Client was a found via a referral online. He saw many of the other Volkswagens that I have worked on over the past few months and wanted to schedule an immediate appointment in preparation for Waterfest 2013 at Englishtown, NJ. The car was in dire need of body work from head to toe and his original plans were to repaint the entire car but time was not on his side. We decided to go with a basic single stage correction to restore the luster but to save his wallet. The results were fantastic. The temperature that day was 95 degrees not including the humidity. I was dripping the entire time but pushed through it. The vehicle was initially covered in severe swirls and very deep RDS. Here are some of the before and durings detail pictures. VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr My light began to die sadly so I snapped a few shots without any other lighting to show the drastic difference. You can see how deep some of the scratches were. We were not planning on wetsanding and going too far into this job as it might just get resprayed soon. The client just wanted some more luster. VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr VW Jetta Paint Correction Detail by Xclusive Autoworks, on Flickr The finished product was an entirely different car. The luster was restored, the paint looked as though it was dripping wet and the client was ecstatic. There of course were plenty of RDS left over, most not noticeable under normal lighting conditions, but I knew they were there. Most of the work I have to credit to FG400, it did a fantastic job in the heat and left a perfect LSP ready finish. For more information about the Long Island detailer visit: XclusiveAutoworks.com
Was it hard applying lsp in such high heat? I'm so glad I put a window unit in my parents garage where I detail. Great work
It was frustrating but not too bad. Collinite works better when hot. Not too hot but hot enough. What was frustrating was how hot the panels were even in shade for a few hours. Fg400 has a 30second work time which got cut in half from the heat.
