Site Sponsor Gav Details meets Godzilla

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Yo dudes,

I was commissioned to provide some TLC to IceCreamAssassin 's Japanese Prince.

Friday evening drop off, Wash and Decon performed
Rinse
Apply Iron X
Foam multiple times with Griot's Garage Foaming surface Wash
Rinse
Wash with Chemical Guys Clean Slate
Tail pipe cleaned with P21S Polishing Soap
While the Iron X was dwelling + multiple foams the wheels and tires were cleaned.
Optimum Power clean on the tires, wiped with disposable shop towels to remove tire dressing.
Wheels foamed with Auto Fanatic Wheel cleaner 8:1 cleaned with an array of brushes ( Tuf Shine brush for tires, EX Detail brush for barrels, Detail Factory synthetic brush for lug pockets )
Once washed, clay using Nanoskin handy towel and Nanoskin glide
Thoroughly rinse and dry. Park in the garage over night.

Before:

Barney meets Godzilla:

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[Gav'sPurpleZ]

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Saturday morning, the delicate restoration project begins. When Andy dropped off the car he mentioned he felt the paint was thin. Using my "coating" thickness gauge I checked some panels before he left. Some were as low as 3.3 mils which is super low, others ranged from 4.0-6.2 mils
With that being said, Here is the process for "paint enhancement."

The hood was noticeably stained... or something of the like. It was dirty and dull looking compared to the fenders. Knowing the hood numbers ranged 3.3-4.2 I did some test spots by hand. Thankfully the grunge was removed, so I decided on the following for the hood:

"mow down" technique which helps remove the top layer of dead paint to help reveal the real condition of the paint.
Rupes LHR15 Mark 2, 5.5" Buff n shine Uro fiber 50/50 pad and Griot's garage fast correcting cream. Speed 3 with moderate to fast arm speed. Again, this is not a "correcting" step but rather a cleaning step.
You can see here:

Front half of hood "cleaned"

In order to clean up a bit of haze in the hood, I used a 5.5" Orange LC polishing pad and Menzerna 3500

As for the balance of the vehicle:
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish ( I believe it's called 2400 now ) on 5.5" Rupes yellow polishing pads
PC 7424XP and 3" Rupes polishing pads for smaller areas

Hard to see but look just in front of the door handle, the front half of the door is polished, the handle area is not:

Just above the bumper inlet trim and under the headlight is NOT polished yet. You can see on the grill slats, the death film as I started to call it:

Some areas were polished by hand using a 3" MF pad block

The wheel spokes and pockets received Wheel Wax and the Tires were dressed with Meguiar's Hyper Dressing 3:1

The exhaust tip wash hand polished with a foam applicator pad and Flitz metal polish

Once the polishing step was complete, The vehicle was wiped down with CarPro Eraser
The PC was used with a 3" Lake County Finishing pad to apply Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0
The exterior windows were touched up with Bead Maker
The interior was vacuumed, dash, door panels and trim cleaned with Woolite. Same areas dressed with Adam's Interior Detailer

Garage shots:

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

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And staged for pick up:

using the scan grip multi match 3 for paint inspection

A couple videos will be worked on soon.
and
Done.

 

[greasy]

Great job, car came out awesome!

 

[DEEZUZ]

Ok what's dat cost

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Great job, car came out awesome!

Thanks Jim

Ok what's dat cost

I will send you a PM

 

[IDAFC21]

God damn that came out fantastic. Not that I ever have any doubts when I come into one of your threads

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Thanks meng

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

It turned out excellent, especially in the sun just like Gav'sPurpleZ said it would. Super happy. Got so many 16-21 year old dudes giving me thumbs up on the way home!

I’ll put you to the real test with cop car next haha.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

That's awesome !
Thanks for trusting me with

 

[Mook]

Fucking outstanding job, Gav.

 

[boostedguy05]

DAMN! cant wait for the videos.

 

[212]

Absolutely fantastic!!!!!

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Fucking outstanding job, Gav.

Thanks broski

DAMN! cant wait for the videos.

thanks, I have a couple in the hopper for my dads truck, so it may be a couple weeks... Have to try and make the after walk around video up to the YT fancy standars

Absolutely fantastic!!!!!

Thank you !

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

man! Now it’s all ready for Mook

 

[Shawn1112]

Awesome work Gav, that came out really good. How long did it take you, not including all the prep outside of the garage.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Awesome work Gav, that came out really good. How long did it take you, not including all the prep outside of the garage.

Thanks Shawn.
I would say 5.5-6 hours. By the time I played musical cars and jockey'd everything around, I probably started around 845 or so.
I had some time filming and figuring out what products to use. Bathroom and snack breaks etc.

I've learned that making 4-6 section passes when polishing isn't always necessary. I start with 3 depending on product/pad combo and what type of defects I'm going after.

 

[Shawn1112]

Thanks Shawn.
I would say 5.5-6 hours. By the time I played musical cars and jockey'd everything around, I probably started around 845 or so.
I had some time filming and figuring out what products to use. Bathroom and snack breaks etc.

I've learned that making 4-6 section passes when polishing isn't always necessary. I start with 3 depending on product/pad combo and what type of defects I'm going after.

I clearly spend too much time on cars. I gotta figure out how to cut my time down with the same results. I guarantee you I would have been on that car for at least 8 hours.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

A single step polish shouldn't take that long ( on a vehicle this size )... I did not really have that option since the paint was on the thin side.

 

[greasy]

I clearly spend too much time on cars. I gotta figure out how to cut my time down with the same results. I guarantee you I would have been on that car for at least 8 hours.

My problem as well, I take wayyyyy toooo long.

 

[Jamesv82]

That is amazing work, def have the hands to do magic.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

That is amazing work, def have the hands to do magic.

Thank you sir

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

I will have a driveway walk around video up soon... I will attempt to make it Youtube worthy with production quality

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

I will start by saying I thought my "after" walk around footage was a bit more plentiful.
Also, I ordered a tripod that allows for panning because the lack of stability when filming bothers me when I'm editing videos.
Lastly, a steamer is in my future because certain areas on this car would have benefited from it.
I have a detailing tool wishlist with some high dollar items on it but.....soon...

Anyways, here is a short hodge podge video with dem EDMs