Welcome to the Shine Station

[zckid]

Hello friends! :props:

But before we start, could you guess the color of this car?


https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ah4QE0NQGJU/U1f_wzHGgFI/AAAAAAAADxE/GHdL21uqraE/w775-h581-no/107.JPG


A hint

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v80b-Jf8qVM/U1f9jkPx4cI/AAAAAAAADsM/YTv2MLlC8cs/w775-h581-no/001a.JPG

Another one

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--vV3IERyHQo/U1f9SQRxXQI/AAAAAAAADrs/9CTuUDqGfQw/w775-h581-no/001aaa.JPG


A better clue, but guess this part of the ride

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-J9wAQnmiYNY/U1f_yvSqJFI/AAAAAAAADxM/VsYMmvVXzYQ/w775-h581-no/001c.JPG



This is what I had to do a paint correction on.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tdfI7V8t5kc/U1f7cuHAGTI/AAAAAAAADoE/hO3UulLqz9g/w775-h581-no/002.JPG

No beading, no sheeting, no protection, just water clinging on all surfaces and a flake-off while washing the car…. Permanent damage

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ecCL1viXnqw/U1f8wiGTjgI/AAAAAAAADqk/XBkfAMbzc0c/w775-h581-no/003.JPG

Whole car washed using 2BM method, MF washmitt, car shampoo and APC mix, and finally dried with MF towels, all available locally


Claying

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ecCL1viXnqw/U1f8wiGTjgI/AAAAAAAADqk/XBkfAMbzc0c/w775-h581-no/003.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TzTCALUNrP4/U1gBewsca9I/AAAAAAAAD0s/LPOsXxcnHuI/w773-h581-no/004.jpg


Ready for inspection

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Lqvl8JSI3lo/U1f7jQYhd2I/AAAAAAAADoM/OK2cG_F0y78/w775-h581-no/005.JPG

Feeling blessed! The sun was here! Looking for defects was so easy 

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VMf9YpccIms/U1f8H75T7hI/AAAAAAAADpc/6U73mIpXhP8/w772-h581-no/006.JPG

Close-up
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mv_8u-FTm80/U1f8Ey4fw-I/AAAAAAAADpU/5Ktp0WiyaHI/w750-h581-no/007.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FcSYFZXlv8I/U1f8AtyLkbI/AAAAAAAADpM/jt-ufBPdC_A/w775-h581-no/008.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wWm0KXhl_u8/U1f7mqBhlqI/AAAAAAAADoU/sg5KwVIzmVw/w773-h581-no/009.JPG


More…. Too many
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rryJLj2btBU/U1gBsLsvlxI/AAAAAAAAD00/FTL7z1vECW0/w773-h581-no/010.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-A0EzTn49Oj8/U1gBxnYUgCI/AAAAAAAAD08/GCMvGTaaLAA/w772-h581-no/011.jpg


The infamous RIDS and Scratches
The side-mirror

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zjvgwNBAXoY/U1f7y6AHpqI/AAAAAAAADo0/44hujKs3MVA/w436-h581-no/012.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0WuuQfmAfvI/U1f7vg6xo0I/AAAAAAAADos/o3pVGc-MPro/w775-h581-no/013.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6og_1MjavXY/U1f7pWR9SxI/AAAAAAAADoc/jy92zNPywHc/w775-h581-no/014.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AI7lo0yzeRk/U1f7tPBphdI/AAAAAAAADok/0j9v_dU1cHg/w775-h581-no/015.JPG

Many… many of them….

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JAsuPyL21J0/U1gCAQfvdLI/AAAAAAAAD1M/olnL-OkTRj8/w773-h581-no/016.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Rc_YXV-fbfM/U1gCHeNSIKI/AAAAAAAAD1U/rhZQgIjs0l0/w773-h581-no/017.jpg

Textured paint, orange peel, pits and pores, blurriness etc….
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PcOdJ5yyalU/U1f8Ko-R4uI/AAAAAAAADpk/pSMDmuqONsg/w775-h581-no/018.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bB0sZP9alrc/U1f7-E-LRdI/AAAAAAAADpE/4wCWje7tjvE/w775-h581-no/019.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fBXSqzGKaAo/U1f875bpSYI/AAAAAAAADq8/WXyLOY8_7lg/w775-h581-no/020.JPG


More and more

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sUEapuIfVvY/U1gCNWGkxmI/AAAAAAAAD1c/7X254SbhfKY/w773-h581-no/021.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PahorWLfSGk/U1f8QdCVzeI/AAAAAAAADps/JkN_tUAGR9E/w775-h581-no/022.JPG
we really know how much you care 
& now we are ready for real fun.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kOZgFR6RBB4/U1gCVe4e9BI/AAAAAAAAD1k/U8XCNIks9bs/w774-h581-no/023.jpg

