CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

[cobrAA]

Wax used:






I must say the result is stunning for a 2-step. Just like I told the owner, a 1-step wouldn’t have cut it on this car.















Polished the tips:


Nice reflection here:


Les roues sont toujours détaillés ‘’sua coche’’ haha


Polish taillight too.














Regardez donc qui s’assure que je travaille bien lol!!!








Such a nice clarity :

[cobrAA]

The car was already waxed and that’s a sign for me that the car was already well-maintened. / L’auto était déjà ciré et cela signifie que l’auto était bien entretenue.



As you can see, the reflection was already good but let see what I can do to improve the finish.

Comme vous pouvez voir la reflection est déjà bonne, mais voyons voir ce que je peux faire.

After picture :

Limited ed. wax :






Quelle shot préferez-vous? Oh well, j’ai fait un petit essaie! Faut s’amuser dans la vie.













Comme toujours, les roues sont détails avec une couche de protection


Taillight polished.



Exhaust tip too








Nice pearl poppin’ !!


Nice reflection, more clarity than wet-looking tho.

[cobrAA]

Mirror Shine





Paint is reading fine:


Now WTF is up with this panel?


Sure, his carfax was 100% clean but my PTG doesn’t say so. There’s clearly something wrong with this panel. That’s the kind of info I always give to the owner of the car about his paint.

Je peux dire par experience qu’une peinture de BMW est plus épaisse que la moyenne des compagnies et toutes l’auto avait une lecture correcte, mais pourquoi ce panneau, en particulier, était si bas!? Ça, on le sait pas et c’est pas son carfax qui le dira, mais peu-importe, il y a un petit vis cacher

Merci et à la prochaine!



Le proprio de la M3 m'avait demandé de laver ses tapis. alors, les voici!



Après:

[cobrAA]

Prépares-tout mon stock, j’espère rien oublier!





Clean the wheel using my boar hairs brush, it’s a fantastic brush.


Prepping my washing method..




Quelques comtaminant étaient collés sur le tips.


Before :



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After :







Only deeper scratches are left here.

Here’s a 50-50!





Thanks BMW!! One of the only car I worked on that the trunk stays open at mid-level so I can polish it with 2 hands!


Voyez comment ces pads sont adaptés parfaitement au contour de la voiture.


Waxing the car, have a close look at the pattern of the wax, no circle, only straight line.


Interior before:



After:


After-shot:







Vous savez ce que sa femme m’a dit quand elle a vue les roues !? ‘’On dirait mes casseroles après les avoir frotter au SOS ‘’ mouhahaahah




Nice reflection






That’s the shine WG Tire gel gives.

[cobrAA]

The owner like to use P21S polishing soap on his tips, seems to do a good job but I tried to give it my personal touch.




C’est sorti un peu plus shiny. Mais je peux pas dire qu’il était en mauvaise condition avant.






Polit les lumières avant et arrière à chaque fois.














My favorite shot. No doubt.












À la prochaine!
Alex

[cobrAA]

I did his headlight last year and he told me he would like to have a detail on his car so here is it.

Before:


So much bug loL!!


On peut difficilement voir les swirls, mais on peut voir qu’il manqué un peu de shine!






Pre-soaking the bug and tar with a special soap.


Foaming the car as usual.




Cleaning the wheel using a Boar brush that won’t scratch + a safe wheel cleaner


I then clay the car


Another panel..






After :


Wax used : ( He wanted extra durability!)















Polished the tip.




Nice looking wheel here folks !! ( lol! At don cherry)








Intérieur des roués aussi détaillé








Hope you liked it!

See ya

[cobrAA]

BTW, can you believe that black subaru got me a bashing thread of +3000 views and about 10 pages of hate !?

that it for today, I might post more tomorrow if I think about it.

[Snake556]

Subaru? What'd I miss here? How could anyone be pissed?

[cobrAA]

Subaru? What'd I miss here? How could anyone be pissed?

