CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

[cobrAA]

So I’m thinking.. if the owner took the times to wet-sand his whole car, he might expect a near-brand new finish no? I decide to go ahead and do the 5-step, without charging anything more, because I’m not a business, I’m here to do a great job, that’s the ultimate goal. Make sens? And it’s Christmas for Christ sake!![/COLOR]

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"blue"]Rear bumper ( dah!)[/COLOR]













]Those exhaust pipe were dirty, I needed a clay bar to remove everything and bring back the shine[/COLOR]





/ The roof:

[cobrAA]

This week I had the chance to work on my first american car, the owner bought the car with that horrible paint job and decide to sand it to achieve a better finish. The problem with his sanding was that he didn’t use the same method everywhere on the car( some panels were done my wet-sand, some were done by machine, some with different grades). After trying to compound 2 differents panels he gave up and gave me a call so I can fix his problem. This is another good exemple where wet-sanding is not as easy as people may think.


Passager side :

/ Here’s the initial condition of the car.







Measure the paint with my paint gauge to make sure it’s thick enought to do the good correction.





Thickness is fine, so I start doing my 3-step like we agreed.



Look great but let’s look closer..



/ There’s way too much small scratches, I can’t do this.

So, I try a 5-step polish.






And closer…



/ This is what I’m looking for. Great finish! But there’s a problem, I can’t do a 5-step in one single day and the owner agreed to pay for a 3-step not a 5-step.

[cobrAA]

I know you guys likes when I add more than just pictures. So, here's a video I took to show you how Aquapel is still going strong after 5 month of salt,winter and sand abuse!

[cobrAA]

Here's my grandpa malibu, last time he waxed his car he said he took 1.30 so I thought he needed some help from his grand-son .

2 bucket wash
Clay bar
CG Nano polish on white pad CCS
DP Max Wax
Aquapel treatment windshield et backglass
Plastic polish
Autoglym rubber protector
Microfiber



Before:




After:



Before:




After:



Pic after the polishing and DP max wax.

[cobrAA]

You do fantastic work!

thank you!

[mightymurph]

You do fantastic work!

[cobrAA]

FINAL RESULT!













The Light is wet lol.








Now, that’s glossy!



















Thanks for looking and like I said, I’m not ‘’close’’ for the winter, so if you have any questions, just ask!
Alex

[cobrAA]

50-50 shot :

Left side is done. Right shide is untouch.


I draw a red line so you can see the difference better. Left side is done. Good difference.




Before:


AFTER!!! Crazy haha! He couldn't believe it!




After: no wax applied.













Great correction!! I would say close to 90% corrected no?







Car is being waxed. Wax sit on the car until haze while I detail the rims and clean the windows.

[cobrAA]

This person was refered to me from the Tucson’s owner I did earlier this season. This bmw 328i was a lease return and his brother decided to help him enhance the look of his car by removing the sticky contaminants on his paint with a SCOTCH-BRITE… instead of a clay bar. It was horrible!

I must tell you, his reaction after seeing the car was PRICELESS, I think he couldn’t believe I could fix all that and he thought it looked nicier than when he pick it up at the dealer haha! This kind of reaction makes me love what I do and I appreciate that these owner likes what I do.

2-step polishing + Glaze ( it’s a lease return!) + DP Max Wax

Compound sur wool pad
Polissage sur pad orange
Glaze sur pad blanc
DP Max Wax
303 protector
Metal polish on tips
Defalsko paint gauge ( just to be safe)
2 bucket was method with grit guard
Sheepskin wash mitts
Meg shampoo


See how the clay bar is dirty! Insane.


Yellow road paint on the fender. Such a b*tch to remove but I got it! ( dah! :P)





After :




Dirty exhaust tip:


After a good cleaning with clay bar and a metal polish:


**CORRECTION **

[cobrAA]

This is a 1-step polishing on a white pad

I didn’t waste my time doing the clay bar haha!




Another small detail must people don’t do: polishing bug guard. You can clearly see the difference it does.





Here’s a detail must people forget : Scratches under door handle. BTW: I knew the last owner was a woman, pat didn’t have to tell me LOL!





After:






Here’s another sign of a woman owner!









After


Third brake light:

See, how fade it is.



50/50. Difference is outrageous.








After Polishing : Great result for a 1-step polishing.










Nice wet-look!!






Outside shot: Result is pretty nice. Good wet look.

[cobrAA]

Front seat:






Salt ?! Not a problem for me and I guarantee it won’t smell vinegar !


Take a look at those black stain!!


After:

And now!! Back to original color!




No more salt either.




















Here’s a video showing how important it’s to have a clear tools so you can monitor your cleaning process and you can see how strong is the suction power.
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Just to let you know, if you have a grange large enought to work, I’m still accepting works. I also have a garage but it’s more complicated LOL! Anyways, ask and worst case, it will be no!

Hope you guys enjoyed, I took like 2 hours to write this thread!

[cobrAA]

Cleaner clean dash and doors but they dry the material. This is why it’s important to protect it with a special UV protector that hydrate the material, protect it, it’s also anti-static and gives a better look






Whatever.. it’s now gone




Rubber are drying.



And now they were protected with my UV protector.





Backseat:





After:







A lot more clean!

[cobrAA]

Today was my first interior detailing with my new pro extractor. Let see if she was up to the task of this ‘’trashed’’ corolla!

Here’s what I did in order to achieve a pro result:

- Vacuum using a Shop-vac ( will buy a more powerful unit next year)
- Blowing debris with air compressor on hard to reach area
- Cleaning windows and removing glue with a windows cleaning cloth
- Cleaning rubbers with an APC and brush
- Cleaning carpet and removing salt with extractor and brush
- Seat shampoo with extractor
- Applying UV protector everywhere
- Anti-odor ( odor absorber) treatment at the end.



Voici la console, tableau de bord/volant etc. Before/ After :







Cleaning..



After :







Cluster before :


After:


See all the small details to the job?


Yeah, even that bolt lol









Nettoyage des fentes avec une petite brosse fine :

Cleaning cracks with small brush. Small details!










Utilisation du compresseur pour aller chercher les petits morceaux dans les endroits impossible. Ça l’aide aussi à nettoyer dans les fentes après avoir passer la brosse.

Like I said, I’m using the air compressor for hard to reach area

[cobrAA]

For the past 2 years, I've been working with a powerful yet very expensive galaxy extractor at my upholstery shop cleaning anything you can think of that have fabric/leather.

I think it was times for me to step up with a portable extractor in order to make cleaner jobs.This thing ain't cheap but I guess it's worth it!

So, before doing a car with this machine, I decide to test it on my white carpet. good test. Here's the result.
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50-50


50-50


After:




Yum hen?

[cobrAA]

lmao with offers like this, i think your going on a couple road trips this summer!

i have all the cars in my sig and more if you are coming to ontario...

Why not !? It's gonna be fun haha!! I keep your info in mind.

I expect to be over-booked till june in locally. then, I will think about making an announcement in GTRC for people interesting.