The headlights
The right side before
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-DVbyv3Cxshs/U1f73l8AOQI/AAAAAAAADo8/F1opbntoUsA/w775-h581-no/025.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PsEgRolQ1Es/U1f_VZD0Z7I/AAAAAAAADwM/ZrOUaQZ_y8E/w775-h581-no/026.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-59EAS4WQXbQ/U1f_d9t8d4I/AAAAAAAADwk/pL6nYXmXhWo/w775-h581-no/027.JPG

After

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-c9lbsgG2ngA/U1gAIOJjUtI/AAAAAAAADx0/J8sQY4zz2zY/w775-h581-no/028.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xV6Nrdf6jd4/U1gAOdQRMMI/AAAAAAAADx8/_QvDPKA1rNc/w775-h581-no/029.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VQtPIhrewNo/U1gASWhSXiI/AAAAAAAADyE/VilztbpGdjk/w775-h581-no/030.JPG


The left side before

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Sleupgw1XRo/U1f_PbMBESI/AAAAAAAADv0/wIa3wVQ-qMs/w775-h581-no/031.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Z_4OHF-kXMU/U1f_Rit-MsI/AAAAAAAADv8/V2AllFYOVWU/w775-h581-no/032.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ztxanEP5xoA/U1f_TSjFLUI/AAAAAAAADwE/6G0Ew-UvLp8/w775-h581-no/033.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Si-pzumX0n8/U1f_YKv3ZtI/AAAAAAAADwU/wnlPPc9dCZM/w775-h581-no/034.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hCd0p9D1Ef8/U1f_bI7QRPI/AAAAAAAADwc/rltE-56asCE/w775-h581-no/035.JPG

The afters

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nMAthLhrPt4/U1f_7AsgimI/AAAAAAAADxc/dprGO7djWkE/w775-h581-no/037.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-b5bK7FkY29w/U1f_-CfYtgI/AAAAAAAADxk/irJ4GhPfX_M/w775-h581-no/038.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k5u_jiTclhQ/U1gACcej_JI/AAAAAAAADxs/rglExlZNPEY/w775-h581-no/039.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KXRd4O0lbAA/U1f_2S9VAcI/AAAAAAAADxU/B0adsro0f3g/w775-h581-no/036.JPG

[zckid]

To the most sought after part of the ride… paintwork :buffing:

Tools n equipment:

Compounding: Optimum hyper compound, carpro denim pads, optimum doublesided wool pad
Polishing: menzerna 203s, LC white pad
Finishing: Menzerna PO85rd, LC black and LC Red HT pads
LSP: Menz Powerlock , wipedown with the softest towel (yellow) I had locally

CarPro pads effective but dangerous too.

Voilà !

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Crw63fgOKIM/U1f9BthtC6I/AAAAAAAADrM/Nen9fYvBRNE/w775-h581-no/040.JPG

close-up

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q5yRU39lv3Y/U1f8-3XAidI/AAAAAAAADrE/nMXRtIwn-Nc/w775-h581-no/041.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kMq1Hz6_Eno/U1f8dUm6uFI/AAAAAAAADqE/tbWRN2HbMuI/w775-h581-no/042.JPG

close-up

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KBsQeKv05Oo/U1f8kyyp2CI/AAAAAAAADqM/GblIUEnR4-4/w775-h581-no/043.JPG


Compounding after paint leveled

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-g30n-CWib1o/U1f809GJfXI/AAAAAAAADqs/vpH2udUM2i8/w773-h581-no/044.JPG


Refined

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DN62ZujHb5U/U1f8qnilq5I/AAAAAAAADqU/9sEeOs-cTH0/w775-h581-no/045.JPG


Further refined

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OZt94feFfb4/U1f9wK-DvlI/AAAAAAAADsk/_MTahV2mSYs/w775-h581-no/047.JPG



Before

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Cikxo0Bi6UE/U1gAbWOc-UI/AAAAAAAADyc/mBlvZIU08Q0/w775-h581-no/048.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R_bvh_86VeI/U1gAepMTonI/AAAAAAAADyk/ar3SaN9-sRo/w775-h581-no/049.JPG


After

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WHrS0Ncudrc/U1gAgLlU_dI/AAAAAAAADys/wNgU5TsFIb0/w775-h581-no/050.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-pq6BIsSP_bI/U1gAh9VutbI/AAAAAAAADy0/5XhxFPcDcwQ/w775-h581-no/051.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VAnWaLp_Uyo/U1gAlJ6DBuI/AAAAAAAADy8/VomsUfFlaYw/w775-h581-no/052.JPG


Blurriness gone
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hbtY1uMJdsU/U1f8WmGtLtI/AAAAAAAADp0/rkbDbb_PIUI/w773-h581-no/053.JPG



