Porsche Boxster987S
Right , where to start. Been waiting to get started on my mates car for a while now due to having other cars in before his. For a car thats only about a year old and 12k on the clock the paint on it was ridiculous. Swirls , holograms and deep scratches. This has been by far the hardest one yet but gave the best results.
Had a late start on it today (1pm ish) as i had only planned on doing the front end. (Bonnet and two front wings). The car was washed as normal with the usual 2 bucket method and some duragloss 901 using a sheepskin mitt. Was then clayed with megs quick clay and then we rolled it into the unit. No pics of it being washed though lol. Due to poor lighting in the unit and my mate messing around with the camera settings i couldnt really get any proper 50/50s to start with. Anyway onto the detail
The products
- Selection of both 6'' and 3-4'' pads (lake country)
- A heavy duty chemical guys polish (Cut 1.0) , medium swirl remover (swirl be gone) and a finishing polish (Chem guys ProPolish)
- Some quality MFs
- Kestral DA
- Some detailer (megs) used for pads
Masked the bonnet up into 4 sections and played around with the pads and polish to see what combo worked the best.
Noticed that the swirl be gone used with the white LC pad worked quite well after a few passes but then realised the cut 1.0 worked more effectivley on some of the worse areas of the bonnet
So i cracked on using a combination of cut 1.0 on a cutting pad(yellow) , followed by Swirl Be gone on the buffing/ light cutting pad (white) and topped with Pro polish on the (Black) pad for polishing.
How it looked after 2 of the 3 polishes i was using
Clear 50/50s where the masking tape was
Top left square and where the light hits it not done. Was looking promising
The shape of the bonnet meant i couldnt get the pad into the panel properly so i switched to the smaller pads but used the same combination
Finshed on a fine polishing pad(green) with the Pro polish.
And applied the PRoPolish with The black LC pad to the main panel.
And how the bonnet looked AFTER the polishing and BEFORE waxing
Now for the Wings , sticking with the same process and a good amount of patience.
Some swirls/marring (excuse my mates poor cam skills:dead
Onto the work
Now added some wax. Decided to just go with the dodo juice
And some final pics after 6 or so hours of the NEW front end. The shine and feel of the paint was unreal. Extremely pleased with the results If you have stuck to reading this through to the end then thank you for reading. I will update this when i finish it off.
Paul
Had a late start on it today (1pm ish) as i had only planned on doing the front end. (Bonnet and two front wings). The car was washed as normal with the usual 2 bucket method and some duragloss 901 using a sheepskin mitt. Was then clayed with megs quick clay and then we rolled it into the unit. No pics of it being washed though lol. Due to poor lighting in the unit and my mate messing around with the camera settings i couldnt really get any proper 50/50s to start with. Anyway onto the detail
The products
- Selection of both 6'' and 3-4'' pads (lake country)
- A heavy duty chemical guys polish (Cut 1.0) , medium swirl remover (swirl be gone) and a finishing polish (Chem guys ProPolish)
- Some quality MFs
- Kestral DA
- Some detailer (megs) used for pads
Masked the bonnet up into 4 sections and played around with the pads and polish to see what combo worked the best.
Noticed that the swirl be gone used with the white LC pad worked quite well after a few passes but then realised the cut 1.0 worked more effectivley on some of the worse areas of the bonnet
So i cracked on using a combination of cut 1.0 on a cutting pad(yellow) , followed by Swirl Be gone on the buffing/ light cutting pad (white) and topped with Pro polish on the (Black) pad for polishing.
How it looked after 2 of the 3 polishes i was using
Clear 50/50s where the masking tape was
Top left square and where the light hits it not done. Was looking promising
The shape of the bonnet meant i couldnt get the pad into the panel properly so i switched to the smaller pads but used the same combination
Finshed on a fine polishing pad(green) with the Pro polish.
And applied the PRoPolish with The black LC pad to the main panel.
And how the bonnet looked AFTER the polishing and BEFORE waxing
Now for the Wings , sticking with the same process and a good amount of patience.
Some swirls/marring (excuse my mates poor cam skills:dead
Onto the work
Now added some wax. Decided to just go with the dodo juice
And some final pics after 6 or so hours of the NEW front end. The shine and feel of the paint was unreal. Extremely pleased with the results
If you have stuck to reading this through to the end then thank you for reading. I will update this when i finish it off. Paul
