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And here we go with another lengthy post of our latest works!

 

First up is a Chevy 1500 that came in for a two layer coating.  We buffed it out, coated the wheels, trim and paint before giving the interior the business!  The windshield was also coated with a windshield coating and the front doors were tinted to match the rest of the truck.

 

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A new client contacted us to see if we could squeeze in his Jeep.  He typically gets it detailed yearly.  Hopefully we made him our client going forward!  A basic all in one topped with a spray topper and the interior got some loving too!

 

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A VW CC came in from one of the soccer parents in town.  She's always dragging her kids all over said her interior needed some work.  Luckily Marquis was good to go and knocked this one out quickly.  Love the two-tone interior.

 

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And lastly for the updates, a friend and past client had a little mishap with her garage door.  She had a bunch of "scratches" (which turned out to be vinyl/clear coat transfer on the bumper).  Her and her husband wanted the damaged PPF replaced which really translated to pulling all of the old and not just the damaged pieces and reinstalling, as well as adding front bumper protection.  We suggested the detail the whole vehicle while it was in so there wasn't clean/polished spots against non polished spots, so it got the business inside and out.  I forgot to get interior photos of this one (oops).  

 

The damage:

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After polishing:

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The streaks in the new film will dry out.  This was literally minutes after being installed.  The dots are some chips she had on her bumper.  The bumper was never protected by film since the vehicle was new (only hood and fenders) so the chips sometimes cause little bubbles.  They may or may not dry out a bit and be less noticeable with time.  Their big concern was protection.  Their next vehicles will be done from new.

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And finally, the finished product ready to go home...

 

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And that closes out this episode of some of our latest work.  Hope y'all enjoyed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shane, I’m glad to see I’m not the only one that has (on that Jeep Grand Cherokee) weather techs leaving a dirt ring in the creases that won’t come out.

I’ve struggled with this since the first set I did for customers. I’ve found that after cleaning them, misting them with the Mat Cleaner and letting it dry on it’s own works very well to make them look newer again.

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  • 3 weeks later...

And here's another installment of some work from recent weeks (part of why I haven't been able to be as active here as I'd like to be).

 

A BMW 335 with about 150,000 miles on it that my client wanted easier maintenance.  So some polishing and then putting it all together with Adam's Polishes 9H Ceramic.

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A referral from a vehicle we did last year that came in for a warrantied five year coating...Beautiful GMC 1500 Denali with just 420 miles on it when it came to us.  Protected with Premium Shield PPF on the hood and bumper and finished in four layers of ceramic coating!

 

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And last a Mercedes AMG E63 that came in for two steps of polishing along with some sealant, glaze and wax.  From where this car started out, to where it ended was an awesome journey and the client was more than happy.

 

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We should have some more work coming up shortly.  We have a Honda Goldwing motorcycle coming for polishing, PPF and ceramic coating along with a Mitsubishi EVO coming up for a coating and a ten year old BMW for some polishing and seal, glaze and wax!  So no shortage going on here!

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9 minutes ago, Nickfire20 said:

Looking great Shane!  Are there true advantages to multi layers of ceramic coating?

Also grab those wheels on that truck, I want them for my Tahoe ??

 

Thanks!  As for the multiple coatings, that coating is designed to work in that manner. It’s two layers of two different products. Two coats of a particularly hard base layer and then two coats of a top layer for enhanced gloss and hydrophobic effect. It’s a great coating. Time consuming to install with four layers but it looks great. 

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9 minutes ago, pirahnah3 said:

Nice work as always, keep the awesome work coming! Marquis looks like he had an easy one for the interior of that Denali with only 420 on it....he needed the break. 

 

For sure. He can turn around an interior like nobody else. But he was ready to relax a bit on one!  And four coats on that thing chewed enough time. Especially in the heat. 

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It’s been a bit since I’ve updated this thread as well. Things slowed down a bit in July and August due to a family situation.  We are getting back at it with good work scheduled coming up. 

 

But as a teaser of latest work, here’s a BMW i8 that I was a part of at a training class to become accredited for a “professional only” coating with another manufacturer. This coating actually carries a nine year warranty when installed by an authorized dealer (since its only available to accredited installers). And since we sometimes like to talk hardness, the base coat is a solid 10H on the hardness scale. 

