Black Volvo XC60

[vinharski]

Cool car, just needed some care on the interior and paintwork.

Car was washed and clayed.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZOPHmHQTLPI/UYVi7jQQQbI/AAAAAAAAEj8/I_h_rh3ToeQ/w862-h575-no/59.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1Tqeewunu8o/UYVi8sDayeI/AAAAAAAAEkM/op0ZShKRN7k/w862-h575-no/60.jpg

Not much contaminates, but had some. After drying the car, it was time to evaluate the real condition of the paintwork, and I could find almost everything.

Nasty buffing trails on the hood
A bird dropping on the hood probably left some marks on the clear coat. Someone tried to remove by buffing it with a wool pad.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-lxs98lAygYo/UYVitYdlXCI/AAAAAAAAEhU/oSwcdtWhJ9U/w862-h575-no/4.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ah1sACnrcdw/UYVi8fOPuDI/AAAAAAAAEkE/xwV_czVoc5w/w369-h246-p-o/6.jpg

Swirls

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K7E8YVMgafw/UYVh-DH71AI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/1RRy2ZrhfXA/w862-h575-no/101.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F6jHqSoXmxg/UYViAyjqiZI/AAAAAAAAEZw/hEI0QQFhLjw/w862-h575-no/105.jpg

Respray

Right rear fender has been resprayed. Painting measures indicated 370+ microns. Overall readings were averaging 110.
Color was matching but the clearcoat had lots of orange peel. Had to wetsand with Trizact 3000 and 5000 to get nice reflections back again.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RcXjqGdNrcs/UYVjOFte83I/AAAAAAAAEn8/ixj1zOuFAJ4/w383-h575-no/88.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ntRVYH31KYs/UYVjN-pxQvI/AAAAAAAAEn0/PiA2AnmMvHk/w383-h575-no/87.jpg

Few scratches were there too, but no close-up pics thou.


Game Plan

- Rotary with Megs polishing pad + Megs ultimate compound:

Found it a very nice combo. UC can be worked longer than 3M compound I used to use. Worling the product properly, left an almost transparent film, easy to buff off

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6KISs1R861g/UYVjK9DPDCI/AAAAAAAAEnE/1fLIwPROX7k/w383-h575-no/81.jpg

- PC with Megs polishing pad + Sonax Nano Polish:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_a0llSt1VfM/UYVjLTYAd6I/AAAAAAAAEnM/Qe3Q-P5LdCI/w862-h575-no/82.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KqN8h6NvWqw/UYVjNqnv54I/AAAAAAAAEnw/m0ak7x6KybA/w383-h575-no/86.jpg

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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LVbq3C5E2uI/UYVjUJOqA0I/AAAAAAAAEpY/ko6XvOA-rKQ/w383-h575-no/98.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9yOzp82frDc/UYVjMjS2KTI/AAAAAAAAEnc/fqp4NuR52Wo/w862-h575-no/84.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QTmUfin508Y/UYViDWR9_lI/AAAAAAAAEqY/pGPRpahmeWU/w805-h575-no/108.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ftnMB-SNKWI/UYViGQ6qp5I/AAAAAAAAEao/lo9APxU1DjI/w862-h575-no/111.jpg

Exceptions

Hood: Had to step-up using Megs compounding pad and 3M compound before doing the above steps.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zXHdA8KQqwo/UYViHB_nZtI/AAAAAAAAEaw/hvT3cIOz21k/w862-h575-no/112.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JafEXVmJLHA/UYViHk-gGyI/AAAAAAAAEa4/qEbvB98o1Ao/w862-h575-no/113.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aAB6nrfAMhc/UYViIe3NM2I/AAAAAAAAEbA/ztsETQfCMDw/w862-h575-no/114.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JQvpp_jMJww/UYViJNOCxGI/AAAAAAAAEbI/8b1PDSFYSUw/w862-h575-no/115.jpg

Fender: Sanded wih Trizact 3k and 5k, Megs compounding pad and 3M compound before following with the steps applied to the rest of the car.

Trizact 3K
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3hZ1EyA_61U/UYVjO1aSuMI/AAAAAAAAEoE/fZ7qrpsYdWE/w383-h575-no/89.jpg

Trizact 5K
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-013Ff72C9e4/UYVjP5HdcXI/AAAAAAAAEoQ/z3md2oNU-nQ/w383-h575-no/90.jpg

Done
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0kgtCQaKwUw/UYVjQ3EJrnI/AAAAAAAAEok/r76o94a_Ofc/w383-h575-no/92.jpg

[vinharski]

SONAX Nano Paint Protect

The whole car was wiped down with a degreasing solution used for painting. Removed any oils from the paint to 1) make sure no defects were filled and left behind 2) prep. the surface for SONAX NPP.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gonMkHTFqvI/UYViNgxgZ2I/AAAAAAAAEb8/A3cVJsc7LYs/w862-h575-no/120.jpg

Tires: SONAX Extreme
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jjKNout2qcE/UYViORM0EzI/AAAAAAAAEcE/RCihP2FlQN8/w862-h575-no/121.jpg

50/50
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dXSGUkHvhMY/UYViPd4JiCI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/HT227hZe2s4/w862-h575-no/122.jpg

Final pics

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cu8ujDJmwUQ/UYViKGjnnQI/AAAAAAAAEbQ/qvWfY0CDwXk/w862-h575-no/116.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XW8v9HQ_SbI/UYViK84l8BI/AAAAAAAAEbY/KxPEfQC2QMM/w862-h575-no/117.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nBrGB8LRq34/UYViLUFoseI/AAAAAAAAEbg/wcco6wf55aw/w862-h575-no/118.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1UzJZF-BWB8/UYViQvnCxKI/AAAAAAAAEcc/H_d8qfJUTgw/w862-h575-no/124.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TRDl8Bl1nbM/UYViRb_8U0I/AAAAAAAAEck/lnts2FTMdCE/w862-h575-no/125.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HbDa_I4pqjk/UYViTf2TjeI/AAAAAAAAEc8/gLDAuiGxaHY/w862-h575-no/128.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-waw2GbC-5aI/UYVibqobO9I/AAAAAAAAEeI/TmL5Rt5zS-s/w862-h575-no/132.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nrvzRynpW7s/UYViX7DAOPI/AAAAAAAAEdk/Xx3hw3gDBrs/w862-h575-no/133.jpg

That's it

Thanks

[kimokalihi]

Damn! Nice work.

[Theo_Auto_Fines]

I always give props to those who tackle black cars since they are perhaps the hardest to perfect.

[Pinpoint_Precision]

Como sempre, muito bom trabalho. Mandou bem.

As always, very nice work. Very well done.

[panthercz]

Great job! You know you're all in when you have to sand!

[ziggo99]

SONAX Nano Paint Protect

Final pics

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cu8ujDJmwUQ/UYViKGjnnQI/AAAAAAAAEbQ/qvWfY0CDwXk/w862-h575-no/116.jpg


That's it

Thanks

That's the money shot for me. Excellent stuff there.