tersplat
07-21-2014, 03:42 PM
I just wanted to share my weekend experience with everyone. I got a call asking if I could do an estimate on 2 Volkswagen head light restorations, and look at options for washing a "Beautiful" black Honda S2000. When I arrived, It was late in the evening, and the sun was behind the trees already, so it did look fairly nice, with some scratches, but nothing major, and nothing that wouldn't be fixed with some local light compounding and polishing. I got the 2 HLR's completed and by that time, it was dark, so I asked if they would bring the S2000 over another day for me to detail. Well Friday, the owner brought it over, and the sun was shining, and it definitely brought out the imperfections in the paint.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204904.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204904.jpg.html)
I was in a rush to get somewhere that day, so I did not get any before pics in the sun.I did a good wash on it, dried it, then pulled it in the garage. Then I taped off the top(They didn't want it touched since the owner just purchased Raggtopp and neither of us saw the need to treat it now when they had just spent the money buying it on their own, and I didn't want compounding dust getting on it.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_213925.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_213925.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_213914.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_213914.jpg.html)
Once I got it under my lights, the imperfections REALLY came out!
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_205040.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_205040.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204639.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204639.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204628.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204628.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204548.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204548.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204542.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204542.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204538.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204538.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204532.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204532.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204522.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204522.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204512.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204512.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204443.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204443.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204427.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204427.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204413.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204413.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_193008.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_193008.jpg.html)
This is where I did my test spot. I Started with Nanoskin Nanocut, on an Orange LC flat pat, and it got the swirls out, but not the deeper imperfections that riddled the whole car, so I switched to Menzerna FG400 on an orange pad as well. This was my first time using FG400, and I like it, but it didn't finish out as well as I thought it would. I guess I was expecting magic.
Here is the test spot before
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184026.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184026.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184033.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184033.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184040.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184040.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184046.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184046.jpg.html)
50/50 of before, and after compounding
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_215730.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_215730.jpg.html)
And after compounding.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_185552.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_185552.jpg.html)
Once I was done compounding the whole car, I began to polish it with the prior polish choice. Nanoskin Nano Cut on a LC orange pad.
These pictures show a different kind of 50/50 that I don't see often, and it is a really nice illustration of why you should polish after a compound, even when it supposed to finish as well as FG400. The left side of the trunk is polished, the right is compounded, you can see the transition line.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_141057.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_141057.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_141049.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_141049.jpg.html)
And for the after pictures.After it was all compounded, and polished, I did an IPA wipedown, and then applied Nanoskin Nano Ceramic Sealant with a GG3 and a crimson pad, let it cure, and then buffed off by hand.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185329.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185329.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185337.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185337.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185353.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185353.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185358.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185358.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185427.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185427.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185458.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185458.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185508.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185508.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185515.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185515.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185745.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185745.jpg.html)
and this is the same spot, in the same light as the initial test spot.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185853.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185853.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185859.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185859.jpg.html)
Customer was very happy, and his car will now be protected and scratch free for another 70,000 miles. Well maybe not protected for that long, but I'll get it next time it needs sealant applied as well, so it'll stay beautiful.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185414.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185414.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204904.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204904.jpg.html)
I was in a rush to get somewhere that day, so I did not get any before pics in the sun.I did a good wash on it, dried it, then pulled it in the garage. Then I taped off the top(They didn't want it touched since the owner just purchased Raggtopp and neither of us saw the need to treat it now when they had just spent the money buying it on their own, and I didn't want compounding dust getting on it.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_213925.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_213925.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_213914.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_213914.jpg.html)
Once I got it under my lights, the imperfections REALLY came out!
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_205040.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_205040.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204639.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204639.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204628.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204628.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204548.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204548.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204542.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204542.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204538.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204538.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204532.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204532.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204522.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204522.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204512.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204512.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204443.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204443.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204427.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204427.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204413.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_204413.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_193008.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_193008.jpg.html)
This is where I did my test spot. I Started with Nanoskin Nanocut, on an Orange LC flat pat, and it got the swirls out, but not the deeper imperfections that riddled the whole car, so I switched to Menzerna FG400 on an orange pad as well. This was my first time using FG400, and I like it, but it didn't finish out as well as I thought it would. I guess I was expecting magic.
Here is the test spot before
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184026.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184026.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184033.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184033.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184040.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184040.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184046.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_184046.jpg.html)
50/50 of before, and after compounding
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_215730.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140718_215730.jpg.html)
And after compounding.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_185552.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140719_185552.jpg.html)
Once I was done compounding the whole car, I began to polish it with the prior polish choice. Nanoskin Nano Cut on a LC orange pad.
These pictures show a different kind of 50/50 that I don't see often, and it is a really nice illustration of why you should polish after a compound, even when it supposed to finish as well as FG400. The left side of the trunk is polished, the right is compounded, you can see the transition line.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_141057.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_141057.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_141049.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_141049.jpg.html)
And for the after pictures.After it was all compounded, and polished, I did an IPA wipedown, and then applied Nanoskin Nano Ceramic Sealant with a GG3 and a crimson pad, let it cure, and then buffed off by hand.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185329.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185329.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185337.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185337.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185353.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185353.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185358.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185358.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185427.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185427.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185458.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185458.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185508.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185508.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185515.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185515.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185745.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185745.jpg.html)
and this is the same spot, in the same light as the initial test spot.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185853.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185853.jpg.html)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185859.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185859.jpg.html)
Customer was very happy, and his car will now be protected and scratch free for another 70,000 miles. Well maybe not protected for that long, but I'll get it next time it needs sealant applied as well, so it'll stay beautiful.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/tersplat/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185414.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/tersplat/media/Detailing%20pictures/Honda%20S2000/20140720_185414.jpg.html)