CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

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Sun-shot?










Trim ,dash and seat were treated with an all-in one, cleaner/conditioners




















Go back to the first pic and tell me this is not 100x better? Lol








A+ et bonne vente Steph!

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*3-step polishing*

Voici un camion à vendre, la personne l’a fait buffer, mais le résultat était pas très beau avec pleins d’imperfection, alors il m’a contacté pour faire un petit bijoux.

This pick-up is for sale and he got it buffed to help his sale but the car had so many imperfection he contacted me to finish the job properly. Enjoy!

Voici les défauts:







See, that’s exactly what you would get from a car-wash * cough* *cough* lol!

And what your about to see is MY attention to detail with professional result.


1 headlight is nicier than the other one..




After-shot:



Le couché du soleil de la cire!




Paint is alright, could be better but still great.

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Voici une Corolla très bien entretenu par un mécanicien. EN plus cette voiture vois la track quelques fois par année!

It’s pretty rare to see a mecanic taking a good care of his ride but here’s one. By the way, this car see the track once in a while!

Here’s the after-picture: My battery was dead so I could only takes after-pictures. Enjoy!







Not bad no?












SUN SHOT!!!!










For the interior, I must say, it was easily the dirtiest seat I had to wash this year, I swear the color of the seat.. I thought someone did a #2 on the seat… Nasty!











Polished!












Thanks for looking!!

And I like this shot, nice shine on the tire.

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50-50, polished side:


Unpolished side:




La différence est marquante!

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Bon ben, je commence à respirer un peu et j’ai maintenant le temps pour certains petit projet plus exotique.

Le métal est toujours délicat car, sans être un expert en métaux, je peux dire qu’un métal sur une strut bar se polit beaucoup mieux que celui du intercooler que je vais vous présenter.

C’est très dure dire à 100% comment il va sortir avec, disons 1 heures de travail par pipe, justement. C’est sur que si je passait 5 heures par morceaux, le résultat serait mieux, mais seriez-vous vraiment prêt à passer 20 heures sur 4 morceaux de piping qui risque d’être tout caché par le bumper ou salit après 2000 kms ? Évidement, je connais pas grand monde qui voudront sortir leurs morceaux à chaque fin de saison pour les avoir poli.

Alors, ici, je m’était dit… je vais me donner 4 heures et essayer de faire le mieux que je peux. Je crois avoir bien réussit. En fait, j’ai pris plus de temps, genre 5h30, mais bon, pas grave! Je suis confiant que j’aurais pu arrivé à un plus beau résultat en sablant plus, mais j’aurais peut-être doublé mon temps.

Si quelqu’un me donne carte blanche, par contre, je suis prêt à essayer. Une dernière chose, un métaux poli ne sera jamais du chrome, trop de monde cherche se chrome-look. Bah dans ce cas-là, je vous invite à visiter une shop qui fait du chrome plating, mais très couteux et des fois, ça dure même pas.

Ce que j’ai fait :

Une passe de sablage pour oter le plus gros.
Polissage à la laine d’acier
Polissage avec le gros pad à buffing compound et le grinder
Polissage avec polishing foam
2 couche de metla sealant
1 couche de hard hi-temp wax.

Avant# :





Après :





J’ai aussi poli les clamps et WD40 sur les vis.


Et j’ai nettoyer les hose aussi au APC + protecteur/conditionneur :


Peinturé la pipe flat black, pour un plus beau look.


Après ça, dites-moi pas que je suis pas un passionné, sinon je prendrais pas mes soirées à toujours vous faire part de mes projets et de nouveaux aussi qui diffère d’une peinture.

Merci d’avoir passé!
A+ et si vous avez un projet semblable, laissez moi savoir, on sait jamais

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Thanks for looking and I must say it was a really fun car to work on!! Totally enjoyed detailing this car.


Walk-around de la Z06:

Beading du scellant:

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7) After-shot!

Sealant of choice:






After the polishing but without sealant:









And with the sealant on..

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5) MISC:

After, I need to pass between crak to remove polish residu:






Metal polish on exhaust:




Polishing and sealing all door jams:




Polishing windows:


Applying aquapel:


Not only on windshield like any other garage, but driver windows too:


..and mirror!


6) Interior:

See that white paint stain, let see if it can go away. The owner told me he would really like to see that go and it totally make sens.



2-step treatment on leather.

1 beeing leather cleaner with a horse hair brush:


2 consist of re-hydrating the elather with a conditioner

And then see if the stain is still there?






It’s now getting late so I will come back tomorrow!












Polish the cluster:






Nice semi-matte finish

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3) Preparation.

- Rinse

Foam:



-Rinse.

Clay bar in order to remove these rubber marks ( I guess this z06 is too powerful for the tires lol)




- Wash again now using the 2 bucket wash method and then I use my boar brush to clean crevisse.



Under the door


I then open up all doors to make sure I didn’t forget any spot:


Dry the car with quality MF.

Tape the car:




And then it’s time for correction:

4) Correction:



After:


Final result:




Different panel, 2x 500w










For sure, taillight were done too.




Convinced !?

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1) Wheels

Before :







Sonax and my boars hair brush is taking care of the job :





I then spray cleaner inside the wheel well and brush it off.


I then clean the inside of the wheel see how passe-partout is that brush!


Boar hair lug nut brush and calliper


Rinse!

Dry with a quality MF.

Seal the rims and put a tire dresser. Job done my friend!


Clean!?



