BarryK
09-01-2009, 05:03 AM
had a customer bring in a car yesterday for an estimate and to see what I can do to make it look better.
car is a '78 Porsche 930 Turbo. It's been used hard during it's life and approx 1/2 - 3/4 of the car has had body repairs and repaints (too may "incidents" during fun track days I believe).
About the biggest patch of original factory paint is the roof of the car.
The front bumper and the front of the hood/bonnet is covered in road rash and peppered with chips and one or two bad scrapes and scratches.
Tons of oxidation all over the paint and most especially on the fiberglass rear bumper which may or may not have also been repainted at some point and either the oxidation got really bad on the bumper or the repaint has a really poor match as it's a good 2-3 shades lighter than the rest of the car.
The repaints work on the various fenders was very poorly done, you can see tons of orange peel from it and it has a very 'flat' look to the repairs and practically no gloss or shine to the repaired areas at all.
The owner claims that while the paint still beads up when he washes the car, it has not been detailed nor had a coat of wax applied to the car is about 10 years!
I did fast test spot on one fender with a terry cloth applicator and a spot drop of M105, by hand - not machine, and a lot of the oxidation and haziness in the paint came out fairly easily so with my flex 3401 we should see a significant amount of improvement on the overall appearance of the car.
He understands that the chips/road rash I can't do anything about but bringing life back to the neglected paint is going to make the car look TONS better - including the difference it will make when I remove all the old wax, etc that is still showing very plainly and obviously in the panel gaps and alongside the rubber trims and such fro the last 10 year old detail!
the paint is single stage red - non-metallic - so after a good wash, clay, M105/M205, M07 glaze, than M21 sealant (maybe also topped by M26) it's should really shine.
Oh, the interior is all WHITE leather also that hasn't been touched either since the last detail 10 years go and is filthy!
customer is suppose to call me back today to schedule the job if he decides to get the work done. If so, as soon as the car is back here for me to work on I'l post up some before and after pics.
This should definitely be an interesting job....
car is a '78 Porsche 930 Turbo. It's been used hard during it's life and approx 1/2 - 3/4 of the car has had body repairs and repaints (too may "incidents" during fun track days I believe).
About the biggest patch of original factory paint is the roof of the car.
The front bumper and the front of the hood/bonnet is covered in road rash and peppered with chips and one or two bad scrapes and scratches.
Tons of oxidation all over the paint and most especially on the fiberglass rear bumper which may or may not have also been repainted at some point and either the oxidation got really bad on the bumper or the repaint has a really poor match as it's a good 2-3 shades lighter than the rest of the car.
The repaints work on the various fenders was very poorly done, you can see tons of orange peel from it and it has a very 'flat' look to the repairs and practically no gloss or shine to the repaired areas at all.
The owner claims that while the paint still beads up when he washes the car, it has not been detailed nor had a coat of wax applied to the car is about 10 years!
I did fast test spot on one fender with a terry cloth applicator and a spot drop of M105, by hand - not machine, and a lot of the oxidation and haziness in the paint came out fairly easily so with my flex 3401 we should see a significant amount of improvement on the overall appearance of the car.
He understands that the chips/road rash I can't do anything about but bringing life back to the neglected paint is going to make the car look TONS better - including the difference it will make when I remove all the old wax, etc that is still showing very plainly and obviously in the panel gaps and alongside the rubber trims and such fro the last 10 year old detail!
the paint is single stage red - non-metallic - so after a good wash, clay, M105/M205, M07 glaze, than M21 sealant (maybe also topped by M26) it's should really shine.
Oh, the interior is all WHITE leather also that hasn't been touched either since the last detail 10 years go and is filthy!
customer is suppose to call me back today to schedule the job if he decides to get the work done. If so, as soon as the car is back here for me to work on I'l post up some before and after pics.
This should definitely be an interesting job....