CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

[cobrAA]

Exemple of bad pruducts with a bad DIYer.

After using cheap product ( aka Turtle wax product) with a bad technique and with the wrong pad, you can't expect a good result! See by yourselft all the spot it left on the paint.







La peinture est quand même bien belle pour une peinture JET BLACK! Paint is clearly not that bad for a jet black










After taking some measure of the paint with my Paint gauge, It shows about 120 micros all around. That's perfect because those germain paint have hard clear coat and I will need minimum a 3-step to be able to correct those spots!



Here's the result, barely no more faded spot. Just an almost brand-new paint with a nice wet-look. Thanks to the DP max wax.



A bit more wet nah?



No more faded spot!
















This is a great thread that shows sometimes, to the DIY, it's better to leave it to someone who know how to do it because a good paint job is worth 5000$. Better not f*ck your 5000$ paint job to save 200$ with a 5$ products!

[cobrAA]

i wish you were closer so you could do my car it needs a good wax

I had request, all over the country, maybe, I should try to see if it would be possible by train LOL.. Maybe not, manitoba is pretty far away but maybe I will try work something out with ontarian.

[Nismo_line]

i wish you were closer so you could do my car it needs a good wax

[cobrAA]

amazing work cobra!!!

the cloud shot on the back of the volvo and the guage cluster, OMG!

i will def be coming back to reference your thread, ecspecially on interior detailing!

HAHA thanks bro!!

[cobrAA]

Polishing a strut bar.

Here's a job I usually do, on spare times, because it's pretty hard to predict how much times I will need to achieve the right result.

In the right corner.. lol!





I tried my best to show a 50/50 shot of all the step needed.
untouched,1000,1500,2000,steel wool + metal polish





Here's one of the most important step, it's the final step, the jeweling, I polish until I get a high reflective metal. Then, I coat it with 2 applications of PB wheel sealant for that little extra shine.

[cobrAA]

Acura RSX detailed with Wolfgang Fuzion

Recaro micro-suede: very delicate and hard to clean, Overall, they were in good condition but, in person, you were able to see some ''fading spot'' and some black spot.





After 1h30 of scrubbing with a microfiber to not destroy the suede and then applied the fabrig-guard protection. Here's the result.






Interior was clean so it was mainly a quick refresh with brush and a good protector all over the molding and dash, I then coated with an odor absorber instead of a perfume.


after:





Wheel were so nice, I couldn't not touch it haha.


Traitement:
degraser with a MINI-BRUSH

Wheel sealant
protector rubber
Back-to black for wheel well






Paint was in good shape with miror defect. So, my goal was mainly to remove any oxydation and haziness on the paint and give it an ultimate coat of premium quality wax!

SSR2 sur pad blanc
1x Wolfgang Fuzion
1x Poorboys limited edition natty red
Plastic polish




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[Tony-R32]

amazing work cobra!!!

the cloud shot on the back of the volvo and the guage cluster, OMG!

i will def be coming back to reference your thread, ecspecially on interior detailing!

[cobrAA]

This car is only 2 years old but it has been sitting at the dealership for the past 9 months. You know what this means? a dealer usually change his wash bucket every 10-20 cars. Let say they wash the car once a month x9 in that same nasty wash bucket. You end up with a nasty swirled paint

Before:









Nothing special here, tried the Chemical guys Nano polish on a LC coarse green pad.


AFTER:



Wax is PB limited edition Natty's RED that make the pearls pop but because of the light I had this day, the light don't show the quality of the wax.








exhaust tip polishing:

[cobrAA]

Samething as the Black Murano.

wash with quality shampoo
Clay bar
1 step polishing
DP max wax
Engine shampoo
Interior ''quicki''
Windows polishing
Headlight polishing.

Engine: treated with anti-static plastic protection for a longer good-looking engine.






Headlight: 3-step polishing system + sealant for extreme protection.



Close-up. highly oxided hence why there's very minimal reflection


After!!



RDS: Random deep scratches on driver door: Let see what I can do..




After: A lot better no? the owner seems in admiration haha!



Polished the windows.


Some 50/50 shot without waxe.




Some after-shot. the wetness and reflection is def. higher than what you usually see on the street!

[cobrAA]

I may have three cars for you

Replied by PM but I guess you are too far from Québec.

[BrooklinsFinest]

I may have three cars for you

[BrooklinsFinest]

where do you live and how much do you charge? seriously-

[cobrAA]

Here's my working place. I'm waiting for a 350$ order by the way haha. There's at least 2500$ worth of detailing products.

Finally, this is some pictures of how I manage to put everything clean ( well, I try!) and I almost used all these products on the shelf. Some products are not there, like my grinder for polishing metal (too big, it’s mounted on my working table).





Yeah Yeah, I’m ballin with my 700$ PTG haha.

[cobrAA]

My good friend asked me to detail his Skyline for the CAD SHOW that happened yesterday. I had 3 days ( 6 hours) to do the most I could to make it shine. The paint was extremely fade and some clear was missing at certains spots. So , I had very few microns to play with, perfect times to try out my new Optimum Poli-seal AIO.

Product used:

Optimum Poli-Seal AIO | White pad
Degreaser
Car soap
2 bucket washing method
Wheel brush for engine and wheel
Sheepskin mitt
Bissel portable extractor
Shop-Vac
CG Odor eliminator
Ultra-look vinyl conditionner
Stoner glass cleaner
Wolfgang Fuzion wax
+ + !!





Oh yeah, keep in mind, my buddy wash his skyline approx. 2 times a year. In 3 years, he only wax it once and when he wash his engine it's with his old oil!











Pics after the poli-seal and WG Fuzion wax

A lot more cleaner than before. wheel well were detailed too




Great clarity.


Metallic flakes popping!





So much sh*t on his paint haha!


Engine after:





Interior before: the guy never cleaned his interior in 3 years, so just imagine how dirty his whole interior was.





Nasty hen !?


After shampoing the whole car:









See ya, I got like 4 other detailing to post haha!

[cobrAA]

No comments, I guess you don't like civic even if it's rhd lol.... Here's a dodge superbee 1968

I had 5 hours to do the best I could do bring that car to a showcar quality. Oonly 5 hours. I took 15 minutes to analyse the paint and such and then I decide I would do a polishing to remove all the haze on the paint then do a glaze to bring back the wetness. then I top it off with high quality expensive wax, the Wolfgang Fuzion estate wax.


Product used:

Polishing | White pad
Malco Glaze | Blue finessing pad
WG Fuzion wax
Wheel sealant + metal polish on wheel.
Anti-static protectant on trims and rubber.



Same treatment as the car paint ( polishing,glaze,wax)