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Old 05-03-2014, 04:57 PM   #1
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07 black mustang detail.

Hey everyone I thought I would share my latest detail with you guys! This man bought a used 07 mustang two years ago. He said it alright had ample scratches in the paint and that a tree branch had fallen on the drivers side(one of the deep scratches from it will be seen in one of my pictures). They no doubt needed to be wet sanded, but he elected not to do that. Sadly I got done with this detail after the sun had set so I have no "golden hour" photos of the car except the one he sent me. Which is of poor quality. I will throw it up anyway but it's not an accurate representation of how this car looks. I will get much better pictures of his car when I go back to help him develop good wash habits.

So guys, let me tell you, this paint was pretty damn bad by my standards. This car was sandpaper before I clayed it. I've never clayed a worse car in my life. I think this is because he said it has been parked under trees and outside until 6 months ago. The paint was pretty bad as well in my book. He had severe swirls and scratches throughout the entire car. Thankfully this was only an exterior detail, because the inside was trashed as well. This detail took a lot of work! But I hope you guys enjoy reading.


Process used:

Two bucket wash with grit guards. And a 3rd bucket for the wheels.
I used Adams car shampoo.
2 merino wool mitts.
One for the top half and one for the bottom.
Wheel whoolie and boars hair brush was used for the wheels and a tire brush for the tires (obviously )

Ironx for iron removal

Clayed with mothers clay bars(took two full clay bars in pieces because this car was SO contaminated) and ONR dilution for lube.

Polished with PC7424xp, microfiber cutting pad, and menzerna FG400. Yet again I am beyond impressed with this compound. Even using a microfiber fad, it didn't require a polishing at all. Although some areas (like the trunk lid/ roof/ hood) required two passes to get to perfection it still never ceased to amaze me.

It was then coated with meguires #26 carnauba paste wax by hand and then hand removed. He didn't want me to put sealant on it(I guess for less time and money even though I recommended it).

Poorboys natural look was applied and buffed with a micro fiber on the trim, and three coats were put on the tires for a shinier look upon his request.

His wheels were coated with the paste wax as well. I think this was a completely dramatic transformation.

Here is the bad quality picture he sent me.
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Old 05-03-2014, 04:59 PM   #2
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Trunk lid before, notice the very deep scratches caused by the tree limb.
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Old 05-03-2014, 05:00 PM   #3
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Trunk lid after. Notice that the scratches form the tree limb have drastically reduced but are still there.
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Hood with no wax.
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Roof with the very helpful bulb light in focus. These things were great for seeing the terrible swirls. Also notice the wax that has stained the trim. If anyone knows a great way to get that out after it has been baked on for who knows how long please feel free to tell me lol. The trim had not been dressed in this picture.
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And finally a shot down the side of the car. I hope you guys enjoy!
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Old 05-03-2014, 05:39 PM   #7
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Good job and nice recovery. I've used most of the products you have used. Iron-X and menzerna FG400 are amazing.
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Good job and nice recovery. I've used most of the products you have used. Iron-X and menzerna FG400 are amazing.
I completely agree. Although iron x smells terrible....
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I completely agree. Although iron x smells terrible....
and it burns like hell if it get on your hands!
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and it burns like hell if it get on your hands!
I haven't had that experience, and I don't use gloves.
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and it burns like hell if it get on your hands!
I always wear gloves while using it so I can't say that's happened to me.

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I haven't had that experience, and I don't use gloves.
You don't wear gloves while using it? You are more of a man than me lol.
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I always wear gloves while using it so I can't say that's happened to me.



You don't wear gloves while using it? You are more of a man than me lol.
I worked at Discount Tire for a time, after that getting dirty or chemicals on your hands doesn't mean much... lol

Although I think I remember touching my face while doing the Iron-X and that was really weird.
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Nice work. APC and a lot of work with a tooth brush for the wax on the trim. The car, looks beautiful I can't believe how go this came out with only a one step polish.
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I worked at Discount Tire for a time, after that getting dirty or chemicals on your hands doesn't mean much... lol

Although I think I remember touching my face while doing the Iron-X and that was really weird.
Oh alright gotcha!

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Nice work. APC and a lot of work with a tooth brush for the wax on the trim. The car, looks beautiful I can't believe how go this came out with only a one step polish.
I was too. Like I said some spots took two full "cycles" of polishing. So I had to polish, buff off residue, polish again. My test panel I didn't have to do that. It seemed to me that the paint on the sides of the car was softer than the top. Though it might just be the top scratches were deeper. Because when I had to do two cycles the scratches were very light and polishing with a polishing pad didn't remove them completely, so I did another pass with almost no pressure and that worked perfectly.

I continue to be completely impressed with the FG400. It is just amazing. I'll never go to any job without it again.

And I tried full strength APC on the trim. Maybe I'll try a Meduim or Hard bristled brush next time instead of an old soft one.
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