Can't show you the link because I don,t want to talk again about it and because half of the information is in french.. but hey.. meag hating thread, my job was above car-wash or even his granda could of done better than this( lol!) and still today, 3 month later, I heard about it from him or other people reminding me I do bad detail... umm lol! Let me know if you feel anything is wrong with it!

[Snake556]

Well, looking at this thread, I'm saying they're full of BS, so I wouldn't worry about it :P

[cobrAA]

Well, looking at this thread, I'm saying they're full of BS, so I wouldn't worry about it :P

oopss forgot to follow the thread.. Will add more post this week-end!

[MKIV]

Unreal work Alex, you need to open your own business. You'd have my support and I'm sure lots of others.

[MKIV]

Question, what is the clay bar for?

[cobrAA]

Unreal work Alex, you need to open your own business. You'd have my support and I'm sure lots of others.

Thanks buddy!! Well.. I said this last summer I would come to toronto but I didn't. Next year, I will open up a ''group buy'' if admins allow me to offer my services to the most member possible in the toronto/ottawa area.

I will have to consider the cost of motel and I will ask a members to let me rent his garage for the week tho. If both of theses conditions works out. You guys will get incredible detail for a very good price

Question, what is the clay bar for?

I wrote an article about it... hope it will help you understand:

Today, my goal is to show you what kind of correction a clay bar can do. It’s a pretty basic treatment that should be done every year on your paint. It helps to give a smooth finish to your paint and it leaves it slicker. By removing the contaminants that remain after a car wash, you will enhance the look of your car and improve the durability of your favourite wax/sealant because instead of sticking to dirt, it will stick directly to the paint.

It is important to apply a coat of LSP to your paint because clay bar usually removes everything on your paint, including dirt and wax!

Where to buy:
1- Meguiars clay bar kit sold at Canadian tire for 30$+ tax
2- EdT on the forum sells very good clay bars. It’s not any more expensive than the Meguiars kit. Send him a PM if you want to.

*Warning* I’ve seen pretty big damages on car paintings due to a bad use of a clay bar. If the clay is too dirty, if there is not enough lubrifiant, or even if you put too much pressure on it, you might end up with some deep scratches, not even tiny swirls; but some random deep scratches.
If you are not 100% sure how to use the clay bar or if you don’t have any wax or sealant (1 coat of sealant is a great protection for winter), just send a PM to any detailer on this forum. Now, here are some pictures of what a clay bar can achieve.[/COLOR]






Exemple #1 :

La pâte est très efficace pour les petits picots de rouille sur les peintures blanches comme celle-ci.
Clay bar is really effective on tiny rust spot on white paint like this one.





C’est meme plus blanc qu’avant et plus de rouge/orange. Une belle amélioration!
Tadam, it’s even whiter than before and no rust spot. A great improvement!





Exemple #2 sur métal:

Avant:



Après:



Exemple #3:

Juste un bon exemple de debris collé. En plus, il y avais même un peu d’overspray de peinture jaune!

Just a good exemple of different dirts that didn’t go out with a regular car wash and you can even see some yellow paint overspray along the wheel well.


Perfectly clean!


Exemple #4:

Just pour montrer à quel point juste un panneau peut salir une pâte d’argile!

Nasty hen!? Just one half panel.

[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.


Coté passager / Passager side :

Voici la condition de début de la voiture / Here’s the initial condition of the car.







S’assure qu’il y a assez de peinture pour apporter la correction / Measure the paint with my paint gauge to make sure it’s thick enought to do the good correction.





Parfait! Alors, on s’était entendu pour un 3-step / Thickness is fine, so I start doing my 3-step like we agreed.



Ça dl’air beaucoup mieux, mais regardons de près.. / Look great but let’s look closer..



Arrghhhh Il y a beaucoup trop d’imperfection, je n’aime vraiment pas. / There’s way too much small scratches, I can’t do this.

Alors, j’essaie un 5-step / So, I try a 5-step polish.






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