zckid
01-13-2015, 01:48 PM
Hi friends
Greetings from across the pond.
I was asked to detail a 4 x 4 Nissan by friend’s buddy. We set a date but finally did it on new year’s eve.
This is the ride:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pt5Tp3Gi6bM/VLVcXOZVEvI/AAAAAAAAGR4/tUtIp93YskA/w1024-h372-no/IMG_9728-003.JPG
The ride is less than a year old. And its color has been changed from black to red by the local Nissan dealer upon request of the owner. The big problem is that the new paint system on this car has a wrong mix of chemicals + wrong techniques resulting in poor adhesion. One would say a “single-stage paint in 2014” or simply put “water colors”.
We were on December 31st. I had to complete the whole job in a day or risk coming home next year.
Letting the pics speak:
Sorry no before pics. I was afraid I would not complete this job in a day.
Wash
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dn4DriMkPfE/VLVA5aeveAI/AAAAAAAAGL8/Wr-uRm0J79Q/w736-h553-no/001.jpg
Ride was decontaminated prior to claying….. Iron fallout, tree sap, bugs all found on this lovely baby.
Notice the “water color” effect.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KtEQVjKQJF0/VLVBFzp3ZSI/AAAAAAAAGMU/04gQEAlk3b8/w758-h553-no/003.jpg
Paint coming out. the clay changing to pink.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-H_Qoh7h4b30/VLVA7QK5LNI/AAAAAAAAGME/hPM4BRNuiyo/w736-h553-no/004.jpg
Rinsed before the fun part :buffing:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-w1J2ey8RJ9w/VLVA-1yjnXI/AAAAAAAAGMM/CqhguRSZvv0/w736-h553-no/005.jpg
OMG!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8LQa3J06kvc/VLVBI3ZMlSI/AAAAAAAAGMc/K-Ndcu2KxBs/w736-h553-no/006.JPG
Close up:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2AIF-tK8ZLE/VLVBkqja_9I/AAAAAAAAGNk/7bALvypTRfA/w736-h553-no/008.JPG
Looking better
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Dct41KwdjDQ/VLVBOyjjAOI/AAAAAAAAGMs/w16fwgB9Xjw/w736-h553-no/009.JPG
Guess the original color of this pad…..
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8GnGlEtp13Q/VLVBp2_-1oI/AAAAAAAAGN8/GgFduMgGWns/w737-h553-no/009a.jpg
The roof
During
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KlkEy9K0pms/VLVBmYQJdPI/AAAAAAAAGNs/NbW64czT1Nw/w736-h553-no/010.JPG
The front bumper
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8omp4VpiDck/VLVBSPa-8uI/AAAAAAAAGM0/JDQ-GthuHxg/w736-h553-no/011.JPG
The overall paint condition
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cjnqEpUG1Xo/VLVB_zFNXoI/AAAAAAAAGO8/xtC6_mHavCA/w736-h553-no/011a.JPG
I needed to cut through those hills and valleys to remove the light scratches and swirls
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gpRPM9aJf_4/VLVCCWjpxiI/AAAAAAAAGPE/1qHtsKWwjkI/w736-h553-no/011c.JPG
During
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CXWS2n9nAe8/VLVBVUkr29I/AAAAAAAAGM8/lfM15w932aw/w736-h553-no/012.JPG
Hood almost done
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-awR74GsBm7w/VLVBYmNHOhI/AAAAAAAAGNE/SqUw-D0mHks/w416-h553-no/013.JPG
TA DA
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2oxs6AqK8Eo/VLVBcPiiRlI/AAAAAAAAGNM/-R-pwHJ6cNE/w736-h553-no/014.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BAE41ZARAUc/VLVBfnathZI/AAAAAAAAGNU/R_gGQRiydK8/w736-h553-no/015.JPG
Close up with the focus on the cat
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w_99Uk52B9k/VLVDDUQDlXI/AAAAAAAAGRc/Cun2kqSraok/w415-h553-no/016aa.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CWfPQLP6hxA/VLVBoBJIJeI/AAAAAAAAGN0/ICJcJ73GnBA/w737-h553-no/016a.jpg
Some quick before and afters
before
