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DetailersDomain 07-29-2012 05:27 PM

Detailer's Domain: FRS - New Car Prep, Opti Coat, and Clear Film
 
Subject - Scion FRS
Requirements - Full Exterior Paint Correction/Opti Coat/ Clear Film installation. (Full Hood, Full Fenders, Mirrors, Lights, Door Cups)

For a new car this one was in pretty bad shape. The typical sticky paint from the imports made this one tedious to work on
Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Wolf's Decon Gel
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Sonax 5/5 Fine Abrasive Paste - Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital
- Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Opti Coat
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Wolf's Decon Gel
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Sonax Compound 5/5 - Coming Soon
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6 - Coming Soon
Opti Coat
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Before
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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3721.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3720.jpg

Dan inspecting the car
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3748.jpg

We ran late into the night with this one. (limited prep shots)
Wash
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3835.jpg

Rinse
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3841.jpg

Tires being cleaned up
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3916.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3917.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3920.jpg

Paint Correction
Before shots
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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3986.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3985.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_4000.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3928.jpg

50/50
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3997.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3995.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3933.jpg

Polishing away
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3911.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3908.jpg

After polishing
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_3930.jpg

Clear Film Installation
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_4030.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_4027.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_4021.jpg
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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_4015.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_4011.jpg

Afters
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_4028.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_4035.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...S/DSC_4041.jpg
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saqib55 07-29-2012 05:45 PM

can you put wax on top of the opti-coat?


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