BRZN Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Bob had asked me a few times this year if I might be able to spend a day to help him with a full on paint correction to his wife Cindy's 1999 Subaru Forester. Well yesterday was the day! We'd emailed back and forth a few times during the week to put together our plan of attack. I loaded up the rear of the Magnum Friday evening with Adam's goodies and showed up at our agreed upon time of 8:00am. As planned Bob had the front Bug Deflector off, the wax stripped with a Dawn wash and had already begun to Clay the front end: The paint actually looked pretty good considering the odometer showed 91,000 miles. The cars been treated well and it shows, other than a few minor door dings and scrapes it looked pretty decent. While completing the Clay Bar process Bob said the paint on the car looks really pretty when polished up. I said something smart like, "it's black, right?" Bob replied the paint was full of metallic: I couldn't see it at that time, and we were both going to be amazed as we worked it. After we Clay Bared the car we hosed it down and dried it off. My usual procedure when claying is to wipe the clay lubricate off with a microfiber as I go. By not doing this to the Subaru, and only hosing the surface down and wiping to dry we were left with some Detail Spray residue on the finish that was tough to distinguish between it and water spots. We should have used detergent and actually washed the car again. A test spot was done on the hood: Before: After: I used my Porter Cable 7424XP and started with the Green Pad and Severe Swirl Remover while Bob followed me with his DA equiped with an Orange Pad and Swirl and Haze Remover. I placed the 4" Green focus pad on the PC for a bit and took care of a few areas the 6 3/4" pads weren't going to fit. Bob placed a 4" Orange focus pad on his drill and attacked some areas that needed more attantion than the two DA's were accomplishing. He was feeling pretty gutsy and had me soak some wet sanding paper he used it in a couple spots too. As the sun continued to rise we lost a lot of our natural shade provided by his house and a large Bradford Pear tree along the driveway so up went the EZ UP canopy: The Subaru has a factory roof rack and the middle three rails I polished by hand. The tools used were Swirl and Haze Remover on an Orange Hex-Grip applicator followed by Revive Polish on a Blue Hex-Grip applicator with an occasional spritz of Detail Spray: The areas turned out rather nicely I thought: We took very few breaks throughout the day, two were for a well needed Pizza break and the other was when his neighbors, and mutual friends Vic & Geri, showed up with their purchase of the morning: 86,700 mile 2002 Pontiac WS6 Trans AM Automatic with an LS1. I half jokingly said give me the keys I want to take that thing out. You can't see in the above picture, but that's me in the drivers seat ready to take off with it. Hey, you don't know unless you ask, right? Nice tight car, they got a deal and had been looking for eight months. I heard Vic saying something about this being my next detail job, I was getting too tired to think that thought through so just pretended I didn't hear him LOL! Okay, back to work. I primed the White pad with Fine Machine Polish on the front of the roof and then let Bob use it for the rest of this step on the PC. Same as with Vince and his 68 Goat a couple weeks ago: once Bob got started I could hear him mumbling "I gotta get one of these!" Vince sent me a text yesterday stating his Adam's Complete Porter Cable Polisher Kit arrived Friday. While Bob worked the Fine Machine Polish I followed him with Brillant Glaze on a Red Hex-Grip applicator and followed that with Buttery Wax applied with a Yellow Hex-Grip applicator. Check out that metallic, almost makes the car look copperish: Black mirror: Bob had to follow me with Detail Spray as I waxed to remove some of the Buttery that didn't want to release. Even under the canopy the paint got pretty warm which made it hard to wipe completly off. The Detail Spray did the job! 9 1/2 hours for me with another one or so for Bob before I arrived making it about 20 man hours to completion: Bob, who are Todd and Lou? Never mind, what's that old British expression for I'm leaving? I gotta go, oh forget it, I don't think he could hear me, there's a cold beer somewhere with my name on it and my wife's got to have dinner about ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Dave & Bob nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great job guys :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reichler Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 And I thought I was insane for spending 5 hours in this latest heatwave on Hil's GTI this past Thursday. Friday and Saturday were even more obnoxiously hot and humid. Kudos to you guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit08 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great write up fellows and sure looks good! Worth the effort eh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Nicely done guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great job! Nice to see the love shared by members here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMA82 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great Job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Wow, nice effort In some crazy heat. I spent about 5 hours washing, claying and waxing my car today, and in the 95 degree heat, that was enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBMGOAT Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Ok, gotta be a smart *** - why didn't you guys work in Bob's garage?? Looks real nice guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRZN Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Ok, gotta be a smart *** - why didn't you guys work in Bob's garage?? Looks real nice guys! Inside with a couple fans, a roof and three walls that had windows to magnify the afternoon sun. vs. Outside in the shade with a nice breeze most of the day. There was only a short period of time in the mid/late afternoon when the air got still and it started to get kinda' unbearable. Bob brought out Freezepops and the madness continued! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric@thompsonracing.us Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 You guys are crazy doing that in the heat! It was aweful in PA this weekend. I worked the Doylestown show and was soaked through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krewsman Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 You guys are crazy doing that in the heat! It was aweful in PA this weekend. I worked the Doylestown show and was soaked through. It really wasn't that bad, Eric. Inside the garage might have been a different story but the breeze was pretty constant all day. We DID each drink about 5 gallons of water, though. After Dave left I finished up the wheels, tires, and that pesky exhaust tip and was expecting a rainstorm that apparently hit about 3 miles away, missed me completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krewsman Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 And the BEST part was that my wife, who is a turn-the-key-and-go kinda woman (but I love her anyway), actually NOTICED immediately that the car looked really great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase@InsanePaint Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 GREAT turnaround boys!! Nice lookin Subie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric@thompsonracing.us Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 It looks like you have a lot of shade, which is nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiterp199 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Looks good. I thought we were going to tackle that project last fall.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormChaser Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Very good fellas!!!!! This past weekend was a scorcher. I would have rescheduled! I do need to think about getting a canopy though...be nice if Adam sold these things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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