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6ufQDCQRmus/VLVB0U9y35I/AAAAAAAAGOc/74J0lTgHlVY/w736-h553-no/018.JPG
Now
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1P_ULAYdSdE/VLVBxn7QcCI/AAAAAAAAGOU/LvzgcMAgH7E/w736-h553-no/017.JPG
Before
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KMb_eBF0K8k/VLVB21yqX0I/AAAAAAAAGOk/sZ91TBzLfvk/w736-h553-no/019.JPG
Now
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2SbD4orhkYA/VLVB6HvytCI/AAAAAAAAGOs/0h516WauRrw/w736-h553-no/020.JPG
The white pad with water color effect
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i1_go4og4sI/VLVBshvdHcI/AAAAAAAAGOE/EB-BZLwQDaI/w737-h553-no/021.jpg
Before
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sS2UL9iOruU/VLVB9ZnvWZI/AAAAAAAAGO0/IpfMH508tWs/w736-h553-no/022.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-q1-dq5kAR7w/VLVCEwa_c8I/AAAAAAAAGPM/b1t7Gyg5ZR4/w736-h553-no/022a.JPG
Requiring one more hit
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ylxidqkTQ0c/VLVCJyTU_zI/AAAAAAAAGPc/9mHTZDw_xXQ/w736-h553-no/022b.JPG
After
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WfUozVrQoRQ/VLVCPGhYZmI/AAAAAAAAGPs/SR10hnw6lRQ/w736-h553-no/023.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lB3BmQQx9LQ/VLVCHfDcBkI/AAAAAAAAGPU/_plqy98eUa4/w736-h553-no/024.JPG
Before
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GXd4gl1zBQo/VLVCMmBeZZI/AAAAAAAAGPk/l4LOGuS6bpY/w736-h553-no/025.JPG
Now
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WUPNEXSuZsU/VLVCSYL8zEI/AAAAAAAAGP0/yukYFtCV5VM/w736-h553-no/026.JPG
Note the RIDS
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EHFmH-NlWqI/VLVCbSlN7aI/AAAAAAAAGQM/BtkytlQt0hE/w736-h553-no/027.JPG
Restoring the depth and shine
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ie02TTiewPI/VLVCV67aq0I/AAAAAAAAGP8/H4NrWxkY7js/w415-h553-no/028.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8r-fF2Yzs6o/VLVChOcjQcI/AAAAAAAAGQU/mLwDoONQqWc/w736-h553-no/029.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6ziER-M9yQk/VLVCtWdYgnI/AAAAAAAAGQs/w5mY_FHxCog/w736-h553-no/030.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kjVq4-dm2gU/VLVCxttnxmI/AAAAAAAAGQ0/2mxvst5ibNM/w736-h553-no/031.JPG
Mirror in Red
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TCTfmp8CP1I/VLVC04LDuwI/AAAAAAAAGQ8/kFefANSq-Hg/w415-h553-no/032.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y5ki4GJxZhA/VLVC361dyMI/AAAAAAAAGRE/6eY7NDjc0s0/w736-h553-no/033.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5SonpdbF4dw/VLVC7ShtuvI/AAAAAAAAGRM/VMG3FKibK9s/w416-h553-no/034.JPG
Smiling petrol cap….. petrol prices have gone down!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8E10Di8tYZU/VLVCYkyffjI/AAAAAAAAGQE/YEEbMOLHPwI/w736-h553-no/035.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sOb2erX6gWw/VLVCkHUxdxI/AAAAAAAAGQc/j_lgLD-TXb8/w736-h553-no/036.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rq1-9CR-pgY/VLVCoQThZWI/AAAAAAAAGQk/vVTsZMXM31c/w415-h553-no/037.JPG
Where’s the other half?
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Jj6m5h-7pbA/VLVBuDmL7CI/AAAAAAAAGOM/OGdAtyGtUr4/w737-h553-no/038.jpg
Preparing to rush home, for a new beginning, a new frontier….
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pt5Tp3Gi6bM/VLVcXOZVEvI/AAAAAAAAGR4/tUtIp93YskA/w1024-h372-no/IMG_9728-003.JPG
Welcome 2015.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LnuOPxm4to0/VLVC_VlRKaI/AAAAAAAAGRU/A7w2s31a_t4/w736-h553-no/040.JPG
Hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed sharing.
Thanking Almighty for making this work happen. Your thoughts, comments and critics are most welcome
Cheers
Zaid
Greetings from across the pond.
