparkle Detailing - Long Island Mr. Sparkle Cosmetic Maintenance (Wash, Wax, Detailing, Body Repairs) 4 02-10-2013 10:04 PM
New Car Prep w/ Opti-Coat 2013 Scion FR-S Mr. Sparkle Detailing - Long Island Mr. Sparkle Cosmetic Maintenance (Wash, Wax, Detailing, Body Repairs) 8 02-06-2013 12:27 AM
XSXV: South Texas Paint Correction & Detailing goat_cheese Cleaning and Detailing 6 10-17-2012 11:11 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:24 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.