Holder Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I met the owner of this car a few weeks back at a local car show. The icebraker was my Firehawk t-shirt. That always gets people talking. It's a 2000 Trans Am WS6 with 26K on the odometer. He started telling me about the rust specs all over his car that's been there since it was new. I'm thinking to myself, "DWC will be perfect for this." So the day comes to detail it and all he really wanted was the paint decontaminated and waxed. Then he gives me the typical, "It doesn't have any swirls so don't worry abbot polishing". So being the nice guy that I am and the fact that I absolutely love these cars I show him the swirls and tell him I'll take care of the swirls at no extra cost.(he has some sweet rides coming to my garage so this was my intro for my detailing services for him) He also loved the way my Firehawk looked without the moldings so that was also in my list of items to take care of for the day. At first glance she's very clean. Here it is upon arrival. Not too swirled for 13 years old. Also there was some swirls on the vinyl stripes I started with cleaning up the wheels, tires and fender wells. Wheels and Tires are so new they didn't need much work. -50/50 Mix of APC and Water for the Tires and Fender Wells scrubbed with Deep Clean TireBrush for the Tires and Large Wheel Woolie to clean the fender Wells -2-3 oz Car Wash Shampoo Mixed with water in a 36oz bottle and Foaming Sprayer for the weels. Med. Wheel Woolie to scrub the barrels of the wheels, Trim and Lug Brush to clean lung nuts and brake calipers. Sorry,no pics of that process. On to the wash. -Prepped my 2 buckets. Firts with clean water, second 3 oz of Car Shampoo and 4oz of APC. The vehicle definately was waxed and had a ton of protection. But never Clayed.(EVER) So to help strip the protection I put 4 oz of APC and 3 oz of Car shampoo into my little Gilmore Foamer and let that sit. -For wash pads I used 2 9x9 wash pads After Drying with the Great White Drying Towel and Metro Blaster Sidekick I pulled the door moldings. I didn't have any tools to removed the adhesive so it was all thumbs for this one. I removed the left over adhesive with a clay bar and some IPA. more to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 So on to the Paint Decontamination. This car was really rough to the touch. Claying this car probly took around 2 hours alone. This was with a little help from the Deep Wheel Cleaner. I sprayed the entire car down with DWC to help brake down some the rust specs all over the car. It was especially bad on the hood. After the Deep Wheel Cleaner dried I started claying with Detail Spray. I would recommend having a second clay bar handy when using the DWC to remove rust specs because it will fall apart quick. After the claying was complete I did a second 2 bucket wash to remove all the DWC from the paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 I had get a pick of this engine bay. All I did to it was wipe down with Waterless Wash. After drying I taped off all the stripes with Adam's Professional Detailers Tape to prevent any damage to them while polishing. No more adhesive residue on from the moldings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Here's a 50/50 shot after polishing on the vinyl stripes. Right sideis complete. I used Fine Machine Polish and a Blue Hex Grip to polish. This was my first time polishing vinyl so don't beat me up too bad on the techninque. They were later topped with Brilliant Glaze and Patriot Wax. Do to time and completly forgetting to take before and after shots of the polishing process I did not get to document it. But here's how it went down. Dressed all trim with Super VRT and Block Sponge and Tires with Pro Tire App. I completed a test spot on the hood and came up with my process for the entire car. I did what I thought would really make the car pop and the customer to be really suprised at the transformation. I didn't want to get too crazy being that he only came in for a clay and wax. Bumpers, Sail Panel and all around the spoiler and middle of the hood between the scoops were all done with the PC and 4" Focus Pads. 1 pass with Swirl and Haze Remover 1 pass with Fine Machine Polish The rest of the surfaces of the vehicle were done with the Flex. 1 pass with Swirl and Haze Remover 1 pass with Fine Machine Polish After wiping the polish off I demasked the car and wiped with Waterless Wash to remove all polish. Applied Brilliant Glaze to all surfaces of the car; wheels, paint, glass, vinyl I finished this beautiful Pontiac off with Adam's Patriot Wax #10, 2 coats. Redbeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Here some outside shots. The owners jaw hit the floor when I opened up the garage. He's nver see his cars without the little rust specs. MrHot88 and PacificNWBuckeye 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Nice car & job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69supersport396 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 That turned out great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpressThis13 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Nice job! Patriot wax even looks great on white! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacificNWBuckeye Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I love how taking off the side moldings cleans up the whole side of the car. Looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Thanks, I really want another one after working on this car. I told the wife I'll get her an auto so we can take them out together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryC Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stenguyen1 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 it's ok to let the DWC to dry on the car? thought you had to agitate it than rinse off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug123 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Great looking after shots. The white is really gleaming after being cleaned (no rust spots), polished (love that FMP!!) and the Patriot wax. BIG reflections on the white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 it's ok to let the DWC to dry on the car? thought you had to agitate it than rinse off? It did not completely dry on the car. I did a few panels at a time and let them dwell. Then came back with detail spray and wiped them down. I'm not saying its the right way to do it but this is just what worked for me in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryC Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 When I used DWC to decon my paint, I did a few panels at a time, let it dwell until it started to change color, then just rinsed it off thoroughly. As long as it doesn't dry you should be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlack151 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Dang Andrew, that looks awesome. Great work my man. I'm not a fan of those but that one looks killer with those wheels on there. Definitely got me drooling over those results. And you did a correction at no extra costs AND threw on some Patriot.........you've got some good skills to bring in more work for sure. I'd bring you everything if you did that for me. Again, awesome work brotha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeard Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Did he mention if he still has the stock wheels? Not that his would have many miles on them, but I wonder how well the blue finish held up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stenguyen1 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 o thanks guys on the reply. i will start doing this soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 (edited) Did he mention if he still has the stock wheels? Not that his would have many miles on them, but I wonder how well the blue finish held up. This is a regular WS6 not an anniversary. Wheels were sold awhile back. He had C6 z06 wheels that used to be on it(which I'm currently trying to take off his hands for the Hawk). I never thought grand sport wheels would look good in these cars but these work for some reason. Dang Andrew, that looks awesome. Great work my man. I'm not a fan of those but that one looks killer with those wheels on there. Definitely got me drooling over those results. And you did a correction at no extra costs AND threw on some Patriot.........you've got some good skills to bring in more work for sure. I'd bring you everything if you did that for me. Again, awesome work brotha! The end result and the constant smile on his face when rolled up was worth the extra work. Guys like this who love their cars as much as I do end up becoming friends more than clients. I can't help but ensure they're taken car of. Edited May 13, 2013 by A_HoderSS IrishCurse and Redbeard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egott_91 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Did he mention if he still has the stock wheels? Not that his would have many miles on them, but I wonder how well the blue finish held up. It's not a 30th Ann. car. Awesome results! This is the first fbody I've seen with the new GS wheels. I gotta say, I hope it's the last I see. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlack151 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Guys like this who love their cars as much as I do end up becoming friends more than clients. I can't help but ensure they're taken car of. Well said sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeard Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Oops, wrong year. The white with blue stripes threw me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egott_91 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Oops, wrong year. The white with blue stripes threw me. I thought it was a 30th too when I saw the first picture, but noticed the stripes weren't the correct stripes and the year wasn't correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holder Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 I did leave a business card on an actual 30th Ann. Car last Friday. I hope they call for a detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egott_91 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I would love to have a 30th Ann. WS6, but they're so hard to find, and ones that you do find are higher mileage cars and they still want like $12K for them. Plus, the seats are always gross because most people don't know how to care for white seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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