Had a call from Steve asking my to give his 350Z a bit of TLC, after seeing a link to some of my work that someone had posted.
The process
On arrival
So straight on with the washing, first up pre spray with citrus de-greaser, then cover the car in lovely foam
While foam was doing its thing, wheels were cleaned inside and out with a safe non acidic wheel cleaner. Car was then rinsed, refoamed and washed using the 2 bucket method and a Schmit, rinsed then clayed to remove any imbedded contaminents and lots of tree sap! Ready for a thorough inspection.
Leaf pressing?
Birb bombing
Cats been using it as a slide?
And lots of these lovely swirls!
Now Nissans are notorious for having very thin paint, and Steves was no exception, wings, doors were averaging 65 - 68 microns, bonnet was slightly better averaging around 80, but the roof was very thin, lowest reading was 43micron rising to to a generous 47!. So total removal of some of the deeper scratches just wasn't going to be feasable although what wasn;t removed was greatly reduced and can only be seen at certain angle.
A shot showing front wing has been machine polished, highlighting the swirls on the door
Door after polishing
Rear wing
Boot panel
After all machine was completed, paint was cleaned with Dodo Juice Lime Prime which removes the oils etc, from the polishing stage, then 2 coats of Dodo Juice Banana Armour carnauba wax was applied, wheels had Jetseal 109 applied to help future cleaning.
And the finish result, taken the next day