2013 ZL1 Camaro-Tampa Fl

[broker99]

Hello Everyone

I just finished up this very nice 2013 Camaro ZL1. The car had less than 7500 miles on the car.



Below is picture of the car right after it was washed. The car looks pretty good right? This is where the story starts to get interesting. Let’s pull the car in the garage dim the lights and see what there is to discover.



The owner of this ZL1 took this car to another detailer a couple months back for a full paint correction and an approved installer only coating was to be applied. I am not going to mention the name of the coating but one that has very lofty claims like multiple years of protection, can only be scratched by Kryptonite, etc. , ect. After 2 attempts with the previous dealer this is what he ended up with.
**Just a little disclaimer I don’t want to put down the work of another detailer I just want to show what I had to work with.







The following shows the improperly applied coating








The owner decided enough was enough. He came across some of my posts and reached out to me to see if I could correct some of the issues

I figured this was going to be a big job to remove all the coating and swirls underneath. I found the best combo was Mezerna FG400 on an orange pad. I was figuring the coating was going to put up more of a fight but it come off a little easier than I thought. Don’t get me wrong it was still a lot of work. Some areas had to be polished with a 2 inch cyan pad in addition to some areas being hand polished to remove all traces of prior coating.

Already looking a lot glossier with FG400 in the first step.




How about a coating removal 50/50




For the second step I stayed in the Mezerana line with SF4000 on a tangerine pad.
Final polishing was done with a white Rupes pad and Rupes Ultra diamond polish.
Wheels removed then clean and sealed. Calipers hand polished with M205 and coated with opti-coat. Wheel wells cleaned and dressed with Carpro PERL.




Not really want to try another silica based coating this time around but wanting something that would be durable the owner and I discussed a few options and settled on Optimum Gloss Coat.
After applying the first coat was not that impressed so I decided to wait an hour and apply another coat and what a difference. The gloss really came out with the second coat.





Finished product












Total time around 45 hours to complete.



Thanks for looking

[whavens]

What an impressive turnaround, great job. Thanks for taking the time to do a super write up.

Walter

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[Harleyguy]

You had your work cut out for you great turn around would be real interested in who did the first coating they shouldn't be a certified installer that's for sure

[Sizzle Chest]

Nice save! Great work! Thanks for posting...your pics of the progress are really good!

[Sicoupe]

What an amazing job!

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Beautiful work! That red really pops!

[Don M]

It looked like all the "other" detailer did was wash the car and applied the "coating" but didn't bother to buff it off (after applying it way too thick).

The car's owner should now be in his happy place

[Ebg18t]

Looks good. What coating was previously applied? It seems like the FG400 cut right thru it.

[d33p]

Great work, could you have gone to sf4500 right after fg400 to do a 2-step?

[Paul A.]

Wow! It is amazing to see what that second layer did to that shine. Great work!