35is detailed @ Beedubs

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:59 pm

Complete novice at detailing, never done it before but always wanted to learn so I’ve just had a very good couple of days with Byron at his detailing shop teaching me from snowfoaming and the whole pre-detailing cleaning to DA and rotary polishing to wet sanding, which I have done before but never with a machine. It’s amazing what is possible, I learnt so much in only two days, have to say the car looks superb.

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:03 pm

Wow! looks like it's still wet, amazing finish.

mr wilks · Post by **mr wilks** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:10 pm

Mineral grey

lovely colour & looks impeccable now John

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:10 pm

I see no swirls

Rob

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:13 pm

buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:03 pm Wow! looks like it's still wet, amazing finish.

Just a few small stone chips to fill and sand back and tiny hairline scratches that you need a strong light to see them with to rectify and it’s truly showroom new, or better, as new cars have swirls in them, it’s really brought the best out of the mineral grey paint.

BeeEmm · Post by **BeeEmm** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:47 pm

Lovely job.

Wax or Ceramic coating?

Silverstar · Post by **Silverstar** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:01 am

Now that does look superb!

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:29 am

Cheers chaps, it’s really brought the depth in the colour out. Crap phone pics but it’s all I’ve got at the mo....

AlienZed · Post by **AlienZed** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:08 pm

Looking great,good effort

Jollyjoiner · Post by **Jollyjoiner** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:23 pm

Let the endless weekend polishing begin. When it warms up I'll bring mine over and all my kit and we can polish away together, then we can go for a nice steady drive

Beedub · Post by **Beedub** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:38 pm

john did the work guys...... i actually only did one panel.

he VERY BRAVELY wet sanded the rear wing down with nano machine and blended it back with various compounds to perfection.

The car came out amazing, hes got a ceramic to complete himself and im pretty certain hes going to wet sand it down further in certain areas.... their was some pretty harsh abrasion damage to the rear bumper which he worked out again to perfection and blended back from a extreme compound.... he rotary polished the bonnet and refined it with D.A.... the car has zero and i mean zero paint defects at this point.

WELL done man.... not many people will wet sand a car like this via a sanding machine on a first attempt . But he did.

Z4M-2006 · Post by **Z4M-2006** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:35 pm

Looks great that John

enzed4 · Post by **enzed4** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:01 pm

Seriously, well done John

. Mine desperately needs a wet sand (hopefully this will fix the 'pitting' in the clear coat), but I don't have the courage to attempt it myself (and I only have a D/A). Would be happy to pay someone but finding a business I trust to do it is proving difficult.
Fancy a trip south to have crack at mine? Only 2 cases of Covid-19 so far, and they're both in the North Island...

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:54 pm

enzed4 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:01 pm Seriously, well done John . Mine desperately needs a wet sand (hopefully this will fix the 'pitting' in the clear coat), but I don't have the courage to attempt it myself (and I only have a D/A). Would be happy to pay someone but finding a business I trust to do it is proving difficult.
Fancy a trip south to have crack at mine? Only 2 cases of Covid-19 so far, and they're both in the North Island...

Cheers muchly Enzed.

No, wet sanding is certainly not to be tackled unless you’re very happy with the process, one wrong move, which is very easy to do, and it’s re-spray time! I’ve a lot of practice to get under my belt but perhaps the best thing about the training was it teaches you just how much you don’t know so you can avoid such mistakes!

Sounds like opening up a shop in NZ would be pretty lucrative....if only I could...!!

enzed4 · Post by **enzed4** » Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:19 pm

john-e89 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:54 pm Sounds like opening up a shop in NZ would be pretty lucrative....if only I could...!!

Market is just too small, unless you're willing to travel. Most people here prefer to just drive their Jap imports into the ground with minimal maintenance and care. Having said that, I'm amazed at how many times I'll be reading an article about some rare vehicle (e.g. 'only 3 running examples left in the world') and one will be in NZ

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Back on topic - did you use a paint depth gauge before/after the process to see how much clear coat you had available?

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