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Wes_R x Testarossa(126 pics)
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Hi JaguarForumers,
The opportunity to work on this Testarossa presented itself to me when the owners co worker saw some of my other work and referred me to him. I got a call near the end of November from the owner saying that he wanted to get his car detailed for storage. How could I say no lol. |
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I took these pics at the final end of the detail but felt it was appropriate to put them here. These are the finished pics of the interior.
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Now getting started on the exterior I start off with the wheels. P21s Wheel Gel was used to clean the rims which is non acidic. I could leave this cleaner on the rims all night and no damage to the rim. Acid based wheel cleaners you can't say the same for and even a light application of them to ceramic brakes, anodized rims, etc and a beautiful rim or brake system is ruined. So no acid based wheel cleaners....ever! https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Let the rims soak while I attended to the engine bay https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 I didn't get to aggressive on the engine bay but still did the best I could. I wiped down with Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner and then dressed it with Meguiars Hyper Dressing cut 20/80 with water for a nice natural finish. Here is a before and after pic Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 After (still a little wet from the dressing) https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Artsy Fartsy https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Moving on to the rims Getting in the inner barrel with my handleless EZ brush https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Behind the rim https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Cleaned the rim face with a micro fibre mitt https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 And used a foam stick to get in the lug nut area https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Rinsed down the car https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 And sprayed on Prep Wash to strip off any silicones which will if left on hinder the paint correction process because the silicones fill scratches and if not removed the polish will not cut out the swirl but just glide over them https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Then washed the car using the 2 bucket method and a natural sea sponge. The reason for 2 buckets when washing is simple, 1 bucket is only water, and the 2nd bucket is soap water only. After washing every panel or even half a panel you rinse off the dirt from your mitt in the water only bucket before putting it in the soap bucket, there by keeping your soapy water dirt free. Most people use only 1 bucket to wash their car and this one bucket ends up with dirt in it and this same dirt filled soap water is what is rubbed all over the car and in time a perfect paint finish gets all swirled up. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Rinsed my sponge off in the water only bucket after every panel or a half a panel https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Dryed the car off and brought it in to clay bar it. Riccardo Clay was used. The reason for clay barring your paint is it basically sheers out contaminants embedded in the paint. This can be raildust, fallout, or even just tiny dirt debris. If you wash your car and run your hands along the paint you will probably find that it is still pretty rough. What you are feeling is the surface contaminants. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Pretty contaminated https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 Measured the paint to see what I was dealing with and look out for any low spots. The owner had told me that the whole car had been repainted so I was dealing with fairly thick paint. Measurements were taken in microns which are a thousanth of millimeter. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536425 |
I have a few question:
1. When using the paint thickness meter, you are obviously measuing the thickness of the clearcoat correct? 2. What is the minimum measurement you would feel comfortable working with a rotary? Would it be the same if you were using a DA? Thanks for posting.....your work is amazing! |
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Masked off the rubber trimmings
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 And here is what I was up against under 500w halogen lighting https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Did a quick test spot to find a combination that worked and here are the results of a wool pad and Menzerna Super Intensive Polish which is a medium cutting polish. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Now for a few before and afters of the body panels Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 And a 50/50 shot https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Single stage paint really clogs my pads up so I had to change them frequently https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 All the tight areas my rotary couldn't reach I did by hand with on orange lake country pad and Meguiars M105 then a white pad with Meguiars M205. They did not end up perfect but still a huge improvement to how they were before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 This was a full paint correction so the few deeper scratched I wetsanded with Micro Mesh sand paper 2400 grit and then 4000 grit to refine and then finally polish out the sanding marks. Results were either to round off the edges of the scratch to make it less apparent or to completely remove the scratch. After all the compounding and wetsanding I finally jeweled the paint with a white Lake Country pad and Menzerna P085rd. Here is a shot of me jeweling the paint. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 And finally the results of my work https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Unmasked the car https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Dusted it down and got in the tight crevices. Gave it an alcohol wipe down to clean off the polishing oils https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Then double checked my work with my 3M Sun Gun which omits the same color spectrum light as the sun. So basically what I see with this light is how it will look in natural daylight. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Perfect https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Applied Swissvax Concorso https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 While the wax was curing I attended to some other areas Sealed the rim with Poorboys Wheel Sealant to protect against brake dust https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Dressed the tires with Blackfire Long Lasting Tyre Gel which after being left on for awhile then wiped off leaves a beautiful finish https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Here is an after pic of the tires and rim https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 I couldn't get the exhaust perfect but still made an improvement. Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 Now finally after 50+ hrs of work, -10 weather, and the first snowfall of winter here are the finished pictures. First up some shots of the sun on the paint https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 And my last 3 favorite pics. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536447 I hope you enjoyed reading the write up :). Wes |
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Masked off the rubber trimmings
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 And here is what I was up against under 500w halogen lighting https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Did a quick test spot to find a combination that worked and here are the results of a wool pad and Menzerna Super Intensive Polish which is a medium cutting polish. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Now for a few before and afters of the body panels Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 And a 50/50 shot https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Single stage paint really clogs my pads up so I had to change them frequently https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 All the tight areas my rotary couldn't reach I did by hand with on orange lake country pad and Meguiars M105 then a white pad with Meguiars M205. They did not end up perfect but still a huge improvement to how they were before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 This was a full paint correction so the few deeper scratched I wetsanded with Micro Mesh sand paper 2400 grit and then 4000 grit to refine and then finally polish out the sanding marks. Results were either to round off the edges of the scratch to make it less apparent or to completely remove the scratch. After all the compounding and wetsanding I finally jeweled the paint with a white Lake Country pad and Menzerna P085rd. Here is a shot of me jeweling the paint. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 And finally the results of my work https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Unmasked the car https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Dusted it down and got in the tight crevices. Gave it an alcohol wipe down to clean off the polishing oils https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Then double checked my work with my 3M Sun Gun which omits the same color spectrum light as the sun. So basically what I see with this light is how it will look in natural daylight. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Perfect https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Applied Swissvax Concorso https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 While the wax was curing I attended to some other areas Sealed the rim with Poorboys Wheel Sealant to protect against brake dust https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Dressed the tires with Blackfire Long Lasting Tyre Gel which after being left on for awhile then wiped off leaves a beautiful finish https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Here is an after pic of the tires and rim https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 I couldn't get the exhaust perfect but still made an improvement. Before https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 After https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 Now finally after 50+ hrs of work, -10 weather, and the first snowfall of winter here are the finished pictures. First up some shots of the sun on the paint https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 And my last 3 favorite pics. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...ine=1389536491 I hope you enjoyed reading the write up :). Wes |
Originally Posted by XJL
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I have a few question:
1. When using the paint thickness meter, you are obviously measuing the thickness of the clearcoat correct? 2. What is the minimum measurement you would feel comfortable working with a rotary? Would it be the same if you were using a DA? Thanks for posting.....your work is amazing! 2. I like to stay above 100 microns and yes it would be the same for DA. I appreciate the kind words! |
Thanks for the information. I really enjoy reading and seeing your posts! You are incredibly talented.
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