I was asked to detail a 4 x 4 Nissan by friend’s buddy. We set a date but finally did it on new year’s eve.
This is the ride:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pt5Tp3Gi6bM/VLVcXOZVEvI/AAAAAAAAGR4/tUtIp93YskA/w1024-h372-no/IMG_9728-003.JPG
The ride is less than a year old. And its color has been changed from black to red by the local Nissan dealer upon request of the owner. The big problem is that the new paint system on this car has a wrong mix of chemicals + wrong techniques resulting in poor adhesion. One would say a “single-stage paint in 2014” or simply put “water colors”.
We were on December 31st. I had to complete the whole job in a day or risk coming home next year.
Letting the pics speak:
Sorry no before pics. I was afraid I would not complete this job in a day.
Wash
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dn4DriMkPfE/VLVA5aeveAI/AAAAAAAAGL8/Wr-uRm0J79Q/w736-h553-no/001.jpg
Ride was decontaminated prior to claying….. Iron fallout, tree sap, bugs all found on this lovely baby.
Notice the “water color” effect.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KtEQVjKQJF0/VLVBFzp3ZSI/AAAAAAAAGMU/04gQEAlk3b8/w758-h553-no/003.jpg
Paint coming out. the clay changing to pink.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-H_Qoh7h4b30/VLVA7QK5LNI/AAAAAAAAGME/hPM4BRNuiyo/w736-h553-no/004.jpg
Rinsed before the fun part :buffing:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-w1J2ey8RJ9w/VLVA-1yjnXI/AAAAAAAAGMM/CqhguRSZvv0/w736-h553-no/005.jpg
OMG!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8LQa3J06kvc/VLVBI3ZMlSI/AAAAAAAAGMc/K-Ndcu2KxBs/w736-h553-no/006.JPG
Close up:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2AIF-tK8ZLE/VLVBkqja_9I/AAAAAAAAGNk/7bALvypTRfA/w736-h553-no/008.JPG
Looking better
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Dct41KwdjDQ/VLVBOyjjAOI/AAAAAAAAGMs/w16fwgB9Xjw/w736-h553-no/009.JPG
Guess the original color of this pad…..
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8GnGlEtp13Q/VLVBp2_-1oI/AAAAAAAAGN8/GgFduMgGWns/w737-h553-no/009a.jpg
The roof
During
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KlkEy9K0pms/VLVBmYQJdPI/AAAAAAAAGNs/NbW64czT1Nw/w736-h553-no/010.JPG
The front bumper
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8omp4VpiDck/VLVBSPa-8uI/AAAAAAAAGM0/JDQ-GthuHxg/w736-h553-no/011.JPG
The overall paint condition
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cjnqEpUG1Xo/VLVB_zFNXoI/AAAAAAAAGO8/xtC6_mHavCA/w736-h553-no/011a.JPG
I needed to cut through those hills and valleys to remove the light scratches and swirls
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gpRPM9aJf_4/VLVCCWjpxiI/AAAAAAAAGPE/1qHtsKWwjkI/w736-h553-no/011c.JPG
During
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CXWS2n9nAe8/VLVBVUkr29I/AAAAAAAAGM8/lfM15w932aw/w736-h553-no/012.JPG
Hood almost done
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-awR74GsBm7w/VLVBYmNHOhI/AAAAAAAAGNE/SqUw-D0mHks/w416-h553-no/013.JPG
TA DA
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2oxs6AqK8Eo/VLVBcPiiRlI/AAAAAAAAGNM/-R-pwHJ6cNE/w736-h553-no/014.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BAE41ZARAUc/VLVBfnathZI/AAAAAAAAGNU/R_gGQRiydK8/w736-h553-no/015.JPG
Close up with the focus on the cat
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w_99Uk52B9k/VLVDDUQDlXI/AAAAAAAAGRc/Cun2kqSraok/w415-h553-no/016aa.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CWfPQLP6hxA/VLVBoBJIJeI/AAAAAAAAGN0/ICJcJ73GnBA/w737-h553-no/016a.jpg
Some quick before and afters
before