Look carefully, the permanent damage in focus

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OMAagFZUVQA/U1f8ZeRL2AI/AAAAAAAADp8/Hd_dJCSt1x0/w776-h581-no/054.jpg


50-50

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nC_7LDnM55Q/U1f842h4XMI/AAAAAAAADq0/oIg7RCxODYE/w775-h581-no/055.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SEj3gH7r8Iw/U1f9uamS-AI/AAAAAAAADsc/4KZ7-YlKNtM/w775-h581-no/056.JPG


During

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IMyuuwi1SOA/U1gA_42QhhI/AAAAAAAADz8/cuAOg10JKhA/w775-h581-no/057.JPG


After

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j4h1AWumuJg/U1f_DqHR-kI/AAAAAAAADvU/tBOW4KAgJAQ/w775-h581-no/058.JPG


Friends in need

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ePyGOhMWgYc/U1gAVAjsxnI/AAAAAAAADyM/KdakyuBgRDY/w775-h581-no/059.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-57_Yyx1uRR0/U1f9dchbwhI/AAAAAAAADsE/RGkowo7rLS0/w436-h581-no/060.JPG


the side Mirrors

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vHG7vmMbTtQ/U1f9V9J5MeI/AAAAAAAADr0/MHsZvktWOUA/w774-h581-no/061.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-m8Z9MDEcEqs/U1f9ZVAXEOI/AAAAAAAADr8/qCbsm78glnE/w775-h581-no/062.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_hUmf2rtshM/U1gAoDWZOiI/AAAAAAAADzE/VlC5R6AB8pc/w775-h581-no/063.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HFQKxutLC1A/U1gAp-rBvuI/AAAAAAAADzM/8yl19Dfqt_o/w775-h581-no/064.JPG


Mirror - Mirror

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iCKwvAD1en4/U1f9PI72zHI/AAAAAAAADrk/1oGvG_R6Ykk/w775-h581-no/065.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qQlvGjQq37s/U1f-A4XVSLI/AAAAAAAADtE/p_ijVvq3dbU/w775-h581-no/066.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vcMCj7HxxSQ/U1f981uNB6I/AAAAAAAADs8/5SamH0ihCwA/w775-h581-no/067.JPG


Glow with sunset

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VsYNzSt3Lts/U1f-oyDpdiI/AAAAAAAADuc/5Oz9-MiTMR8/w775-h581-no/068.JPG


A detail in another detail
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jMvBlwvyvqY/U1f-rS_Gc-I/AAAAAAAADuk/-QdHoj5Tbcw/w775-h581-no/069.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qcvevEspymo/U1f-uji5NFI/AAAAAAAADus/CHeQAIDe8rc/w775-h581-no/070.JPG


The boss inspecting

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ODJRKCaEA2M/U1f-y2N6r0I/AAAAAAAADu0/7YUfR9xFnKY/w775-h581-no/071.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nzFPKH-Jp6w/U1f-29JO8XI/AAAAAAAADu8/tuazfXipsdo/w775-h581-no/072.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9Gi8Bl3uRq4/U1f-644BodI/AAAAAAAADvE/DnW5eetefBw/w775-h581-no/073.JPG


close-up

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L7nEngHoj9s/U1f_Av6M_rI/AAAAAAAADvM/6DmRmilox0Y/w775-h581-no/074.JPG


the doors

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-A0Savrz1j7A/U1f_ieqwMCI/AAAAAAAADws/0JeZod8zmrI/w775-h581-no/075.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-o8uo36oDvG4/U1f_k3hGWaI/AAAAAAAADw0/eOoyB644f4o/w775-h581-no/076.JPG



What’s your favorite color?

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1NiKvWhP6K8/U1f9Kis0UbI/AAAAAAAADrc/NWsAAFNa0Pw/w775-h581-no/076a.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nYkt5UFHN8A/U1gAZIgI_iI/AAAAAAAADyU/vJA_N0OHKd0/w775-h581-no/077.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oz68SaX2GRU/U1f9GmhNnkI/AAAAAAAADrU/XR_Fa_RquhE/w774-h581-no/077a.JPG


house on wheels

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4y94_-L1hnA/U1gBR9em9lI/AAAAAAAAD0c/zOqEq_IfT0w/w775-h581-no/078.JPG


Mirror house

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3E92oKXBL6E/U1gBVyf-yGI/AAAAAAAAD0k/mEsIX0N-xHk/w775-h581-no/079.JPG


