CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

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Here’s my third showroom detail this month. This one took 4 days to be completed. I’ve never met such a hard clear coat! I didn’t believe it how hard the clear coat was. I think I did like 7-8 pass to get it corrected like it should!

These details are truly the finest detail you could have on your car, times is not a factor, it can take up to 40-50 hours to be completed. Interior,exterior,engine bay all detailed to the best of my capacity. All products are very high-quality such as my exclusive Raceglaze Black Label Special Reserve. Only jar in the whole NA.

Enough talking, enjoy the pictures!

Initial condition:



Some 50/50 test panel. With these test, I can now gauge how many step will be needed to achieve a good correction:











Engine bay:




After:











Foaming the car with a paint cleanser solution:


Not much contaminant to be honest:




Taping the molding as always:


Since I used a lot of compound on this car, I made sure I was always on track with my correction using my high quality defalsko gauge

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Fast-forwarding.. the polishing is done, it’s time to clean the paint and inspect it:







See how dusty it can get sometimes!


I then clean the paint using a citrus wash and various brush to remove all those residus and have a clean paint to work with:


I realised the rotor could easily be cleaned so I went ahead and worked the brush












Once dried with quality microfibers, I end up with this:
























When you see this, after 3 days of hard work, you tap yourself in the back and you are now proud of your work

Now the decision… which wax should I go with ? Swissvax Crystal Rock, Raceglaze Special Reserve or Zymol Royale ? arghh decision can be tough haha! I decided to go with Raceglaze Black Label because I think it’s the best wax on solid paint (no metal flake). I only want to give you the very best result, period.



Wolfgang trim sealant applied:

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Cleaner fluid on rims + swissvax autobahn:









I also polished his key with cleaner fluid and wolfgang trim


I then saw this hideous thing:


But once removed, it scratched the very soft paint inside so it had to be polished:








End-result:





That’s not something I do on 1-day detailing, but when you choose my very best showroom detail, this is the kind of attention you are getting!


I also polished that area:


And waxing it now:




Making sure no residu was left on the paint


So I can now give it 4 separate layers! ( 6 hours between each)



And here after the cleaner fluid,autobahn and tire shine
















Pour une question de polissage réalisé à montreal.. alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca
For more info regarding this polishing job, detailing , done in the greater Montreal , please contact me at alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca

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Look at the shine of the trims



















Polished under the door handle also:




Nice gold look!


Yes! Even that grill have been protected

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I really like the aggressive line of this car!








Interior:

I spray with an air compressor every crevice to get dust out and be able to pass the vacuum after:











Scratches where you say?

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Finished work.. let’s look under different light:





































Merci à toi, pour ta confiance!! Je crois que le résultat est là et très convaincant!

À la prochaine,

Alex

Pour une question de polissage réalisé à montreal.. alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca
For more info regarding this polishing job, detailing , done in the greater Montreal , please contact me at alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca

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His brother contacted me last year to have his car detailed and I guess he was happy with the detail because he referred me to his younger brother. It’s funny because both time I came here there was a couple of garage sale going on haha. Make me wonder if there’s garage sale every week-end :P

Another thing to point before we start is that the car has been repainted on 2-3 panels. The paint felt so rough because of all the overspray, I tried my best to make it smoother but some panel were showing thin paint, VERY THIN, it was impossible for me to compound the area, so I was quite limited in my detail. On one side I had to deal with repainted, overspray-stuff, on the other, the paint was too thin to correct it. I had to try to make it look at his best with what I had!

Process:
2 wash bucket method
Clay bar
Chemical decon
2-step
Paint cleanser
Menzerna Powerlock
And the usual à-coté

Before: ( quite hard to catch the swirls on a silver car at full bright sun)







I then proceeded with the decontamination step:










It was getting way too hot outside so I asked to move the car inside:







As always!


Major variation:

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And after; it’s slightly better in term of reflection (IMO) I wish I could done better but like I said, the repaint wasn’t top-notch and paint thin on other panel. Not to mention, the detail today was too make it look better not showroom!



































Enjoy and thanks for looking!

Pour une question de polissage réalisé à montreal.. alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca
For more info regarding this polishing job, detailing , done in the greater Montreal , please contact me at alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca

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Process :
2 wash bucket method
Clay bar
Chemical decon
1-step polish ( juste un refresh)
Winter protection sealant.

Before:















Décontamination de la peinture:








La voiture mouillée. Voyons voir si je pourrais y donner un vrai wet-look avec seulement un 1-step. L’idée, c’est d’avoir l’auto aussi mouillé, mais sans eau lol Si vous me suivez ?











Voici le seul 50/50 que j’ai fait.. je vous laisse devinez quel coté que j’ai fait! Mon dieu que j’en fait des devinette aujourd’hui haha

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Tous est protégé dans les règles de l’art :P


After-shot



















Puis, ai-je réussi à rendre ça aussi mouillée?












Merci et n’hésitez pas! Auto neuve 2012, haut KM, bas KM, vielles, je suis toujours ouvert au projet!

Alex

Pour une question de polissage réalisé à montreal.. alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca
For more info regarding this polishing job, detailing , done in the greater Montreal , please contact me at alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca

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Cette BMW M3 m’a été recommandé par un ancien. Il voulait offrir un cadeau et cela m’a fait bien plaisir de lui offrir ce traitement. L’auto en avait bien besoins. En fait, certains panneaux étaient pires que d’autres, comme le coffre, par exemple. Mais règle générale, je crois que l’auto a souffert du syndrome de l’auto mal lavé. Bref, j’ai réussi à restorer beaucoup de profondeur dans la peinture et corriger environ 70-80% des défauts.

Process :
2 bucket wash method
Chemical decon
Clay bar
Paint reading with the paint gauge
2-step polish
Paint cleanser
Raceglaze 55 wax
Interior wash





Sweet haha!


I’ve seen those rims on another bmw 335 I did, I must agree they match well the black bmw.






Clay bar result: not bad honestly, I’m sure it has been done before:



And after doing my test panel:


Left side untouched






After only a couple pass.. bran dnew pad going to the garbage!


Trim restorer restoring like a champ!


No before pictures we’re taking of the interior:

Leather package,
Mat cleaned
Protector applied on all trims
Brush cleaned the interior ( being a convertible, there’s ton of dust everywhere)

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And now for the after-pic outside:

Umm vintage or 55.. I decide to go with 55 for today. Dunno.. my feeling haha

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Nice reflection if you ask me








That’s what I refer to as the carnauba glow:




The pipe really came out great!








Video walk-around! watch it in 720p HD :P

See ya!

Pour une question de polissage réalisé à montreal.. alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca
For more info regarding this polishing job, detailing , done in the greater Montreal , please contact me at alexandre.lemay @ hec . ca

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Here’s another GTR done, we wanted the best for this car but still while being able to do it in one complete day. Hopefully, this car was in good condition so an-almost showroom state was possible. I must admit the black paint felt softer than other colors I had worked on previously.

Process:
3-step polish finished with our exclusive wax blend for a wet concours shine.

Initial condition:


Look clean hen ? well it was just a bit dusty lol





Oh look the true condition of the paint:





Dusty, full of brake dust. Most be something a tad aggressive! (lol!)



Here’s my after polish /test panel ( since the hood is wraped I can’t use the hood as a test panel)





Taking paint thickness measure with our new paint gauge tool: