A detail I did a while back... Been getting some requests to post it here... So here it is


This car has been on my list for while now, its my neighbours car and is parked of most of the time so i see it everyday, I had a good couple of chats with him and he had always been impressed with the cars that we have detailed and he asked if we could do something to help him out.

The paint on the car was badly oxidized and faded, the car had been to the body shop for "polishing", but it always came back with lil shine and went back to faded in a weeks time. Upon inspection we found that the some areas had been resprayed and the color poorly matched, The headlights were faded and because of this the car  was not used most of the time. The owner had taken the car to various body shops to see if there was still hope in restoring the finish but he was advised that only a paint job would work out, so he was a bit skeptic when we accepted the challenge

The owner was more then excited with the outcome and best of all we saved the car from a paint job & the owner saved his money.

View all pics here : Paint Restoration

Process :
- Wash
- Wet sand
- Compound & polish
- Wax
- Headlights restored and sealed
- Plastics treated and restored
- Rubbers treated and restored
- Tail pipe polished

BEFORE :











DURING :









Fender wet sanded :


AFTER :

Did the owner pass out?

Magic
Well done!!

WOW! That's an awesome job

Great results bud! I worked on a white uno this weekend that looked just as bad. Owner couldn't believe his eyes

Kyle wrote:

Did the owner pass out?

He almost did, after the Detail the car was used a lot more. That itself showed that we had given the paint a new lease of life.

Vwplayar wrote:Magic
Well done!!

Thanks bru

jippo wrote:WOW! That's an awesome job

Thanks bru

Anees wrote:Great results bud! I worked on a white uno this weekend that looked just as bad. Owner couldn't believe his eyes

Thanks bru

How long did this job take?

jippo wrote:How long did this job take?

This took me about 8 hours to get done.

N3mo wrote:

jippo wrote:How long did this job take?

This took me about 8 hours to get done.

I expected about 4 days

jippo wrote:

N3mo wrote:

jippo wrote:How long did this job take?

This took me about 8 hours to get done.

I expected about 4 days

Haha..

I work very efficiently, plus having the right tools and products gets the job done.

Wet sanded with the DA? What grit?

Kyle wrote:Wet sanded with the DA? What grit?

2000 by hand

Another restoration I did after the tazz which had about the same oxidation on the bonnet.


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wow well done bru, that car looks brandnew again

N3mo wrote:

Kyle wrote:Wet sanded with the DA? What grit?

2000 by hand

Got time bra

Kiran wrote:wow well done bru, that car looks brandnew again

Thanks bru

Kyle wrote:

N3mo wrote:

Kyle wrote:Wet sanded with the DA? What grit?

2000 by hand

Got time bra

That was needed to get the job done right.

It's my working style that suits me, I only do correction and refining / jewelling with machine. Everything else I'm faster by hand currently.

N3mo wrote:

Kyle wrote:

N3mo wrote:

Kyle wrote:Wet sanded with the DA? What grit?

2000 by hand

Got time bra

That was needed to get the job done right.

It's my working style that suits me, I only do correction and refining / jewelling with machine. Everything else I'm faster by hand currently.

Yeah I agree, for this I'd also sand by hand.

awesome transformation

i'm guessing the wet sand method will only work on cars with 2K paint?

MarshallGTi wrote:awesome transformation

i'm guessing the wet sand method will only work on cars with 2K paint?

Thanks bru

Nope, it will work in clear coats as well, sometimes it's better to sand cars with heavy defect down then polish instead of multiple hits with the machine.

Also for cars with Orange peel, you can sand the peaks flat then polish for a glass finish.

Goodness gracious!!!!! Excellent job Naeem!!!! Wow

Yeah well done!

N3mo wrote:

Kyle wrote:Wet sanded with the DA? What grit?

2000 by hand

you mean 2000 sandpaper/waterpaper?

B_rad wrote:Goodness gracious!!!!! Excellent job Naeem!!!! Wow

Titleists wrote:Yeah well done!

Thanx guys

LoW n SloW wrote:

N3mo wrote:

Kyle wrote:Wet sanded with the DA? What grit?

2000 by hand

you mean 2000 sandpaper/waterpaper?

2000 grit sand paper that can be used wet or dry.

I used it wet for this..