CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

[cobrAA]

cobraa....Me and a friend removed a paint run on his supra. We used an 800 grit to get most of the paint off and then finished it with a 2000 grit to the same level as the other paint is at. Now there is an area about the size of a hockey puck that looks cloudy. The paint color is red. Any tips on how to get this looking like the rest of the paint?

Well you need a compound, then a polish to remove the haze from the compound.

[leeaspin]

cobraa....Me and a friend removed a paint run on his supra. We used an 800 grit to get most of the paint off and then finished it with a 2000 grit to the same level as the other paint is at. Now there is an area about the size of a hockey puck that looks cloudy. The paint color is red. Any tips on how to get this looking like the rest of the paint?

[cschepp]

I'm down for that! Well depending on how much you charge, definitely

[Woodly]

What did you use to condition the dash material on the Camry? And where can I get that nifty paint gauge haha!

[cobrAA]

It's slowly goign down here in Montreal.

would some people in Ontario be down for a week-end detailing ?

[cobrAA]

Not long ago, I was asked to come down to the shop to do the finition on this uber-cool project. The car has been in the shop for the past 9 months. Anyways, the painter rather let me finish his job. I appreciate that kind of trust. However, times was a factor and I couldn’t finish the job down to 100% but it’s damn close and the wet-look and reflection is up to 110% !Enough talking:

I did a 3-step on this car.

Enjoy!!

Before:






After:


And have a look at this wetness!!










































Thanks!!

[cobrAA]

Metal polishing:

Wow that grill tooks me forever to do!! LOL go between each single spoke is something haha.






And AFTER :





Polishing the wheel :




And when the owner thought I was done (lol !!) he see me pulling another products of my collection: DP Wheel glaze. I never stop! There’s always something to detail on a car héhé. Too bad, the wheel have some light swirls.



With DP Tire Gloss.




Final shot:

Too bad, the sun went down so I didn’t have enough light to make this orange paint justice. I tried my best.. but Like I always says, the most important is that the owner and me agreed that the car look fantastic. Sure, I hope you guys like it too but that’s not the most important thing.

[cobrAA]

Ford Hot-rod.

Here’s another challenging car, not because the paint was in hard condition but because of the odd curves the car have! The owner picked up the car from the states but while it was sitting at the border, we think a cat decided to take a closer look at the beautiful paint this Hot-Rod have ..lol! So, for a fine car like this one, I went with my finest Wolfgang polish and finished up with finishing glaze for the absolute best look possible.


2-STEP polishing:
Wolfgang polish combo
PB Natty’s Red (the owner wanted to flake to pop!)
DP Tire gloss
DP Wheel glaze
Duragloss Metal polish
Wg hand applicator
Tons of Microfiber
Brinkmann lights.

Tike taken: 7: 30 approx.

Initial condition:

There are some light swirls but it’s mostly does scratches that bug the owner.















This is the only place (one of the front fender) where the paint is cracked so I had to be very careful.






Odd shape:

As you can see my machine can’t go everywhere on this car.. hand polishing will be needed!










So I had to polish by hand..





Correction :

Can we say freshly painted? Showroom condition, les amis!

[cobrAA]

Great job Cobraa. You brought it back to life! (Found on road dead) haha

wow, outstanding job again Cobraa! just awesome work!

Thanks guys! I'm THE man héhé!

[bellis_GTR]

Great job Cobraa. You brought it back to life! (Found on road dead) haha

[Tony-R32]

wow, outstanding job again Cobraa! just awesome work!

[cobrAA]

As we speak, i'm over-book, I need to start training my brother to detail with me. so the answer is no.

Usually, the demands lower in july so I guess maybe this summer, I will offer the opportunity to ontarians to have their car detailed profesionnally.

However, I must warm everyone, there will be a premium price because I have to take into account high mileage, food and motel.

[cschepp]

Do you travel?if you come down for a meet in Ontario stop by I will have a car to detail for ya

[cobrAA]

I took the times to show you the paint after the compound (the first-step of my 4 step process). You can see it’s still hazy, there’s lot of circle scratches. To conclude, it doesn’t look nice. This is to show to people who send me PM wondering how much it cost to do a compound? I always answer: You won’t like the result of a compound if you don’t finish with a polish. A compound is simply too rough to achieve a nice wet finish. Just a quick head-up.[/COLOR]





OLOR="blue"]I think i twill be a good idea to do an engine wash and headlight polish.[/COLOR]









e"]Everything is done, take a careful look at how wet the paint is and how the flake pop out of the paint.[/COLOR]





















OR="blue"]The spotlight test![/COLOR]















LOR="blue"] Job is not done yet! I have to pack up everything in the car, unpack everything in my closet, wash my microfibers and wash the pad and then upload all the pictures and writes a text so you guys can all enjoy my threads!![/COLOR]






See ya!! And if you have a garage and would like to have your car shiny before everybody, don’t hesitate!

[cobrAA]

Tailight polishing[/COLOR]








"blue"]lift the trunk so I can polish under the wing.[/COLOR]



COLOR="blue"]I had to turn the car other side so the sun was there and took the times to take 2-3 pictures, Have you seen how dark the red is and the wetness, I love it!! So nice. By the way, there’s no wax yet lol![/COLOR]















"blue"]Removing compound residue[/COLOR]









LOR="blue"]It’s time to turn the car and do the samething on the other side.[/COLOR]