Apex Auto, 07 STI Exterior

Pat@ApexAuto · 03-04-2011, 11:51 AM

This is my partner's car. Prior to opening a business with one another, he was a customer of mine. Not just two months ago I did a clay and polish job with his exterior. Went to get it from him to clean it up for the varsity car meet in atlanta last night. and THIS is what i saw lol.

Apparently an automated car wash went to town on his paint job. *If you have black paint, i would not recommend any automated washes for you vehicle. This particular day we were strapped for time to prepare the vehicle, although I would have liked to compound the vehicle, time simply wouldn't allow it.

I Decided to go with a high speed polish, followed up with a porter cable to remove the wash scratches and holograms in his paint. I've never done this combination to a black car, simply because the variables that go into buffing a black car include extra steps. My polish of choice up to this point has been the Mirka Polar shine, which is conveniently found on the shelves at sherwin williams paint supplies, and probably other chains. Mirka has a cut suitable for 1200 grit sand paper and it's ideal for a paint correction buff job. They ran out of this.. So my plan b has been Prometheus Grey, I've done cars locally for wagenwerks a paint shop with this product, and the end result was maybe 2 or 3 small swirls to cut down with the porter cable. 2 cars i've used it on, one here, and one for wagenwerks were in time crunches so I wasn't able to work the polish as long and maticulously that I normally do..so I can imagine that the polish can finish a panel in 1 step. Anyways. The end result with both the porter cable and buffer was this.

These are personal pictures I've uploaded myself, I should have more on this particular job in greater depth!

Xan · 03-06-2011, 10:51 AM

That's the thing with black cars it's always rewarding to clean them up.

Nice work! Waiting for the sun shots

kenchan · 03-06-2011, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xan

Waiting for the sun shots

Hahaha, another good source for lighting to check under are gas stands and parking structure lamps at night.

Pat@ApexAuto · 03-07-2011, 08:20 AM

haha, yeah..for some reason that shot I got of the quarter in the sun is when it went down that day. it was only 4 30 when i finished but I stood there with the camera waiting for the damn sun to come back out. Never did. sorry!

03-04-2011, 11:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pat@ApexAuto Base Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: North Georgia Posts: 21 Drives: 04 Nissan 350z PPW 6 Rep Power: 14	Apex Auto, 07 STI Exterior This is my partner's car. Prior to opening a business with one another, he was a customer of mine. Not just two months ago I did a clay and polish job with his exterior. Went to get it from him to clean it up for the varsity car meet in atlanta last night. and THIS is what i saw lol. Apparently an automated car wash went to town on his paint job. If you have black paint, i would not recommend any automated washes for you vehicle. This particular day we were strapped for time to prepare the vehicle, although I would have liked to compound the vehicle, time simply wouldn't allow it. I Decided to go with a high speed polish, followed up with a porter cable to remove the wash scratches and holograms in his paint. I've never done this combination to a black car, simply because the variables that go into buffing a black car include extra steps. My polish of choice up to this point has been the Mirka Polar shine, which is conveniently found on the shelves at sherwin williams paint supplies, and probably other chains. Mirka has a cut suitable for 1200 grit sand paper and it's ideal for a paint correction buff job. They ran out of this.. So my plan b has been Prometheus Grey, I've done cars locally for wagenwerks a paint shop with this product, and the end result was maybe 2 or 3 small swirls to cut down with the porter cable. 2 cars i've used it on, one here, and one for wagenwerks were in time crunches so I wasn't able to work the polish as long and maticulously that I normally do..so I can imagine that the polish can finish a panel in 1 step. Anyways. The end result with both the porter cable and buffer was this. These are personal pictures I've uploaded myself, I should have more on this particular job in greater depth! Last edited by Pat@ApexAuto; 03-04-2011 at 12:02 PM.*

03-06-2011, 10:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Xan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts:99999999999999 Posts: 3,301 Drives: 370Z 40th Aniversary Rep Power: 24	That's the thing with black cars it's always rewarding to clean them up. Nice work! Waiting for the sun shots __________________

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03-07-2011, 08:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
Pat@ApexAuto Base Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: North Georgia Posts: 21 Drives: 04 Nissan 350z PPW 6 Rep Power: 14	haha, yeah..for some reason that shot I got of the quarter in the sun is when it went down that day. it was only 4 30 when i finished but I stood there with the camera waiting for the damn sun to come back out. Never did. sorry!