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6ufQDCQRmus/VLVB0U9y35I/AAAAAAAAGOc/74J0lTgHlVY/w736-h553-no/018.JPG
Now
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1P_ULAYdSdE/VLVBxn7QcCI/AAAAAAAAGOU/LvzgcMAgH7E/w736-h553-no/017.JPG
Before
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KMb_eBF0K8k/VLVB21yqX0I/AAAAAAAAGOk/sZ91TBzLfvk/w736-h553-no/019.JPG
Now
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2SbD4orhkYA/VLVB6HvytCI/AAAAAAAAGOs/0h516WauRrw/w736-h553-no/020.JPG
The white pad with water color effect
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i1_go4og4sI/VLVBshvdHcI/AAAAAAAAGOE/EB-BZLwQDaI/w737-h553-no/021.jpg
Before
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sS2UL9iOruU/VLVB9ZnvWZI/AAAAAAAAGO0/IpfMH508tWs/w736-h553-no/022.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-q1-dq5kAR7w/VLVCEwa_c8I/AAAAAAAAGPM/b1t7Gyg5ZR4/w736-h553-no/022a.JPG
Requiring one more hit
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ylxidqkTQ0c/VLVCJyTU_zI/AAAAAAAAGPc/9mHTZDw_xXQ/w736-h553-no/022b.JPG
After
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WfUozVrQoRQ/VLVCPGhYZmI/AAAAAAAAGPs/SR10hnw6lRQ/w736-h553-no/023.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lB3BmQQx9LQ/VLVCHfDcBkI/AAAAAAAAGPU/_plqy98eUa4/w736-h553-no/024.JPG
Before
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GXd4gl1zBQo/VLVCMmBeZZI/AAAAAAAAGPk/l4LOGuS6bpY/w736-h553-no/025.JPG
Now
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WUPNEXSuZsU/VLVCSYL8zEI/AAAAAAAAGP0/yukYFtCV5VM/w736-h553-no/026.JPG
Note the RIDS
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EHFmH-NlWqI/VLVCbSlN7aI/AAAAAAAAGQM/BtkytlQt0hE/w736-h553-no/027.JPG
Restoring the depth and shine
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ie02TTiewPI/VLVCV67aq0I/AAAAAAAAGP8/H4NrWxkY7js/w415-h553-no/028.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8r-fF2Yzs6o/VLVChOcjQcI/AAAAAAAAGQU/mLwDoONQqWc/w736-h553-no/029.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6ziER-M9yQk/VLVCtWdYgnI/AAAAAAAAGQs/w5mY_FHxCog/w736-h553-no/030.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kjVq4-dm2gU/VLVCxttnxmI/AAAAAAAAGQ0/2mxvst5ibNM/w736-h553-no/031.JPG
Mirror in Red
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TCTfmp8CP1I/VLVC04LDuwI/AAAAAAAAGQ8/kFefANSq-Hg/w415-h553-no/032.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y5ki4GJxZhA/VLVC361dyMI/AAAAAAAAGRE/6eY7NDjc0s0/w736-h553-no/033.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5SonpdbF4dw/VLVC7ShtuvI/AAAAAAAAGRM/VMG3FKibK9s/w416-h553-no/034.JPG
Smiling petrol cap….. petrol prices have gone down!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8E10Di8tYZU/VLVCYkyffjI/AAAAAAAAGQE/YEEbMOLHPwI/w736-h553-no/035.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sOb2erX6gWw/VLVCkHUxdxI/AAAAAAAAGQc/j_lgLD-TXb8/w736-h553-no/036.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rq1-9CR-pgY/VLVCoQThZWI/AAAAAAAAGQk/vVTsZMXM31c/w415-h553-no/037.JPG
Where’s the other half?
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Jj6m5h-7pbA/VLVBuDmL7CI/AAAAAAAAGOM/OGdAtyGtUr4/w737-h553-no/038.jpg
Preparing to rush home, for a new beginning, a new frontier….
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pt5Tp3Gi6bM/VLVcXOZVEvI/AAAAAAAAGR4/tUtIp93YskA/w1024-h372-no/IMG_9728-003.JPG
Welcome 2015.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LnuOPxm4to0/VLVC_VlRKaI/AAAAAAAAGRU/A7w2s31a_t4/w736-h553-no/040.JPG
Hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed sharing.
Thanking Almighty for making this work happen. Your thoughts, comments and critics are most welcome
Cheers
Zaid