2) Engine:

Before:



After the cleaning with various brush and cleaner.It’s time to dry the engine, I like to use a blower for this.

After applying a protectant on hose and such:













See the difference:

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With times, I tried a ton of last step product (LSP) and I’ve been able to create my own collection of quality LSP that fits every kind of paints and expected result.

- What’s the advantage of applying a protective coating on my paint?

1) Your paint will get a look that was impossible to achieve before that only a wax or sealant can offer you.
2) The coating protects your paint from the harsh UV rays, headlight turning yellow, red paint turning pink, white paint turning yellow etc.
3) The coating makes the paint ultra-slick which make the dirt and debris easier to wash off because they don’t have anything to grip to. This result in fewer scratches on your paint!

Have a look at this video, what I wanted to show is how the water sheet of the panel, same thing happens with contaminant, a good pressure washer regularly and you barely have to touch your paint to clean your car. It takes now fewer times to wash the car.

- What the difference between a liquid wax and a paste wax ?

Pretty simple, a paste wax contains more carnauba than a liquid wax. So you can conclude that a paste wax usually is a more concentrated and purer wax than liquid resulting in a greater shine and better protection for your paint. Worse, must of the times a liquid wax contains polish that can damage your freshly polished paint and even scratch your paint.

I classified waxes in 3 category:

The wet-looking wax: Usually made with pure white wax, they give the wet-look you might be dreaming of.
The metallic look: carnauba wax with a touch of polymer to make the pearl of your paint popping!
The durable look: wax with a good load of polymer for added durability and a warmth look but not as wet as a pure white or yellow carnauba. Similar to sealant but with a wax-look instead of a sealant looking paint.

Uusually showroom wax last between 2 to 16 weeks. Durable wax can last from 6 to 12 months.

- What is a sealant?

A sealant is 100% made from chemical, there’s nothing natural about it resulting in longer lasting layer of protection and usually sealant sheet water better and are slicker. However, even the ‘’wettest looking’’ sealant can’t be compared to showroom wax in term of warmth and deep look of the paint. Another advantage of this product is they are suppose to attract dust least than wax. However, don’t expect miracle! It does help but the difference is slight.

So on the market there’s 4 differents types:

Acrylique: Gives a very mirror, hard glass look to the surface. Last 6-9 months.

Polymère: Gives a look closer to carnauba. Last 3-6 months.

Nano-coating: This coating is pretty unique; it kinda transform to the paint your working on ( i.e: will make dark paint wet and the flake on metallic paint should pop out more than you ever see). Since the coating is harder than the clear-coat, it make washing the car easier and it has anti-scratch properties so your car look better longer! Last between 12-24 months. Can be topped with another carnauba after the drying time.

Resin-coating: Same to the nano-coating but you can’t top it off with anything after this application.Once you do that treatment there’s no need to touch your car after, simply wash it. The coating is PERMANENT.

For the last 2 coatings, only pro can apply those products and it’s not everyone who stock these.

Why did my LSP only lasted 6 weeks when you said 2-4 months?

I will start by saying that every single LSP I apply on a vehicule, I previously tested it on my own personal car or family car so the claims I make are real and proved. So, how long the protection layer will last on your car depends on how good you take care of your car, if it sit under a tree where you get 10 bird boops per day or inside and if you drive 300-500 kms a week or 1000 will differ the result.

My test are done on car that sit outside 24/7 and drive about 1000-1500 kms a month.

Now that I learned the difference, which one is better for me?

Well it depends on the kind of look you prefer and durability your expecting. However, I tend to go with carnauba for a summer ride and sealant for winter driven car or daily-driven car or high mileage car too. Another thing you should know is that you can top a carnauba over a sealant but you can’t top a sealant on a wax. So let say you like to wax your paint once in a while, I would recommend you to go for a sealant so you can top it off with a wax later.

I hope this helped a lot of people because I must of answered that questions over 50 times.

Enjoy!

Voici un autre 50-50 que j'ai fait. sans cire et avec cire. voyez la différence.

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See, what the windows polishing does?




Mirror finish:






























Très bientot, le site web sera en ligne!




Stay tuned for more sick ride!

Effet du polissage + Fuzion sur l'eau:

Walk-around.:

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9) After-shot

La piece de résistance!!!

Wax used: my finest Wolfgang Estate wax.






Enjoy!!!! I tried to take as many shots as possible to try to capture the finest reflection of this high-end paint but keep in mind that it’s a silver and I think the reflection is exceptional for such a light colored paint.

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6) Hand polishing :

Ici, des exemples de place où j’ai du polir à la main :









Windows polishing :




Les lumières avant sont fait de vitre, alors, j’utilise la même technique.



Les lumières arrières ne sont qu’en plastiques, alors je les poli comme d’habitude :





7) Trim protector:




Un fifty-fifity :






Now, that was FUN loL!!


8) Engine bay :








That’s the best I can do on this exhaust. Bear in mind it’s 30 yr old loL!

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3) Mesure la peinture avec mon Paint thickness gauge

All those variables make me believe the car has already been polished before.

Les variations d’épaisseur me laisse croire que l’auto a été poli dans le passé











4) Clay bar :

Forgot to take apicture of the clay bar but here’s somes random defect the clay bar took care of :


5) Wheels

Évidement ici, j’utilise mon Sonax Wheel cleaner. Turns purple under the contact of brake dust.





Après, j’applique une couche de scellant spécialement conçu pour roue :


Assez clean pour vous?