SpeedFreak Detailed: 2013 Boss 302 Laguna Seca Correction

[SpeedFreak81]

This car came to me from RRT Racing in Sterling, VA. The car had previously been covered in stickers for the first year of it's life as a track/press car. The shop removed most of the stickers but there was adhesive left around all the edges that needed removed. This car was pretty hammered and really needs a multi stage correction. That being said, all that was in the budget was a one step......so I had my work cut out for me. They also requested that I not touch the wheels, so those received no cleaning. I experimented with a multitude of different combos until I found one that actually worked VERY well. The results, for a one step correction are pretty amazing!!


Products used:



CG Citrus Wash
ZEP Citrus Degreaser
Clay Magic blue clay
DoDo Juice born slippery clay lube
Adhesive remover
Menzerna SF4000 on LC Microfiber cutting pad via Rupes Bigfoot LHR21ES
Sonax glass cleaner
Optimum metal polish
Blackfire Wet Diamond sealant




50/50 Driver's side door


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DSC_0350 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545661166/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5473/10545663355_e90189b614_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545663355/)
DSC_0352 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545663355/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




Driver's quarter before, and 50/50s


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DSC_0351 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545664625/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0357 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545655206/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0358 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545881493/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0359 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545657495/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr



The roof wax FULL of extremely deep scratches, most all of which were not touched by the relatively mild abrasives



http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2828/10545878623_603af7bddb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545878623/)
DSC_0362 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545878623/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/10545691754_9a73dd806b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545691754/)
DSC_0360 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545691754/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0363 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545875763/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




The passenger side fender was also extremely scratched, so nothing miraculous but a noticable improvement.


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DSC_0364 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545686794/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0365 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545874253/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0366 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545645716/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr



Passenger door 50/50s


http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/10545684034_04f741b2db_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545684034/)
DSC_0368 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545684034/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5489/10545645315_d3d96c0d47_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545645315/)
DSC_0371 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545645315/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/10545870063_527e8cbf69_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545870063/)
DSC_0370 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545870063/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




Few afters, the car needed to leave so I just got a few quick shots.


http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/10545632265_8663e739ed_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545632265/)
DSC_0384 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545632265/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2889/10545855193_ff9b3515c6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545855193/)
DSC_0385 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545855193/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0388 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545665384/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0373 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545643375/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0374 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545642185/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0375 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545865303/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0376 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545863893/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0377 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545675224/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




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DSC_0378 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545862003/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2832/10545859673_55bbea7ff6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545859673/)
DSC_0380 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545859673/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr



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DSC_0382 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545631156/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3814/10545857693_706cfbe756_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545857693/)
DSC_0383 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10545857693/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr




Thanks for looking!


-Brian

[JSou]

What a turnaround! Amazing job. a master at work.

[Fast Eddie]

That is a massive transformation, 50/50 shots are just amazing, very nice job on that Boss 302.

[HateSwirls]

Great work,it's a pitty the tires and wheels were left out:(

[charleyh2]

Wow - what an amazing turn around. It pains me to see the scratches, especially in a black, but you took the challenge, making it all better.

Beautiful transformation and further proof that I need to add more money to my Rupes "money jar"...got to get one of those.

[SpeedFreak81]

Thank you very much guys!

[MarkD51]

The before looks like it had been washed all its life with a Scotchbrite Pad.
The afters look dripping wet. But as you've noted, there was not an entire fulf correction achieved.

Even though you used a LC MF Cutting Pad with the Rupes, don't you maybe think a more aggressive polish might have worked better as a one step correction rather than SF-4000?
Mark

[Gsrjake]

wow amazing!

[SpeedFreak81]

Mark,

No. When doing a one step, ESPECIALLY on a black car, you need to remove as many defects as possible but even more important is to make sure whatever combo being used will finish out defect free. You may be able to get away with it on a light color, but not black. I will never deliver a vehicle to a customer with buffer induced markings of any kind.

The combo I used delivered far better results than most one step polishes will see.

Brian

[Challynger]

Awesome work!!! :dblthumb2:

[MarkD51]

Mark,

No. When doing a one step, ESPECIALLY on a black car, you need to remove as many defects as possible but even more important is to make sure whatever combo being used will finish out defect free. You may be able to get away with it on a light color, but not black. I will never deliver a vehicle to a customer with buffer induced markings of any kind.

The combo I used delivered far better results than most one step polishes will see.

Brian

Hello Brian,
Of course my comments were not questioning your expertise so much, I'm more "asking", but would maybe assume there would be other products, either within the Menzerna line up, or others perhaps, such as the new Wolfgang Uber Compound, which would perhaps maybe given slightly better correction, and still finish LSP ready?

Would a product such as Menzerna SIP not have given such good results?
Thanks, Mark

[goodinblack]

On a correction such as this.........

Is the clear too thin now to do this much correction ever again?

[allenk4]

Why in the world would a customer ask you to polish their car, but not touch the wheels?

Odd

[J504]

As always great work! I always look forward to reading your write ups to see what different kinds of pad and polish combos you use. :dblthumb2:

[Sicoupe]

That my friend is amazing work!:)