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I have two customer's with Toyota Corolla S's coming for complete details with some minor paint correction work. I was curious to see how the Flex would now alter my details in that it is considerably more powerful than the PC7424 I had originally estimated time/pricing for these jobs.
So I called the first owner (a coworker) and had her bring her car by for another test spot. This car is a 2008 Toyota Corolla S with about 7500 miles on the odometer. It's only had one or two washes in the six months since she picked it up from the dealer so surface damage was actually very minor.
About a month ago, someone ran a redlight and she t-boned them pretty flush...thank goodness she was just cruising at low speeds when it occurred. Anyway, front bumper and hood had to be replaced as well as lights, radiator support, etc. The body shop (Progressive Concierge Claim Service-approved repair facility) was contracted by the insuraqnce company so I never got to speak to them about not finishing the paintwork with a rotary prior to delivery. When she got the car back she immediately called me to ask about "rainbows" on her hood...
Drove over to her house and found horrible holograms and buffer trails from the rotary used to finish the surface during blending on the quarter panels and hood. The final wash at the body shop and again at the Progressive Claims facility prior to delivery instilled massive amounts of swirls as seen below:
As you can see the car was in need of a large amount of work. I did a test panel with the PC7424/LC CCS Orange Pad/M105 and the hologramming and swirls were 90% removed with one pass and the M105 finished almost LSP-ready as seen here...
A quick pass of M205 on a white or black CCS pad would finish out nicely. Quoted her on a two-step job and we agreed she'd bring it by this weekend. After having the Flex here I decided to see if I could alter my process or acheive the full 100% correction we both wanted. I started off by taping a new test section and preparing the Flex with M205/LC CCS Green pad (ADS Spec)...
After one pass with this combo at speed setting 6 on the Flex the results are below. My camera battery died so I had to use hers and some of the pictures came out pretty crappy but you get the idea. If you look in the hood reflections you can see the sun not cooperating very much either...
50/50...
Another...
Yet another...
And finally a close up of the test area after just one pass of M205/Green pad...
So, in all I think the photos (even as crappy as they are) tell the story. The PC7424 would have required one pass with M105/Orange and a follow up of M205/White to acheive 90 to 95 percent correction. The Flex with M205/Green pad did 100% in one pass. That's an absolutely HUGE difference and what it means in time/money to you as a detailer is substantial. Once I get the car in for the full detail over the weekend I'll detail the process better with my own pics and so you can see the finished product.
As always, thanks for looking...
So I called the first owner (a coworker) and had her bring her car by for another test spot. This car is a 2008 Toyota Corolla S with about 7500 miles on the odometer. It's only had one or two washes in the six months since she picked it up from the dealer so surface damage was actually very minor.
About a month ago, someone ran a redlight and she t-boned them pretty flush...thank goodness she was just cruising at low speeds when it occurred. Anyway, front bumper and hood had to be replaced as well as lights, radiator support, etc. The body shop (Progressive Concierge Claim Service-approved repair facility) was contracted by the insuraqnce company so I never got to speak to them about not finishing the paintwork with a rotary prior to delivery. When she got the car back she immediately called me to ask about "rainbows" on her hood...
Drove over to her house and found horrible holograms and buffer trails from the rotary used to finish the surface during blending on the quarter panels and hood. The final wash at the body shop and again at the Progressive Claims facility prior to delivery instilled massive amounts of swirls as seen below:
As you can see the car was in need of a large amount of work. I did a test panel with the PC7424/LC CCS Orange Pad/M105 and the hologramming and swirls were 90% removed with one pass and the M105 finished almost LSP-ready as seen here...
A quick pass of M205 on a white or black CCS pad would finish out nicely. Quoted her on a two-step job and we agreed she'd bring it by this weekend. After having the Flex here I decided to see if I could alter my process or acheive the full 100% correction we both wanted. I started off by taping a new test section and preparing the Flex with M205/LC CCS Green pad (ADS Spec)...
After one pass with this combo at speed setting 6 on the Flex the results are below. My camera battery died so I had to use hers and some of the pictures came out pretty crappy but you get the idea. If you look in the hood reflections you can see the sun not cooperating very much either...
50/50...
Another...
Yet another...
And finally a close up of the test area after just one pass of M205/Green pad...
So, in all I think the photos (even as crappy as they are) tell the story. The PC7424 would have required one pass with M105/Orange and a follow up of M205/White to acheive 90 to 95 percent correction. The Flex with M205/Green pad did 100% in one pass. That's an absolutely HUGE difference and what it means in time/money to you as a detailer is substantial. Once I get the car in for the full detail over the weekend I'll detail the process better with my own pics and so you can see the finished product.
As always, thanks for looking...
. Good work! Can't wait to try it all out in my order coming in later this week...
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