jediknight83 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hello... for those that don't know, I'm Nathan an I run Cambridge Autogleam: Car Detailing and Paint Correction Specialists. After 17 pages and over 21000 viewings on the old thread, I thought it would be best to start 2010 with a fresh thread. First off is a Porsche 997 that was detailed for sidicks off this forum as part of our January price offer (which has been extended into February as well.) The car was booked in for a Gloss Enhancement Detail 10.5 hrs later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Then another car in Tunbridge Wells.. this time a protection detail ready for sale on this Land Rover Discovery. All finished with Vintage wax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 ...and then across to Tring for this brand new Nissan GTR. Delivered over to Nick at AMI ([email protected]) for a full Ventureshield installation to protect the front end and all leading edges from stone chips. Car was given a full wash, The doors and rear quarters needed some localised correction and then the car was given 2 coats of Vintage wax. The engine bay was wiped over and dressed, wheels sealed in and out and the interior was cleaned. Thanks for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 A quick trip over to Northampton on Tuesday to detail this brand new GT Silver GT3. The car was booked in for a new car protection detail so once the car was washed the paint was carefully checked for defects. As usual with new Porsche's the paint was very good with just a few small areas showing buffer trails and minor swirling. Small bits of blue tape reminding me where the defects are. Then the first of 3 layers of protection were applied. The first was blackfire paint sealant applied by DA machine While that was curing on the car the wheels were sealed with blackfire metal sealant on the face... and on the inner rim (had to roll the car forwards and back to get round the massive callipers)... The tyres were dressed with blackfire long life tyre gel... The sealant was then buffed off and left for an hour or so while I washed another car ready for a full correction detail next Friday. Then applied the 1st layer of Zymol Vintage wax. Wheel sealant was buffed off and interior cleaned. Then the 1st layer was removed and a 2nd applied about 40 mins later and buffed right at the end of the day after packing everything away. Total working time... about 9 hours. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron13 Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Wow love the work, the garage and the cars!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Had this Clio 182 Trophy in for a few days back in January. Being solid non metallic I was expecting the paint to be on the softer side.... WRONG! It turned out to be very hard paint indeed and took a lot longer to polish than expected. Some of the defects before polishing Before Polishing After Polishing Finished with 2 coats of Blackfire sealant. And a video showing some of the polishing work. MUIM_0h-TRc Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac_Terrorist Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Hi Nathan, what products did you use on the paintwork of that Clio? Looks fab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Awesome pictures as always! BTW is this the infamous Simon George's (of EVO) Lambo in the background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Great pics bud. Does Nick have a GTR now or was that just at his place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Hi Nathan, what products did you use on the paintwork of that Clio?Looks fab! BLACKFIRE WET DIAMOND ALL FINISH PAINT PROTECTION. Its an amazing sealant Awesome pictures as always!BTW is this the infamous Simon George's (of EVO) Lambo in the background? Nope another guy owns these. Great pics bud. Does Nick have a GTR now or was that just at his place? No that was just another car he was applying Ventureshield to. Are you going to have your RS done when it comes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac_Terrorist Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 BLACKFIRE WET DIAMOND ALL FINISH PAINT PROTECTION. Its an amazing sealant Looks very 'warm' looking (colour aside). I was expecting you to have confirmed a glaze / wax combination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Looks very 'warm' looking (colour aside). I was expecting you to have confirmed a glaze / wax combination! No just machine polish and then sealant (2 layers) It looks pretty much as good as a wax and I think lasts longer too. Easier to apply and buff off as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 This owner contacted me before xmas as he was unhappy with the finish on his solid red GTR. When I inspected the car I was shocked at how soft the paint was and how easily it marked, even with just a clean finger wiped with little pressure across a clean panel. This being the first red GTR I have worked on I'm not sure if this is a one off or if all the solid colour GTRs suffer from this but I can see why so many GTR owners have been complaining to Nissan as even now this car has been detailed... I hold out little hope it will stay swirl free past its first wash.... which is a shame as freshly detailed the colour looks amazing! Car was dropped off last week and washed, clayed, de tar'd etc. Polishing wasn't difficult as such with the soft paint. All the defects came out with 1 - 3 hits of Menzerna 106FA (a mild finishing polish for those who are not familiar with the numbers), I just needed to make sure they were fully broken down and the pad was not worked at any kind of angle at all otherwise I was left with buffer trails everywhere on the soft paint. Before After Before After Before After Before After With correction going well I thought I would try applying some Blackfire sealant to a panel by hand on a new, clean, moistened megs applicator pad.... not exactly a hard, rough, scratchy pad! Sure enough exactly what I was worried about had happened and I was left with very fine marring lines after removing the sealant. Panel was re polished and then sealant re applied by megs G220 DA machine on a 3m black finishing pad. This seemed to work better but again highlights how sensitive this paint is!! 3 coats were applied in all over the 7 days I had the car. Wheels and Exhausts were sealed with blackfire metal sealant and tyres were dressed with blackfire tyre get. Interior detailed and leather conditioned, engine cleaned and dressed, glass cleaned and one of the most frustrating jobs ever was finished. 