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Here we have an 06 STI...WOW is all I can say, STICKY Paint!

As Dave has said on a few occasions Subies have some major sticky paint! We have done a few of them in WRB/White/Silver but this is one of the first ones (Black) in which we encounter some really STiCKY paint, everything I put on this turn to paste, and each time we wiped off we would mar and put tiny scratches back in the STICKY and super soft paint.

After about 15-18 hours I really lost track of time we finally got it done.



The exterior is all we worked on with this one.



What was done -

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

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Clayed

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- 3 Step Paint correction (Meg's M105, Menzerna Power Finish, Menzerna Super Finish)

- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight

- Last Step - Menzerna Power Lock and Lusso Oro

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were clayed and sealed



Products used:

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Exterior:

Lusso Auto Bathe

Adam's All Purpose Cleaner

Uber Yellow Wash Sponge

Uber Clay Bar kit with Optimum No Rinse

Einszett Spray Wax

Meg's M105

Menzerna Power Finish

Menzerna Super Finish

Menzerna Power Lock

Lusso Oro



Wheels/Tires

Uber Wheel and Tire Kit



Glass

Adam's Glass Cleaner

Adam's Glass Sealant



Tools:

Infratech 5300

Fenix TK11

Brinkmann

Fenix TK40

Flex 3403

Makita

Metabo

The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)

Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels

Uber Drying Towels

Brushes

Cam Spray Pressure Wash and Foam Canon Attachment



Before

























Sonax Wheel Cleaner in action







Adam's All Purpose was used to strip all the waxes (not much off the paint)







Adam's All Purpose and the SV Brush was used to clean up the door jambs







Wash

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Rinsed down ready for claying







Claying





Paint Measurement







It read about 90-140 microns all around







50/50 shots

This was one of the first panels it wasn't all too bad









The doors were a HUGE obstacle to tackle....this is where it got bad.







Exhaust before





After







After





















































Enjoy!



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