From POORsche to perfect.
09-20-2006, 09:08 PM
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From POORsche to perfect.
As promised, here is the last detail I did on a 993 Porsche. Very nice car with approx 49k on the odo that was very clean. Unfortunately it was repainted and had a few small issues due to this that he wanted taking care of like overspray in the door jambs, a run mark on the engine cover, actually ity looked like maybe the painter sweat on it when it was still wet or something, and of course, probably a few years of neglect from poor washing and drying techniques.
I received the car at night and was in a hurry to get started so I did not think about taking any pictures until I had the front already buffed but I did snap one or two but even these did not show how many scratches and swirls this car was covered with.
Before
I did the engine compartment but being afraid to go at it with water I kinda mostly wiped it down here and there and carefully used some degreaser on a few spots and lightly rinsed. I then dressed the motor with Aerospace 303.
I lightly wet sanded the run or whatever it was with 3000 and buffed with Menzerna PO106ff to a shine. I was kinda amazed I did not need to break out any more aggressive compounds. Definitely not vette paint.
Came out pretty nice huh?
I also needed to do the front end 3 times. I started out with 3m 05933 and my rotary with a yellow Meg pad and varied my speed from 900 to approx 1500.
Next I hit it with Menzerna 106ff and a tan Meg pad with my rotary with the speed set at 900 to 1200. The front of this car was horrible with deep scratches.
My method was to buff all the worst areas with a rotary first and then I did the entire car with Zaino Fusion (ZPC) and my ROB again using a tan Meg pad with the speed set at 5.5.
As you can see the hood came out fabulous. There was only a few isolated scratches that did not come out and I did not think it was worth sacrificing the clear coat to remove these and did not want to risk burn through so I left them. Here is the hood.
Sorry about not rotating this one, got lazy...
Another shot of the motor cover. Looks awesome huh, can't see the run anymore unless you really really look for it under flourescents and then you can only see a slight distortion.
He also requested a Leatherique treatment. Here they are baking out in the sun.
And the interior finished.
And just a few more random reflection shots.
OH, OF COURSE, it is Zaino Z5 Pro.
I applied two coats.
I also ended up putting a coat of Z2Pro on it since I had to clean it up after it sat outside baking for the day. Not to mention as the owner was coming to pick it up it started to rain. Of course there was no rain in the forecast.
It ended up staying an extra night and I actually had to leave my vette outside. I know, the blasphemy. 
Unfortunately I did not get any before and after shots of the door jambs but I basically had to do them with Zaino Fusion (ZPC) by hand to remove all the overspray. I tried clay with no luck and actually hit them lightly with wet 3000 and then went over it with ZPC.
I received the car at night and was in a hurry to get started so I did not think about taking any pictures until I had the front already buffed but I did snap one or two but even these did not show how many scratches and swirls this car was covered with.
Before
I did the engine compartment but being afraid to go at it with water I kinda mostly wiped it down here and there and carefully used some degreaser on a few spots and lightly rinsed. I then dressed the motor with Aerospace 303.
I lightly wet sanded the run or whatever it was with 3000 and buffed with Menzerna PO106ff to a shine. I was kinda amazed I did not need to break out any more aggressive compounds. Definitely not vette paint.
Came out pretty nice huh?
I also needed to do the front end 3 times. I started out with 3m 05933 and my rotary with a yellow Meg pad and varied my speed from 900 to approx 1500.
Next I hit it with Menzerna 106ff and a tan Meg pad with my rotary with the speed set at 900 to 1200. The front of this car was horrible with deep scratches.
My method was to buff all the worst areas with a rotary first and then I did the entire car with Zaino Fusion (ZPC) and my ROB again using a tan Meg pad with the speed set at 5.5.
As you can see the hood came out fabulous. There was only a few isolated scratches that did not come out and I did not think it was worth sacrificing the clear coat to remove these and did not want to risk burn through so I left them. Here is the hood.
Sorry about not rotating this one, got lazy...
Another shot of the motor cover. Looks awesome huh, can't see the run anymore unless you really really look for it under flourescents and then you can only see a slight distortion.
He also requested a Leatherique treatment. Here they are baking out in the sun.
And the interior finished.
And just a few more random reflection shots.
OH, OF COURSE, it is Zaino Z5 Pro.
I applied two coats.I also ended up putting a coat of Z2Pro on it since I had to clean it up after it sat outside baking for the day. Not to mention as the owner was coming to pick it up it started to rain. Of course there was no rain in the forecast.
It ended up staying an extra night and I actually had to leave my vette outside. I know, the blasphemy. Unfortunately I did not get any before and after shots of the door jambs but I basically had to do them with Zaino Fusion (ZPC) by hand to remove all the overspray. I tried clay with no luck and actually hit them lightly with wet 3000 and then went over it with ZPC.
Last edited by agentf1; 09-20-2006 at 09:10 PM.
09-20-2006, 10:53 PM
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Beautiful work, but why is it on a C6 forum?
OOPS My bad - It is in the right place... some how I'm not
OOPS My bad - It is in the right place... some how I'm not
Last edited by johnodrake; 09-20-2006 at 11:02 PM.
09-24-2006, 11:29 PM
#11
Originally Posted by agentf1
Thanks for all the compliments guys. 
09-25-2006, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by rrichar2591
What a nice looking job! What was the reaction from the customer? Bet word of mouth will travel fast. Expect more business is coming your way.
Originally Posted by hcvone
Frank, nice job, the owner was very pleased. 