 

After this weekend I’ll update the Subaru Ascent write ups with photos and I’ll have some photos of another coated vehicle we are doing. I think in September we have five coatings to do including my car and my wife’s. So there should be ample opportunities for photos. 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

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1 hour ago, shane@detailedreflections said:

It’s been a bit since I’ve updated this thread as well. Things slowed down a bit in July and August due to a family situation.  We are getting back at it with good work scheduled coming up. 

 

But as a teaser of latest work, here’s a BMW i8 that I was a part of at a training class to become accredited for a “professional only” coating with another manufacturer. This coating actually carries a nine year warranty when installed by an authorized dealer (since its only available to accredited installers). And since we sometimes like to talk hardness, the base coat is a solid 10H on the hardness scale. 

 

After this weekend I’ll update the Subaru Ascent write ups with photos and I’ll have some photos of another coated vehicle we are doing. I think in September we have five coatings to do including my car and my wife’s. So there should be ample opportunities for photos. 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

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Did you guys pour a little gasoline on the hood and lit it on fire like I see in the commercials? 

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1 hour ago, crrafferty89 said:

Did you guys pour a little gasoline on the hood and lit it on fire like I see in the commercials? 

 

Haha. We spent a fair amount of time making fun of that product actually and their silly claims. That’s not the one I did accreditation for. 

 

In my opinion, that company has done a disservice to the detailing community as a whole by putting unrealistic expectations in people’s minds of what a coating does or should do. 

 

Unfortunately they’ve marketed so heavily, people believe much of what they see. What you won’t see is us ever installing that product. 

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1 hour ago, shane@detailedreflections said:

 

Haha. We spent a fair amount of time making fun of that product actually and their silly claims. That’s not the one I did accreditation for. 

 

In my opinion, that company has done a disservice to the detailing community as a whole by putting unrealistic expectations in people’s minds of what a coating does or should do. 

 

Unfortunately they’ve marketed so heavily, people believe much of what they see. What you won’t see is us ever installing that product. 

Yeah they’re the snake oil of the car care business. I’m just surprised some idiot hasn’t tried it at home and burned their car to ground. 

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Here’s a van we did in a five year coating. Waiting a shipment of our newest coating to get rocking and rolling on my own subaru’s  Although, now I need a break in the schedule to film them and get them done!

 

Here it is!

 

 

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On 5/6/2018 at 6:37 PM, shane@detailedreflections said:

And it's time for some more photos...

 

We had the chance to do a ceramic coating on a Dodge Charger Hellcat.  The car was new with only 1250 miles on it when it came to us.  The owner had a matte vinyl wrap done on the hood and rear spoiler.  When it came in, they looked kind of inconsistent in appearance, but the depth and evenness came to life with the coatings.  This vehicle has four layers of ceramic applied, wheel coating to the wheels and calipers and trim coating.  The finishing touch was a coating on the windshield for lasting protection.

 

 

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This is so clean. My dream car is a hellcat charger. So sweet man im jealous!

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Here’s a little teaser of the first coat of coating down on a truck that came in...still two coats to go for some long protection for our client!  

 

Black has been the flavor of the week!

 

This truck went through three steps of correction before being prepped for coating. And to make @pirahnah3 happy, we included reflections!

 

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And since my father in law was kind enough to do the electrical in the new workspace, we thought it was fair to thank him by giving his car a service...it was pretty rough since he drives it from Florida every year when he comes home. But the boys did a great job turning it around!

 

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And lastly, we couldn’t push out all this great work without these two guys!  Marquis is an animal when it comes to this stuff. He’s a quiet guy who greatly understates his ability and knowledge. 

 

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And Justin who’s still learning all of the ropes but has fantastic attention to detail and patience. These two guys help the business run and couldn’t ask for better guys to grind with!  If they ever join here, they can themselves in a post!

 

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lol @shane@detailedreflections thanks Im much happier with stuff in the reflections! 

 

Glad to see some pics of the guys on the forums. I have had quite a few interactions with the interior king of the northern hemisphere, and Justin seems like a great guy who was still learning last time I was down to see Shane and the crew, but was learning FAST from yall. 

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And we were back at it again with a black truck.  This one had about 40,000 miles on it and had never really been protected.  It was new to it's owner and he wanted to really bring it back to life so he brought it to us.  This truck got a three step polish (compound, polish, finishing) before being coated in three layers of ceramic for nine years of protection.  While it was in, he also had us toss some tints on the fronts to match the rear windows.

 

 

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