Mirror Detailing Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 New to the forum and rather than post up tons of small threads...figured I would make one really long thread. Had two Opti-Guard jobs this week on a brand new A6 and a customers '08 C6Z06 but since I was crunched for time on both, I got little pictures and have not had a chance to edit them so... here for jobs from the previous week going back... Did a concourse level detail on this 1968 Jaguar 220 too complete in the Driven Class today for the North America Jaguar Association. Car won with a 9.982 score out of a possible 10. Car will be competing next month at the final NAJA event in SC in the Champion class to hopefully pick up a 1st place Champion award. Not many pictures, Chadbee Photography will be doing a photoshoot of this car next month. Was way to busy working on both the Jag and the Carrera GT in the time I had, so not many pictures. A C5 Corvette we did some correction on and applied Opti-Guard after explaining to the owner the benefits of it. Owner said he wanted his car to be as easily maintable as possible. Plus he did not want to have to take it too his local Hack Shop for a Wash'n'Wax and them mess up everything we just did. Customer contacted me awhile back, got my name and information from someone from Arkansas :grin: and wanted to get his vette cleaned up. Said he had someone else work on it earlier this year and they could not get it too where he was wanting. Customer drove up from Macon the night prior and stayed the whole day to get the vette done. While here he was talking about being worried that the local "detail" shop down there was going to ruin all this work a few months later when he wanted it waxed again. Customer was a perfect candidate for the Opti-Coat/Opti-Guard and after showing him other cars and telling him about the product, he had no issues with getting it done. Knowing that he could maintain the car himself by simply washing it correctly and not having to worry about anything else for years, it was a simple choice for him. No really overall befores, as I started on this car around 8am and had to get it done in one day. Though here was the condition of the paint just after washing the car and getting ready to really start on it... The only picture I got on my test area. Right side was untouched, left side was the test area... After getting everything done, again no real pictures in the middle as I was having to really hustle on this car, finished around 7:30pm. Between myself and my part-time guy, it was a lot of man hours for 1 day. Customer also wanted his engine bay cleaned up and everything dressed. Once everything was done a few shots inside before going outside... Now outside, even though it was late, still enough light left for some pictures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Detailing Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Now here is a GTR we did a New Car Prep on and Opti-Guard a few months ago in my old shop... Owner contacted me from seeing the other members thread wanting to get his new GTR done right from the get go. At the same time, since he was wanting as much protection and too keep it looking its best for as long as possible, he was a prefect candidate for Opti-Coating. Opti-Coat is a permanent resin coating that is applied to paint to give it the utmost gloss retention after proper paint polishing, hydrophobic properties, help the paint reject usual fall out that requires claying every few months and just your general and required UV protection. Then the biggest thing that people love about this product is that it creates a hard shell on the paint that will help protect from lighter scratches and swirls. Its not impossible to scratch but people will find that the amount of scratches that build up over time, will not be nearly as bad or as fast. Basically, every time he washes his car it will wash much easier, the dirt wont stick too the paint as much and it will look freshly detailed each time. Now, when the owners buddy dropped the car for him, got my pictures before and started on it right away. With the heavy flake from the Jet Black color, its hard to make out how bad the paint is in full sun. Granted still...I have seen much worse in direct sunlight on heavy flake paints and this one was pretty nice for low miles. Once inside, all washed and clayed, I got into my area and got a few pictures under my LED light to see what I was really going to be working against. Still not bad, just a lot of light scratches here and there. Nice little scuff on the pass quarter and some holograms on the spoiler and a-pillar. Generally I do some half and halfs...seeing as though this car was not overly bad and the flake is a pain to capture against, I did not get any. Before applying the Opti-Coat you need to have the paint as free of oils and residues left over from the polishing or even oil from your hands from touching the paint somewhere. Here is a picture of the paint free and clear of anything. Just a nice glosses up finish. Almost looks like it is already sealed/waxed. Now span forward a few hours and everything is done. A few pictures inside before taking it outside. Now outside to get some sun pictures before the clouds take over! *damn clouds* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Detailing Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 I do a lot of '50s/'60s Mercedes Benz Restoration cars...here is one of my favorite ones... Owner saw the 280 I recently did and wanted his done to the same degree. Car was in great shape and a great turn around. Came out real well and paint really glowed after being completed. Before pictures when it was dropped off. Was a perfect day outside to really get the befores of the paint too see its condition. Befores. Car had been repainted years back and still had some of the sanding/DA marks in the paint and a lot of micro marring from either the sanding or buffing after being repainted. Interior was going to need some cleaning up... Top was looking a bit discolored and grimy.. After getting it inside...washed and clayed. Was able to see a better idea of the paint and get some pictures of it cleaned up prior to any correction work... My test area before...overhead light and LED light... Half and Half... After... Now onto the top...after washing the grime off the top and before treating it, you can see the amount of stuff that came out of it... Also with the top, with a car like this you have to release the convt top fully into its storage area so you can work all the way up the edge. Good thing its rather simple with these old cars...lol Before... Removed... And find things like this... After finishing buffing...moved too the interior. Seats were pretty bad and took a lot of scrubbing to get years of grime out of them. Back of the seat untouched, bottom cleaned... Both sides done... After getting everything done, got some pictures with the top down before I put it up and took it outside for afters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Detailing Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Now outside into the sun for the afters... Now back inside and waiting on the customer. Figured I would get some more afters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obsessive Detail Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Very impressive! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfections Detail Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 A lot of nice cars and great work, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetlevw72 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Fantastic work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddj Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 That GTR was awesome work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLR Detailing Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Outstanding work on some beautiful cars! Shop looks great as well! Welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxepr1@gmail.com Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Wide array of vehicles and paints, most people don't understand how much of a difference there is from the GTR to the Jag. Outstanding work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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