CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

[mightymurph]

You do fantastic work!

[cobrAA]

You do fantastic work!

thank you!

[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]

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]

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]

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]

ue"]See how wet the wing is, there’s no wax by the way.[/COLOR]











"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]

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]

[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!

[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]

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.

[Tony-R32]

wow, outstanding job again Cobraa! just awesome work!

[bellis_GTR]

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

[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!

[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]

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.