35hrs working time. Thanks for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maersk Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Is that assymetric front seat squabs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Is that assymetric front seat squabs? Sorry... I don't understand what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maersk Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Driver and passenger seat squabs appear different. Drivers apperars to have a leather insert in 'the inside leg' and the passenger does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS3 Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Hi Nathan, just a quick question..... You say above "I would try applying some Blackfire sealant to a panel by hand on a new, clean, moistened megs applicator pad.... " Would you always reccommend getting the pad a little wet before applying the sealant? (just be handy to know for when I do mine again at the weekend) Cheers. And great work by the way, I love reading all about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted February 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Hi Nathan, just a quick question.....You say above "I would try applying some Blackfire sealant to a panel by hand on a new, clean, moistened megs applicator pad.... " Would you always reccommend getting the pad a little wet before applying the sealant? (just be handy to know for when I do mine again at the weekend) Cheers. And great work by the way, I love reading all about it what i usually do if its a new pad.. as they can sometimes be a bit dry i feel.. I apply more product than usual the first time and squeeze the pad together to distribute the product over the whole surface... maybe even use your finger to spread it around for the first time too before touching it to the cars paint. On most cars it wont make a huge difference but i was being extra careful with this one as I was worried it would mark.... and it did.. despite my careful efforts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted February 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Some outdoor photo and a video of the GTR 488z37fpFTc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3WOB Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 That's the cleanest set of exhaust tips I think I've ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 After the butter soft paint of the GTR last week, this weeks major correction was rather different. Rock hard Lamborghini paint. hXjuzvTajxg The car was actually washed last week when I detailed the silver GT3 and has not been moved since Before washing During the foam pre wash The car was then given the usual clay bar treatment and then any tar was removed with AS tardis. Polishing was with a combination of 3m fast cut plus, Menzerna IP3.02, Menzerna 106FA on either 3m cutting or polishing pads, Meguairs polishing pad or Gloss it spot cutting and polishing pads. Some before and after shots. Bonnet before Bonnet after Passenger wing before Passenger wing after Drivers side front bumper before Drivers side front bumper after Drivers side rear quarter before Drivers side rear quarter after Engine cover before... ...and after before... ....and after before... ....and after With the polishing complete 2 layers of Vintage wax were applied and the wheels sealed with Blackfire metal sealant and tyres dressed with Blackfire tyre gel. Exhausts were polished and sealed. The interior was cleaned and all leather was conditioned. Glass polished in and out. And at 11:45pm... the final shots.... Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Hello. Just a very short write up with a few cars I have worked on recently. Been pretty busy but with top up jobs and a few enhancement details that were not photographed unfortunately. I got a call about this DBS though from Aston Martin in Cambridge who said their bodyshop guys had tried to polish it but not been able to achieve a finish that the customer was happy with so could I have a go. Due to time constraints (started at 7:30 and finished at 5:45 with no breaks or lunch) there are no fancy before and after photos or videos I'm afraid. The paint was storm black which is about £1000 a litre due to a special mineral to give the red metalic fleck. Polishes used were Menzerna 106FA and ip3.02 on 3m polishing or finishing pads. The car was finished with Blackfire paint sealant. You may spot the new Rapide in the background. There was an open day on the saturday for the new car and the garage had borrowed a couple of show cars to make the showroom look nice. They actually unloaded this at the back of the carpark and then couldn't get it over the speed bump so had to re load it and bring it nearer to the showroom Also recently detailed and not posted up.... This Audi R8 And this Porsche 997 Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac_Terrorist Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Love the Aston in particular. Was the owner satisfied! Looks perfect to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Absolutely stunning work... again. I've never seen any cars as perfectly presented as those in these threads £1000 per litre? Interestingly, any idea how much paint is there on a car of that size? half a litre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 a 911 has maybe 5 litres of colour coat, so I'd guess an AM would be 9-10 litres or more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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