Aaron@P2PQD Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Morning All, This is a pretty exciting post for me as this is my first ever paint correction, I used all Adam's products with the exception of my Cyclo polisher. I managed to source a Cyclo 6CE from a local in Perth which is designed to run on our 240v power supplies in Australia, Would be sweet if it had adjustable speed like the Adam's one though! After doing ALOT of reading on this forum I developed a game plan and got to work, I struggled to get good before and after photos but I think you can still see a sizeable difference! Here's how it went down over 3 days, All products used were Adams and I was pretty impressed the whole way through. - Wash wheel wells, Wheels and tyres with Green Wheel Cleaner & All Purpose Cleaner - Strip wash body with Car Shampoo and a little All Purpose Cleaner (Forgot to add the APC and had to do it again) - Wash engine compartment down with All Purpose Cleaner - Dry body off with Waffle Weave towel - Clay bar entire vehicle - Mask off any non-accessible panel gaps and badges/brightwork - Polish by hand with Revive Polish (I don't know why I did that, But I'm sure now it was a total waste of time) - Polish with Paint Correcting and Paint Finishing Polishes - Apply Brilliant Glaze - Apply Liquid Paint Sealant - Apply Patriot Wax How it started: Some pics of the damage, The pictures actually flatter it quite a bit. The whole car was covered in spiderwebs as you can see from the B pillar and trunk pictures. This car was an ex-Holden demonstrator so it had ridiculously low K's, but tonnes of dealer inflicted "love" for 12 months! Example of the paint clarity before After the Clay-tastrophe Masked up and ready to go Post Paint correction and my camera was wigging out over the shine Glaze and Liquid Paint Sealant applied, Starting to look pretty special Remember those hammered B pillars? Patriot is on. I don't know what my obsession was with taking pics of the trunk lol. I really regret taking these shots with such a bad camera, I'm going to have to find someone with a DSLR Grrrr, Where did you come from?!?!? Shortly after we went for a drive and it rained, Beading from this stuff is insane As you can tell by the time frame, I did encounter some problems. I was battling inclement weather which kept catching me by surprise, and I did have to repeat some steps due to lack of experience. On top of that it was my first machine polish ever, Which turned out to be an awesome but time and gear consuming learning curve. I'm looking forward to doing more now! A big thanks to Joseph and the team at Adam's Aus for running around for me endlessly shipping products to the other side of the country on short notice because I was constantly changing my mind. Thanks to Adam and the team in the USA for such great products and more importantly the instructional videos and this forum that provided me with the knowledge to complete this task to this level. The community here is truly great, I have never met a group of people so willing to help out and share information with each other. This truly is something special Cheers All from your Upside Down Cousins! Aaron Ryans09G8, Chewy, AmyAtAdamsAustralia and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feets31 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Good work! Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Looks GREAT! I have some interior pieces in my car from the Calais. Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GXPaycheck Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Nice job! Love that color ;-) Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Nice job! Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyAtAdamsAustralia Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Looking great! Job well done! Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryans09G8 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Great job! Looks phenomenal! Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natch02 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Got to love Adams products. Nice Job Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egott_91 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Nice! The revive in that order isn't beneficial, however, if you moved it to after the machine polish before the sealant, that would be beneficial as it's a cleaner polish so it would remove the oils left from the other polishes. I prefer using revive over doing an IPA wipedown like some do. Although, I don't use it everytime. Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen9Rolla Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Great job!! Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I LOVE those wheels! Color's not so bad either. I'm not sure how to tell you this, but there appear to be a population of men trapped inside your paint. Team Adam's and Aaron@P2PQD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Great job, great photos, and does that beast sport the 6.0L V8? Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron@P2PQD Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Nice! The revive in that order isn't beneficial, however, if you moved it to after the machine polish before the sealant, that would be beneficial as it's a cleaner polish so it would remove the oils left from the other polishes. I prefer using revive over doing an IPA wipedown like some do. Although, I don't use it everytime. Thanks for the advice, I don't know why I thought to do it before before the correction. I should have really written the steps down to refer to during the process. All part of the learning curve I guess haha Great job, great photos, and does that beast sport the 6.0L V8? Thanks Adam, pretty awesome to have the Master himself post in your thread! I have to confess it is only a V6, My wife drives the vehicle mainly and she does alot of stop/start driving and not much cruising so the fuel bills would have been astronomical. I already own and track a modified RX-7 too so we decided the V6 would suit our needs and budget better for now. When the kids get a bit older we might review that decision though haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 When the kids get a bit older we might review that decision though haha The kids are about 5 hours older now. Have you reviewed the decision yet?!? AmyAtAdamsAustralia, Aaron@P2PQD and Captain Slow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GXPaycheck Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 HSV! HSV! Aaron@P2PQD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron@P2PQD Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 HSV! HSV! Haha, the VF Clubsport R8 specifically. I've taken the wife to our local HSV dealer twice now to show her the one I want, It's just sitting there waiting for someone to love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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