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Here is a car we polished recently. This Porsche was in excellent mechanical condition but was seriously lacking as far as paint car and detail went.
The owner told me over the phone that, "it only needs a coat of wax." We found the finish to be dull and scratched.
The scratches you see in this photo are known as "spider webbing" or "micro marring."
The car was going to be put up for sale so a moderate paint correction was needed to get this car in presentable condition.
Our goal was to polish out most of the paint defects so that the paint will have a brilliant deep shine.
We choose to use dual action polishers with Meguiars microfiber disc and Meguiars #205 polish. This combo safely removed the paint defects without over heating the paint and putting buffer trails or "holograms" in the paint.
The blue tape is to protect the plastic and rubber areas from staining from the polish and friction damage from the polisher.
The felt around the moon roof on these cars are usually white with wax and polish. This one was in perfect condition. Once it has been damaged with wax or polish it is almost impossible to get clean again. Blue tape was put on it to protect it. CAUTION: Lots of older Porsches have dry and brittle felt. It is best to not put tape on those and just to polish around it VERY carefully. Polishing this area by hand would be a good idea.
Although polishing paint seems simple it is important that proper technique be used. The combination of arm speed, machine setting, pressure, amount of product used, and a number of other variables must work in harmony for us to obtain the perfect finish efficiently. Paint polishing is labor intensive. Panel by panel and inch by inch is the only way to chase all the paint imperfections.
I am seen here at the front of the vehicle using a powerful hand held xenon light that reveals paint defects indoors that are commonly seen in full sun light. We check our work with the xenon light as we work our way around the car to insure the finish is defect free before we move on to another area.
Here is a panel that has had one half corrected and the other half left in the condition as we found it in. The xenon light is shown on the uncorrected (polished) side. You will notice it is hazy and unsightly.
Here the xenon is shown on the line between the two sides.
In this photo the xenon light is in the perfectly polished area. Notice it is bright and defect free.
The owner told me over the phone that, "it only needs a coat of wax." We found the finish to be dull and scratched.
The scratches you see in this photo are known as "spider webbing" or "micro marring."
The car was going to be put up for sale so a moderate paint correction was needed to get this car in presentable condition.
Our goal was to polish out most of the paint defects so that the paint will have a brilliant deep shine.
We choose to use dual action polishers with Meguiars microfiber disc and Meguiars #205 polish. This combo safely removed the paint defects without over heating the paint and putting buffer trails or "holograms" in the paint.
The blue tape is to protect the plastic and rubber areas from staining from the polish and friction damage from the polisher.
The felt around the moon roof on these cars are usually white with wax and polish. This one was in perfect condition. Once it has been damaged with wax or polish it is almost impossible to get clean again. Blue tape was put on it to protect it. CAUTION: Lots of older Porsches have dry and brittle felt. It is best to not put tape on those and just to polish around it VERY carefully. Polishing this area by hand would be a good idea.
Although polishing paint seems simple it is important that proper technique be used. The combination of arm speed, machine setting, pressure, amount of product used, and a number of other variables must work in harmony for us to obtain the perfect finish efficiently. Paint polishing is labor intensive. Panel by panel and inch by inch is the only way to chase all the paint imperfections.
I am seen here at the front of the vehicle using a powerful hand held xenon light that reveals paint defects indoors that are commonly seen in full sun light. We check our work with the xenon light as we work our way around the car to insure the finish is defect free before we move on to another area.
Here is a panel that has had one half corrected and the other half left in the condition as we found it in. The xenon light is shown on the uncorrected (polished) side. You will notice it is hazy and unsightly.
Here the xenon is shown on the line between the two sides.
In this photo the xenon light is in the perfectly polished area. Notice it is bright and defect free.
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