Iamonaboat
04-08-2014, 08:54 PM
So a friend asked me to detail his '11 Brilliant black Audi A4, and I said sure shouldn't be a problem. However, after poking around online, I quickly realized that I had my work cut out for me. They weren't lying. Trying to correct this paint, was extremely frustrating and time consuming, and still didn't really deliver the results that I wanted. However, the owner of the car was very pleased with the results, and I suppose they turned out "alright" compared to what I've seen on here.
Process and products:
PC 7424XP
CCS Orange pads
WG Uber Compound
WG Total Swirl Remover
Son1c #93 ProtoWax
Tuff Shine Tire cleaner
Sonax Wheel Cleaner
Tuff Chine Clearcoat
Various Brushes and AG MF towels.
Of course the vehicle was prepped by soaking in Pinnacle wash (Can't remember which one), two bucket with grit guard wash, dried with Cobra Guzzler, and Nanoskin'd with ONR was lubricant.
All in all, it took me about 14 hours to get the work done on this car, and I charged the owner $300 because I feel it didn't come out as good as it could have. I believe this was a fair deal to him, and kind of a crappy deal to me for the amount of work done on the vehicle.
One question I have is surrounding the Porter Cable.. I've read multiple times that this machine isn't the most powerful machine out there. Had I used a say a GG or Flex, would I have had better and faster results? I often found myself having to go over a panel twice to really get the correction that I wanted. Here are the pictures. Please let me know what you think, and thank you for looking.
After Washing
http://i.imgur.com/xNtexdU.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/xNtexdU)
Getting all taped up
http://i.imgur.com/1A45Npa.jpg (http://imgur.com/1A45Npa)
http://i.imgur.com/oCd1AsG.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/oCd1AsG)
It was like this pretty much all over the vehicle. Doing a test spot on rear quarter panel.
http://i.imgur.com/myNxE58.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/myNxE58)
First pass - Not bad
http://i.imgur.com/0G91fjs.jpg (http://imgur.com/0G91fjs)
Second one turned out better. I knew it would be a long night.
http://i.imgur.com/Vy9RFDy.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/Vy9RFDy)
Hood
http://i.imgur.com/CNRnRN6.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/CNRnRN6)
Again - Not bad outcome
http://i.imgur.com/51n2Hum.jpg (http://imgur.com/51n2Hum)
http://i.imgur.com/TBmL4UN.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/TBmL4UN)
Passenger front to rear door
http://i.imgur.com/4Oeh8j5.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/4Oeh8j5)
http://i.imgur.com/P4gOqSz.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/P4gOqSz)
Nasty Tires - Only have a before pic as I up against the clock.
http://i.imgur.com/L5p8a8t.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/L5p8a8t)
Some pics after washing after the compounding
http://i.imgur.com/JfDY59o.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/JfDY59o)
http://i.imgur.com/fjAUNc9.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/fjAUNc9)
http://i.imgur.com/PsyOTBq.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/PsyOTBq)
I think this is the coolest picture I took
http://i.imgur.com/fjPJF1M.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/fjPJF1M)
And after Polishing and waxing
http://i.imgur.com/9mQAXS6.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/9mQAXS6)
http://i.imgur.com/a63So72.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/a63So72)
http://i.imgur.com/6SYuNCb.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/6SYuNCb)
http://i.imgur.com/jrWm0uB.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/jrWm0uB)
Some rock chips in the hood
http://i.imgur.com/RkZpbSI.jpg (http://imgur.com/RkZpbSI)
Had planned on using DodoJuice Blue Velvet Pro, but just received some of our very own Son1c's #93 Protowax in this month's detail box, so I decided to give a fellow forum member some love
http://i.imgur.com/iZdIAPe.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/iZdIAPe)
http://i.imgur.com/VQMghkK.jpg (http://imgur.com/VQMghkK)
After dropping it off at my friend's house
http://i.imgur.com/FRuU6Sm.jpg (http://imgur.com/FRuU6Sm)
http://i.imgur.com/Dx5Yy0s.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/Dx5Yy0s)
Process and products:
PC 7424XP
CCS Orange pads
WG Uber Compound
WG Total Swirl Remover
Son1c #93 ProtoWax
Tuff Shine Tire cleaner
Sonax Wheel Cleaner
Tuff Chine Clearcoat
Various Brushes and AG MF towels.
Of course the vehicle was prepped by soaking in Pinnacle wash (Can't remember which one), two bucket with grit guard wash, dried with Cobra Guzzler, and Nanoskin'd with ONR was lubricant.
All in all, it took me about 14 hours to get the work done on this car, and I charged the owner $300 because I feel it didn't come out as good as it could have. I believe this was a fair deal to him, and kind of a crappy deal to me for the amount of work done on the vehicle.
One question I have is surrounding the Porter Cable.. I've read multiple times that this machine isn't the most powerful machine out there. Had I used a say a GG or Flex, would I have had better and faster results? I often found myself having to go over a panel twice to really get the correction that I wanted. Here are the pictures. Please let me know what you think, and thank you for looking.
After Washing
http://i.imgur.com/xNtexdU.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/xNtexdU)
Getting all taped up
http://i.imgur.com/1A45Npa.jpg (http://imgur.com/1A45Npa)
http://i.imgur.com/oCd1AsG.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/oCd1AsG)
It was like this pretty much all over the vehicle. Doing a test spot on rear quarter panel.
http://i.imgur.com/myNxE58.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/myNxE58)
First pass - Not bad
http://i.imgur.com/0G91fjs.jpg (http://imgur.com/0G91fjs)
Second one turned out better. I knew it would be a long night.
http://i.imgur.com/Vy9RFDy.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/Vy9RFDy)
Hood
http://i.imgur.com/CNRnRN6.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/CNRnRN6)
Again - Not bad outcome
http://i.imgur.com/51n2Hum.jpg (http://imgur.com/51n2Hum)
http://i.imgur.com/TBmL4UN.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/TBmL4UN)
Passenger front to rear door
http://i.imgur.com/4Oeh8j5.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/4Oeh8j5)
http://i.imgur.com/P4gOqSz.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/P4gOqSz)
Nasty Tires - Only have a before pic as I up against the clock.
http://i.imgur.com/L5p8a8t.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/L5p8a8t)
Some pics after washing after the compounding
http://i.imgur.com/JfDY59o.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/JfDY59o)
http://i.imgur.com/fjAUNc9.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/fjAUNc9)
http://i.imgur.com/PsyOTBq.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/PsyOTBq)
I think this is the coolest picture I took
http://i.imgur.com/fjPJF1M.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/fjPJF1M)
And after Polishing and waxing
http://i.imgur.com/9mQAXS6.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/9mQAXS6)
http://i.imgur.com/a63So72.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/a63So72)
http://i.imgur.com/6SYuNCb.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/6SYuNCb)
http://i.imgur.com/jrWm0uB.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/jrWm0uB)
Some rock chips in the hood
http://i.imgur.com/RkZpbSI.jpg (http://imgur.com/RkZpbSI)
Had planned on using DodoJuice Blue Velvet Pro, but just received some of our very own Son1c's #93 Protowax in this month's detail box, so I decided to give a fellow forum member some love
http://i.imgur.com/iZdIAPe.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/iZdIAPe)
http://i.imgur.com/VQMghkK.jpg (http://imgur.com/VQMghkK)
After dropping it off at my friend's house
http://i.imgur.com/FRuU6Sm.jpg (http://imgur.com/FRuU6Sm)
http://i.imgur.com/Dx5Yy0s.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/Dx5Yy0s)