Water test

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5io8O-byQk0/U1f_F9HDQYI/AAAAAAAADvc/3sb5TNoCAzg/w775-h581-no/083.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Rvh_o7VfK5c/U1f_JvUFw-I/AAAAAAAADvk/0NUj0Otl1IE/w775-h581-no/084.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1TbJp483jDo/U1f_MW2kxaI/AAAAAAAADvs/JUVnZFtv9oo/w775-h581-no/085.JPG

Hydrophobic-ity
(These are the last set of pictures, after sun shots and mirror shots)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kaWllTe1Kng/U1gAtS-HAdI/AAAAAAAADzU/Yme2bLVer5A/w775-h581-no/086.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iqIjJDr1aV8/U1gAxnHwSQI/AAAAAAAADzc/PNwAokFRtMI/w772-h581-no/087.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FeQ7d-Dga9A/U1gA19voKLI/AAAAAAAADzk/R0OG7zUY1ho/w775-h581-no/088.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-N2sV5OcMfv4/U1gA-V-ZvKI/AAAAAAAADz0/gZREmbp_7W0/w773-h581-no/090.JPG

[zckid]

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6mqxefxaJtA/U1gBFBvDr0I/AAAAAAAAD0E/R9KN9Z_wFm4/w773-h581-no/091.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_7gOqSqrSTI/U1gBJBpOcYI/AAAAAAAAD0M/5IPB0WzswS4/w775-h581-no/092.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IzB5yMW0KQk/U1gBNvN_f_I/AAAAAAAAD0U/XbNCB2AGmcU/w775-h581-no/093.JPG



:nomore: Saved some sun shots as the sun loves to play with the clouds here :props:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nnwxCxGH8KQ/U1f92nYvNxI/AAAAAAAADss/pugzh6XN664/w775-h581-no/096.JPG


The door sides

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LLiN9noLo18/U1f-DqLX7RI/AAAAAAAADtM/ZQ64cnQU7Dw/w775-h581-no/098.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6gF5cL1AbOY/U1f-GFLTPZI/AAAAAAAADtU/SUMknE0uvHw/w775-h581-no/099.JPG]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-onbJ-X6yGFI/U1f-ImwIKiI/AAAAAAAADtc/ZrmoODFW3RI/w775-h581-no/100.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j7uj0ZnSzgg/U1f-TdulaJI/AAAAAAAADts/dQOCrLHYrM0/w775-h581-no/101.JPG


extreme close-up

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZEiRZj73v1A/U1f-Q4EJ41I/AAAAAAAADtk/500LL5zDERM/w775-h581-no/102.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wPNDxBwJ6qw/U1f-Z2UDQxI/AAAAAAAADt0/4rTzfbgc9BM/w775-h581-no/103.JPG


The roof

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-t4Q1ZYiG-M4/U1f-hYTUtII/AAAAAAAADuE/PXMbsGxyTa4/w775-h581-no/104.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iIGv4pEBgns/U1f-le0w9mI/AAAAAAAADuU/tAEizK2QlFY/w770-h581-no/106.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y2kxQUgaf5c/U1lXS6ZaDoI/AAAAAAAAD2o/jVngugIBZr0/w775-h581-no/IMG_1079.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8fJ6XnTBe7g/U1lXSqj6CGI/AAAAAAAAD2k/8makPYsdWZc/w775-h581-no/IMG_1077.JPG


When others envy your ride’s shine, it’s BeyondShine.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ah4QE0NQGJU/U1f_wzHGgFI/AAAAAAAADxE/GHdL21uqraE/w775-h581-no/107.JPG

My appreciation and thanks go to all of the friends who have helped me with their advice, their detailed posts and instructions, their videos and the hands-on experience from which I learned a lot. :iagree:

Thanks for viewing, your comments and thoughts are most welcome.

Zaid :driver:

[Dr_Pain]

Your detailing assistant is awfully young and small! LOL!!!

That paint was HAMMERED! Great job rescuing it!

[sunday joe]

Tu Veni, Tu Vidi, Tu vici.
Great work. You had it cut out for you.

[zckid]

Tu Veni, Tu Vidi, Tu vici.
Great work. You had it cut out for you.



Your detailing assistant is awfully young and small! LOL!!!

That paint was HAMMERED! Great job rescuing it!

Thanks a lot for your encouraging words :props: most appreciated :dblthumb2:

and actually the assistant is me :D that one is the BOSS Im the MAN

[a g thang]

Wow great job and write up!!!!


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[Chris@AutoCleanse]

Beautiful work, picture taking, and documentation. The car came out great.

[BradsDetailing]

Don't let the boss "boss" you around too much. Great work

[HateSwirls]

Fantastic work on a trashed finish:dblthumb2:

Twice this week I see great results using the Optimum Hyper, I'm like hmmmmm, am I missing out on a great product!

Good thing you had the rotary and a wool pad , that helped save the paint.

[allenk4]

What happened with the CarPro Denim pads?