Lupo222
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This has become my new personal favorite for me as far as detailing goes.
This is a 1967 Pontiac GTO equipped with a supercharged LS9 (ZR1) motor. It belongs to Jason Taylor, formerly of the Miami Dolphins (and Jets and 'skins but who counts them).
The car was built by Big Dicks Muscle Cars in Tamarac, Florida, and they came to me to detail it for a show this past weekend. The car had swirls galore. She was a garage queen (still stored at the shop, as Taylor hasn't taken it home yet...who would when he's driving a '67 Eleanor clone daily).
The only time it'd been "detailed" before, it was washed with waterless car wash. So the paint was scratched to say the LEAST! (see: WATERLESS CAR WASHES FUCKIN SUCK.)
Here was my process:
Washed and stripped using CG Citrus, and Max Suds.
Dried using a leaf blower (electric of course)
Then all the top side surfaces were compounded using 3D's HD Cut on an orange pad, using very slow, deliberate passes. I didn't follow the normal up/down, left/right patterns. They didn't generate enough heat with a DA polisher. What I did was slowly move it back and forth over a small 3-4" section several times, then move down a bit and repeat. Once I did this a couple times in a section, THEN i used the left/right up/down method and it came out amazing.
I followed up the HD Cut with 3D's HD Adapt (just to get some minor swirls out) using a light green light cutting pad.
Lastly, I used the DA to apply 3D's HD Speed (my new fav product), using a blue finishing pad.
After that, I applied Wolfgangs 3.0 Deep Gloss.
I allowed the car to sit over night, and when I came back in the morning, I had an employee wax it with Wolfgangs Fuzion (while I was detailing the Mustang).
All in all, it took about 12 hours, 9 pads, and countless towels! The results were breathtaking. When the guys at the shop came to pick the car up, they were stunned. When I saw it from a distance pulling up at the car show, I was stunned. I almost cried. I kid you not. It was the most beautiful thing Ive seen. I wish I had it on video.
This is a 1967 Pontiac GTO equipped with a supercharged LS9 (ZR1) motor. It belongs to Jason Taylor, formerly of the Miami Dolphins (and Jets and 'skins but who counts them).
The car was built by Big Dicks Muscle Cars in Tamarac, Florida, and they came to me to detail it for a show this past weekend. The car had swirls galore. She was a garage queen (still stored at the shop, as Taylor hasn't taken it home yet...who would when he's driving a '67 Eleanor clone daily).
The only time it'd been "detailed" before, it was washed with waterless car wash. So the paint was scratched to say the LEAST! (see: WATERLESS CAR WASHES FUCKIN SUCK.)
Here was my process:
Washed and stripped using CG Citrus, and Max Suds.
Dried using a leaf blower (electric of course)
Then all the top side surfaces were compounded using 3D's HD Cut on an orange pad, using very slow, deliberate passes. I didn't follow the normal up/down, left/right patterns. They didn't generate enough heat with a DA polisher. What I did was slowly move it back and forth over a small 3-4" section several times, then move down a bit and repeat. Once I did this a couple times in a section, THEN i used the left/right up/down method and it came out amazing.
I followed up the HD Cut with 3D's HD Adapt (just to get some minor swirls out) using a light green light cutting pad.
Lastly, I used the DA to apply 3D's HD Speed (my new fav product), using a blue finishing pad.
After that, I applied Wolfgangs 3.0 Deep Gloss.
I allowed the car to sit over night, and when I came back in the morning, I had an employee wax it with Wolfgangs Fuzion (while I was detailing the Mustang).
All in all, it took about 12 hours, 9 pads, and countless towels! The results were breathtaking. When the guys at the shop came to pick the car up, they were stunned. When I saw it from a distance pulling up at the car show, I was stunned. I almost cried. I kid you not. It was the most beautiful thing Ive seen. I wish I had it on video.
