07-10-2013, 09:19 PM | #1 |
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Pro Bono CQuartz Coating
I had a free day today so I grabbed my grandma's car and went to town on it. She's always so thrilled after getting her car detailed that I love doing it. She's definitely earned it over the years.
Anyway, so my gameplan today was a full exterior detail, including complete paint correction, engine bay detail and CQUK coating. I initially planned to do the interior and do a FlyBy30 glass treatment, but ran out of time and steam. That will have to wait for another day. Product List: Dawn Optimum Car Wash (foam gun) D101 1:1 (tires, wheel wells), 10:1 (engine bay) Adam's Deep Wheel Cleaner 1:1 Various brushes Speedy Prep towel ONR clay lube PC 7424xp Menz FG 400 Menz SF4500 Buff n Shine MF polishing pads Optimum MF spot pads LC Blue pad Carpro Eraser CQuartz UK Carpro Reload D120 UTTG+ Procedure: 1. Clean engine bay 2. Clean tires, wheels, wheel wells 3. Rinse and foam car, wash with Dawn 4. Pull car in garage, clay with Speedy Prep -One thing I do is, while claying, I put a piece of tape next to each deep RID or scratch I see. That makes it easier when I go around and spot correct. 5. Begin spot correcting with FG 400 and Optimum Compounding MF pad, 3'' 6. Play around with my polishes and pads to get the results I'm looking for. Settled on a Buff N Shine Finishing pad with FG400, speed 5. Four passes with slow arm speed and moderate pressure until it begins to flash, then two passes with faster arm speed and very light pressure. 7. Jeweled with LC Blue pad and SF4500. I liked light pressure on about 4 for this paint. 8. Pull car out, rinse, do quick wash with no soap, just ONR solution and very soft MF towel (MM Crazy Pile). 9. Dry car, door jambs, trunk. 10. Pop hood, dry and dress engine bay with UTTG+ 11. Vacuum interior 12. Apply CQUK 13. Hit trim and tires with UTTG+ while waiting for CQUK to cure 14. Go around car with Reload. Curse profusely. 15. Clean windows The flake in this paint is insane. This is my favorite paint of all time, it's called Tuxedo Black. It's a super metallic black that just looks amazing when it's polished up. Due to the high flake, my camera would not take any pics of the swirls, so you'll have to take my word for it. I put in probably 7 hours of polishing on this car. Here's a few pictures I did grab, most are just after pics: Thanks for looking.
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07-10-2013, 11:13 PM | #2 |
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That is so cool to do that for your grandmother, and that she appreciates it so much! My grandmother has macular degeneration so she can't tell the difference between that job or you smearing Vasoline all over the paint. What do you think of CQuartz? I have a buddy who did it to his M3 and loves it.
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07-10-2013, 11:22 PM | #3 |
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As I always say nice work Matt. That paint is beautiful. Wish more people would give people like you more credit here at C5, you are a true detailer. Congrats to you and your grandma.
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07-10-2013, 11:25 PM | #4 |
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Nice job, that is a very classy looking car.
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07-10-2013, 11:26 PM | #5 |
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Thanks guys. Means a lot. My grandma is awesome. Shes done so much its nice to be able to give just a small amount back.
I like cquartz a lot. This was my first go with the UK version and reload . I definitely need to practice and learn how to use reload properly. I'll withhold judgment until I'm sure my technique is good enough to do the product justice.
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07-11-2013, 02:24 AM | #6 |
it's mind bottling..
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07-11-2013, 09:05 AM | #7 |
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Great job! BTW, did you receive my PM?
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Nice job and what a great grandson you are.
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07-11-2013, 09:56 AM | #9 |
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Sorry yeah i just saw that i had one
Aww stop!
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07-12-2013, 01:03 AM | #10 |
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So how much harder/different is the application of CQuartz vs. something like Wolf's Body Wrap?
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The trick with CQUK is that you let it cure for an hour, then go over the whole car with Reload. With regular CQuartz, you apply it like BFWD. You apply to the whole car, then wipe off after 30 minutes. No reload step necessary.
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07-12-2013, 01:46 PM | #12 |
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Good job.... so UTTG+ holds up well under the hood?
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