Detailer's Domain: S2000 Paint Correction
 

My customer bought a leftover S2000 in BB with no miles (amazing deal). However the paint was another issue. Here is where we came in.



We put about 14 hours into the paint over 2 days and below are the results.

Other than the paint the car was mint!



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

- Pre Washed with W99

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Clayed

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- 2 Step - Menzerna Super Intensive Polish with Menzerna Super Finish

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

- Last Step – Lusso Oro

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed

- Jambs steam cleaned



Links to products used -



1Z einszett W99

Adam's All Purpose Cleaner

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

Uber Clay Bar Kit

Menzerna Super Intensive Polish

Menzerna Super Finish

Lusso Oro

Adam's Super VRT

Optimum Metal Polish

Adam's Glass Cleaner

Adam's Glass Sealant



Interior

1Z einszett Cockpit

1Z einszett Leathercare



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber No Name MF Towels

Porter Cable 7424XP

Flex PE14-2-150

Uber Buffing Pads

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK11

Brinkmann

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Cam Spray Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Uber Firehose Nozzle

Interior

Before

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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9779.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9780.jpg



After

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9864.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9865.jpg



Exterior

Before

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9774.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9764.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9765.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9766.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9767.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9768.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9769.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9770.jpg

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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9777.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9773.jpg



Wheels were in great shape we used Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner (no brushes needed)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9782.jpg



Clean wheels

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9783.jpg



Tires were cleaned with the Uber Wheel/Tire Brush and Adam's All Purpose Cleaner

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9786.jpg



Uber Fender Brush to clean up the wheel wells

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9785.jpg



Pre Rinse, Wash, Convertible Top Cleaned

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9795.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9796.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9797.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9790.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9799.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9791.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9801.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9802.jpg



After wash pics show how bad the paint really is

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9806.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9807.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9808.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9809.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9810.jpg



Claying

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9830.jpg



50/50 shots of the paint correction - Super Intensive Polish followed by Super Finish

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9811.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9812.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9813.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9814.jpg



Fenix showing the imperfections

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9816.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9817.jpg



Paint on the door panel before

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9832.jpg



After the necessary polishing

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9833.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9834.jpg



Headlights were polished out.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9822.jpg





After the extensive polishing we rinsed all the dust off the car

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9836.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9837.jpg

Afters

Lusso Oro was used as a last step

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9840.jpg

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Outside shots

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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9871.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...k/IMG_9872.jpg



Permission for this write up granted by the owner.



Enjoy!

Damn....its like a whole new car! Amazing job as always sir! :thumbup:

That's why you don't send your wash monkey out with a terry cloth towel every week to wash the expensive car.



oh and: good work. The guy next to me at work says "wow."

Un. Be. Lievable. Dude, that was absolutely insane!! First off, I've not seen such bad paint on a car, but then I've also not seen such perfect paint like you got it afterwards! On the picture of the mirror, I have a hard time telling whether it's black or chrome. I seriously had to scroll to another couple of pullback shots to make sure they really were black. I still don't fully believe that shot is real, it's so incredibly shiny it looks chrome!!

Incredible job man, keep up the great work, and keep posting the writeups here!!