Chase@InsanePaint Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) I was really looking forward to this one! It belongs to the son-in-law of a client I did a 2013 Gran Sport Vette for, a few months back. So I was HOPING this one would come my way! And I knew it was in worse shape than the owner "thought" it was (like usual), so I really had a chance to change the way he perceived the overall finish of this Mustang! Here's how I handled business: Popped the hood & simply rinsed it out with Adam's Firehose Nozzle, it was only "dusty" in the engine bay Dried the engine bay with MetroVac Sidekick Blaster Killed the fender wells with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner & Adam's Turbo Stick (tight clearance) & tires with Adam's Fender Brush Slayed the wheels with Adam's Deep Wheel Cleaner & New Lug nut Brush Full 2-bucket wash with Adam's Car Wash Shampoo & Adam's All Purpose Cleaner & Adam's Jumbo Wash pads Full rinse, followed by pool rinse technique to aid in drying Owner was honest about clay bar & said he did it just a month ago, and even after my testing, came up with nada, so surface prep was fairly easy. I just did top surfaces and tail to cure my OCD itch (despite not pulling anything, lol) with Adam's Clay Bar, Adam's Detail Spray, and Adam's Single Soft Towel After my strip wash with CWS & APC the car was still beading water, so even pre-polishing I did a wipedown with 70/30 IPA & and Adam's Single Soft towel to help strip further, as to not clog pads. Tape off vinyl decals with Adam's Detailer's Tape Most polishing was done via ONE-STEP with Adam's new prototype correction compound/polish & Flex 3401 with an Adam's 4th gen Orange Pad (yes on black) Rest of polishing on front bumper and lower side skirts was done with Cyclo Polisher (testing) with 2-Adam's 4" Orange Focus Pads & Adam's prototype correction compound/polish Wipedown entire vehicle with 70/30 IPA & Adam's Singlesoft Microfiber towel to prep for sealant Coat entire vehicle with Adam's Quick Sealant & let cure for 1 hour Dress fender wells with Adam's Invisible Undercarriage Spray & block sponge Final detail on wheels with Adam's Detail Spray & Utility towel Dress all exterior plastic with Adam's SVRT Polish exhaust tips with Adam's Metal Polish #2 Polish Moroso metal parts under hood with Adam's Metal Polish #2 Polish radiator cowl underhood with Drill, 4" microfiber pad & Adam's Prototype correction compound/polish Dress entire engine bay with Adam's In/Out Spray and Adam's SVRT Adam's Waterless Wash entire vehicle to discharge static from Quick Sealant Top off vehicle with Adam's Americana Paste Wax & remove with Adam's Double Soft Microfiber Towel Vacuum interior Dust dash, console, gauges, etc. with Adam's Detail Spray & Utility towel (reeeeaallly wish I would've had the new TID for this, but it didn't arrive yet) Clean interior & exterior glass with Adam's Glass Cleaner & towel Car will probably be coming back in a couple months for a paint correction on the powdercoated wheels, as those weren't addressed in this particular detail. ON WITH THE PICS!!! Arrival condition, car has 40k miles, and is NOT a DD, garage kept: Cat footprints.... Engine bay before, not bad, just dusty & a bit chalky: Getting started: In an effort to strip existing protection, I added 4oz. of Adam's APC to the otherwise normally Ph Balanced Adam's Shampoo: Pool rinse to aid in faster drying: Baggie test to feel surface: And this is ALL I got after the roof, hood, and trunklid: IPA Wipedown prior to polishing to further remove old protection: Here's what I found upon inspecting the raw paint: Time to do work: Got out the Cyclo for the tight areas down low: My little Metabo 4" made a quick appearance for the tight tail area: Taillights before: Taillights after: For tightness on the big radiator panel under the hood: Metal sexiness: Engine bay pimped: Alcohol wipedown again, before sealant/wax combo: Finished shots: LOVE this tail baby: New rear window mod This rolling black mirror was reflecting the greenery in my driveway all over the place, lol. Thanks for hanging out & reading!! Edited May 10, 2013 by Chase@Adams THE Mook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Thing was hammered! Nice turnaround! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug123 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 NICE turnaround! Left looking like a black mirror! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsager Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyAcadia09 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 So much reflection!!!! Great job again! So is the Rock symbol now known as 'Chasing'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceofWill Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 You gonna be doing active camo for the army now? That thing disappears in your driveway with that reflection. Awesome job man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egott_91 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I think the compound has been tried and has passed. Time to release it! J.greenroyd and THE Mook 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase@InsanePaint Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 BUWAHAAAAA @ Eric!!! Thanks fellas.....!! Tom - NO KIDDING. I had such a difficult time showing the quality of BLACK that the car was, because it reflected the backdrop TOO DAMN MUCH!!! Erik - It passes......MAJOR. That stuff is seriously going to CHANGE THE GAME!!! J.greenroyd and THE Mook 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckkilo3 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 What? No glass sealant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksell87 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egott_91 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I just noticed the dusting when you were doing the tail light area. Was that from the prototype Adams compound or from another compound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase@InsanePaint Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 What? No glass sealant? I'm out. I just noticed the dusting when you were doing the tail light area. Was that from the prototype Adams compound or from another compound? That's actually NOT dust. One of my pads got "scarred" a little bit, so it's "crumbs" from a little bit of the pad flaking off. The prototype compound is all I used on this particular car. And the dust of it, isn't anywhere NEAR that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07RS4 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Nice job man! I'm patiently waiting the one-step compound/polish...this 3 step stuff is for the birds GaryW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Nice work!! :thumbup: Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlrx7 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 photos not posting, just links. might be a bug in the new forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaSHOOOOSH Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Hey Chase, When using the new compound/polish do you still use detail spray to prime the pad? Nice work btw.. Looking forward in seeing this stuff release some day.. Just awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacificNWBuckeye Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Great results, I'm only getting about half of the pics as well. All the links work fine though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryW Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I can only see a few photos also. The rest are links to Photo Bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egott_91 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I can only see a few photos also. The rest are links to Photo Bucket. I've noticed that's how it is with the threads that have pictures in them...it's weird. I would say it has something to do w/ the new forum... Hope they get it fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardo Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Is there a reason why the orange pad should not be used on black or any dark color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianT Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Nice job, car came out fantastic!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o9w211 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 nice nice! new to all this, but why would you do an isopropyl alcohol mix wipe down after washing/claying and again after polishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 You still need to prime the pad a little bit with DS with the new stuff, however I hardly use any. I mean barely a pull, if any. I really try to let the polish do work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egott_91 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 nice nice! new to all this, but why would you do an isopropyl alcohol mix wipe down after washing/claying and again after polishing? You would do it after washing/claying to remove any of the wax/sealant that is left. You do it after polishing to remove the polishing oils so that there is a bare paint surface for the sealant to adhere to. o9w211 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o9w211 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 You would do it after washing/claying to remove any of the wax/sealant that is left. You do it after polishing to remove the polishing oils so that there is a bare paint surface for the sealant to adhere to. ah ok ok. thanks for that bit of info. i'll take that into consideration next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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