The Little Yeller Feller - 2000 Lotus Esprit V8

[Mike Phillips]

The Little Yeller Feller - 2000 Lotus Esprit V8

I might get a little time to post the process pictures for this project but top priority is I'm using the this car and the pictures we took for my Power Point Presentation for my class on how to use the rotary buffer and my class on how to use Porter Cable 7424 to create a show car finish at Mobil Tech Expo this Thursday.


The horizontal panels on this car were done using a 3 step rotary process.

The vertical panels on this car were done using a 2-step dual action polisher process and the dual action polisher was the Porter Cable.

[Chris@AutoCleanse]

Beautiful work Mike. I always liked this style car and you made the paint pop as usual. Great job.

[vet]

Looks stunning, Mike! (Like we ever thought it wouldn't)!

[swanicyouth]

Nicely done.

Got any engine pics? Curious to what it looks like.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Damn nice work Mike!!!

[Dr_Pain]

Wowsa!

[Mike Phillips]

Here's the process we used...

Step 1: Machine scrub tires using Griot's Garage DA Polisher with a Cyclo Brush and TUF Shine Tire Cleaner.

Step 2: Clean Wheels using Iron X and Wheel Woollies Boar's Hair Brush + 1" Boar's Hair Detailing Brush.

Step 3: Chemically decontaminate paint using Iron X

Step 4: Wash car using Detailer's Xtreme Foam Formula Auto Shampoo & Foam Gun.

Step 5: Dry car with Guzzler Microfiber Waffle Weave Drying Towels.

Step 6: Mechanically decontaminate paint using Nanoskin Autoscrub Pads (Medium) on Porter Cable 7424XP DA Polisher with Detailer's Universal Clay Lube.

Step 7: Compound paint using Wolfgang Uber Compound with an 7.5 inch Electrified White Sheepskin Final Polishing Pad on the Flex PE14 with flexible backing plates.

Step 8: Polish paint using Wolfgang Finishing Glaze with 5" Black Hybrid Finishing Pads on Flex PE14 with 4" Flexible Backing Plate.

Step 9: Jewel paint using Menzerna SF4500 with Lake Country 5.5" Gold jeweling pads on Flex PE14.

Step 10: Machine seal paint using Wolfgang Fuzion with 4" Rupes white foam finishing pads on the Griot's Garage 3" Speed Waxer.

Step 11: Clean windows using Glass Master Glass Cleaner and Detailer's Krystal Kleen Glass Cleaner.

Step 12: Dress and seal tires using Meguiar's Ultimate Black Tire Coating.




















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[BeachZone]

Beautiful paint! Leaning toward yellow for my next wrap lol

-Beach

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Thanks for sharing the steps Mike. Looks great!

[Caleb@ImpeccableImage]

That is a beautiful car. I bet that was a blast to work on!