Now THIS is black! 2014 C300.

[richy]

This is a repeat customer for whom I did a Porsche Boxster a few years ago. They drove 2 hours to come to me. The C300 was booked for a one step polish, but it got more in some areas where it was needed. I quoted 12 hours but took 13. I gladly ate the hour for the repeat business and for them making the effort to come all that way. This was to receive CQuartz Finest.


Here it is as it arrived. I forgot to shoot it when the sun was higher and was showing more of the swirls in the hood. Someone had laid a briefcase on the hood and had caused some damage. That was my primary focus as well as some chips including one inside a ding. Check it out:


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First up was washing the wheels. The barrels were cleaned with Tarminator followed by Zep Citrus. The tires were cleaned with Zep 505. The wells were cleaned with LATA (LA Totally Awesome). The faces were cleaned with a demoted wash mitt and Megs Hyper Wash. The barrels were shot with Aqua Bead.

The car was then washed with Megs HW followed by IronX paste. It was then brought inside and clayed.


I tried to chose a fairly aggressive one step but also wanted a great shine out of it. I first tried a Megs mf pad with Rupes 21 and M205. That was OK, but just didn't give me the "pop" I wanted to the paint. I then chose the burg Megs foam compounding pad + M205. OUTSTANDING! The scratches and bad swirls were compounded first with my Flex 3401 + Tuf Buff black wool + M100 followed by the a/m polishing stage. Head and tail lights were also polished.

The paint was then double coated with CQF as was the head and tail lights and the faces of the wheels. The CQF was then baked with my IR light:


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The trim was done with DLux. The windshield with Fly By 30 and the tires were shot with OB using my air gun. Here she is all done. I was very proud of how this came out:



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One strange thing I noticed: The door handles were painted in metallic black whereas the rest of the car was straight black. It makes me think they were shot off the car and Franz musta got confused;


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Door ding chip filled:


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Left front fender scuff all repaired although there is still a dent there:


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Thanks for looking! Comments appreciated.

[Kamakaz1961]

Beautiful!

[fly07sti]

You're a Beast Richy! Turned out great as always. Love the door handles too!

[Marc08EX]

Great work as always Richy!!! The black looks perfect!

[RegalOne]

Really nice job on the black paint. When you make it shine like you did nothing looks better than black. IMO.

[haris300]

That looks great. Nice after shots, they really show the quality of your work.

[richy]

Beautiful!
Thanks very much!


You're a Beast Richy! Turned out great as always. Love the door handles too!
Thanks Don! Funny how they're a different paint, eh?


Great work as always Richy!!! The black looks perfect!
Thanks Marc for the comment and for taking the time to make it.


Really nice job on the black paint. When you make it shine like you did nothing looks better than black. IMO.
Thank you. I agree although I do think black could qualify as a full time job, LOL.


That looks great. Nice after shots, they really show the quality of your work.
Thanks kindly!

[Recon 4th 502nd]

I tried to chose a fairly aggressive one step but also wanted a great shine out of it. I first tried a Megs mf pad with Rupes 21 and M205. That was OK, but just didn't give me the "pop" I wanted to the paint. I then chose the burg Megs foam compounding pad + M205. OUTSTANDING! The scratches and bad swirls were compounded first with my Flex 3401 + Tuf Buff black wool + M100 followed by the a/m polishing stage. Head and tail lights were also polished.

The Meg's Burgundy finished that well? If so....:wow:

[gski]

Wow. Great work.

[Sicoupe]

Another beautiful job my friend:)

[Hoytman]

Always love your work and presentations of your show-n-shine's, Richy.

Remarkable!

[richy]

The Meg's Burgundy finished that well? If so....:wow:
Yes, it did! I adore that pad. It is SO versatile! I got the yellow polish ones too but haven't been as impressed by them so far as I am the burgandy. Perhaps with silly soft paint (I tend not to get those for whatever reason) they would be beneficial. I will play with them some more for sure.


Wow. Great work.
Thank you kindly!


Another beautiful job my friend:)
Thank you my friend for the comment and for taking the time to do so!


Always love your work and presentations of your show-n-shine's, Richy.

Remarkable!
Thanks Bill! Not only is a labour of love for me, but I do hope that by sharing what I do, others can pick up something small that will help them especially since I don't always think inside the box!

[sproketser]

Top job again Richy !

[EddieF]

Their is always a lot of write ups, but for some reason I always pay close attention to yours. I noticed you always use zep 505 on the tires, so I decided to buy some, and what a difference. I always used megs apc and I never saw the my tires get that clean, with the zep 505 they instantly turned brown and they looked awesome. Keep up the good work.

[whavens]

Another great job. You do some spectacular work, Richy.

Walter

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