An annual detailing is a must for most uncoated cars. Oxidation and paint deterioration usually happens when the car is exposed to our daily environmental damages like rain, UV, bird dropping, tree sap, etc. This is not just any CRZ we have with here today, its belongs the infamous PocRoc from ZTH. So, it begins.
On the paint work, we get the standard swirl damages which is caused by improper washing techniques.
Basically is was all over the car. Road side car washes causes most of the swirls on this car.
Some permanent damages or also known as battle scars are a common scene on cars of this caliber.
Some high speed stone chips?
We also found some unknown red spots on the paint from unknown origin; together with some tar spots which are common on white cars
We began the correction procedure for the car by giving her a good detailed wash.
Washing itself took about 2hour.
We continued to remove the stubborn tar marks on the paint. Before..
After tar marks removed.
Remember the red spots? We had to clay the entire car to fully remove these unknown defects. Before..
After decontamination.
For the paint work, we used top of the line products to remove 90% of the swirls.
Like we mentioned, 90% because there were just some random isolated deep scratches that were beyond recovery. It is not noticeable but there is actually a fine line on the top left edge of the round led.
Entire car took us about 6 hours which gave a almost flawless and super wet finish. Because this is not a coated car, we applied good quality waxes onto the paint and some glass sealant onto the windows. There you go, enjoy the gloss and shine.
Yes, a 9 year old Volvo is right in front of us today. The condition is as terrible as you may have guessed. Oxidation, Swirls, Scratches, Repainted panels, Paint shop bad finishing, you name it. Its a bundle of almost all the surface defects into 1 long Volvo Wagon.
Looks can be very deceiving as the owner explains how good is the condition of the car for a 9 year old. From a distance, of course it does look shiny and glossy. But why would we be here if he is satisfied with the condition??
Closer look and we spot obvious watermark issues, a faded windscreen nozzle, and some polishing residue stuck under the nozzle.
As we made our usual inspection around the car, we found more unknown spots/stains/glue residue.
Even the side mirror signal markers were oxidized.
We found more stains on the paint, this is a dried up polishing residue that the paint shop couldn’t remove and just left it there. How irresponsible!
This is a pretty shot of watermark issues on the paint just like how we take photos of our water beading
The paint shop painted the side rubber trims with clear coat and it came our bad!
We found more polishing residue on the trims, door handles, etc.
After the longest residue compilation in our life, we move on to inspecting the paint condition. On LED/Camera Flash it doesn’t look too bad.
With the help of the sun, it became worst. This is what we call a Hologram Nightmare. Holograms are polishing/buffing marks caused by uneven usage of the polishing pads and the painter just didn’t finish the paint properly.
How can we forget our good old pal, Swirls.
The swirl damages coverage was a full body coverage, top to toe.
We first gave the car a good wash which took us about 3hours to complete.
Claying is an essential step in this type of correction. Here is the dirt collected from merely 1 panel.
After claying, we rinse the car down and prepare it for the correction procedures.
Notice the top section is still covered in hologram and the bottom is cleared of all damages.
A closer look on the paint under the sun.
Zoom in further!
a Before correction and..
After correction.
A Tri-Stage polishing, Before.
During.
After.
We put alot of Love into the wheel although they are just standard factory fitted wheels.
We didn’t wash the wheel barrel as it was beyond recovery
Here is a before.
And After + Optimum Coating / Opti-Coat Pro
Check out the shine on the wheels!
After a gruesome 10hr detailing, we are proud to present to you, probably one of the glossiest and shinest 9 year old Volvo V50 Wagon ever! As usual we will not caption the results Gallery for your viewing pleasure.
Many had questioned us, Did you ever detailed a Ferrari? How does it feel to detail a Ferrari? Well, Here you go, just to fullfill your curiosity. The F360 CS is one of the meanest and loudest Ferrari ever. The ear drum exploding at less than 4000rpm is pure automotive madness. But to us, it just felt like another day in the detailing world. We are here to do what we do best. Be warned, this is a short post as we had limited time to complete this job and there is a minimal amount of photos. Anyways, what is so great about detailing a Ferrari? Its just like any other car with a much tougher and strong factory paint.
First look on the car is as usual, dirty. At the driver door, you can actual see a 2 tone of a dark stained panel.
From the back, you can actually tell that the car is rarely drive, given the gloss and shine of the red still maintains.
Notice the black tinted panel, looked like oil stains but it cannot be washed off.
Areas near to the door handle is severely damaged.
As expected, the paint is also swirled up.
We started with a deep cleansing wash, cleaned and clayed the car which restored most of its smoothness.
Swirls on the car were corrected with multiple detailed steps with the help of some high end products.
After the first stage of polish, the paint is hazed up.
Second stage polishing to gloss up the paint.
and Final finishing step restored the shine, clarity and gloss of the paint.
Colour been restored and the stain tinted panel is clear of its unknown black stain.
Results of a 10hour detailing + Opti-Guard coating application. We give you a Red Glossy Ferrari.
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