So here are two more rides that were worked on at the begining of Winter. The first of these is a '92 Audi 100S. While she certainly looked good for her age, there was still room to bring her back to her glory. Meguiar's Degreaser and Wheel brightener made the wheels, tires, and wheel wells much better with a little agitation Here's how they ended: While I handled those items, Jacob turned his attention to something we feel is an often over-looked eye sore: nasty door jams. Using FK1119 and a brush to clean, and then diluted ONR to flush the chemicals, the area was thoroughly cleaned. Before: During: After: For the wash, we used our (them) newly acquired CG Citrus Wash. This is some THICK stuff and need to be thoroughly mixed prior to use. While sitting in the bottle of the foam cannon, prior to proper mixing, you can see just how much this stuff doesn't want to easily dilute. Once mixed to a homogenous solution, I fired up the pressure washer and began with the initial foaming Jacob washing while I took over as camera man Washed and dried, the finish surely left something to be desired. When you can see a big difference in indirect light; you know you're making a major improvement. Often times clients CAN understand how you can spot the difference in a proper finish under sunlight or direct light from halogens/search lights, but fail to realize there is a large visual difference in lower light conditions as well. 500W Halogens Making a turn around... Rinsing away polishing dust/oils
For our LSP, we were lucky enough to get to try the new version of Danase Paint Sealant. While the last version had a mint-like smell and toothpaste feel, this new version had nearly no smell and was a thicker cream colored substance. Because the product still claimed "Instant Cure Time" we were able to apply one coat right after the other. As usual, we used sealant on everything (minus the front windshield which was Aquapel'ed). To our surprise, this new version of DPS seemed to do a much better initial job on coating the plastic trim on the car. By the time we were finished, the trim still looked great, but not quite as black. Unlike many dedicated products meant for trim, the sealant needs to be buffed off to eliminate any haze on the plastic. With Aquapel being left to bond to the windshield, the final wipe-down was conducted along with the application of tire dressing. And finally: Next we have a 2000 model VW Jetta that had its paint refreshed the week after the 100S Door jams were even worse than the Audi's, and Jacob used the same method to fix the problem. Clay pulled off a lot of nastiness after the wash - just as expected Flourescent lights don't put out an incredible amount of lumens (they're popular solutions for industrial lighting because they're much more effecient than incadecent lights), but because of the nature of black and the condition of the paint, even they made the car look pretty bad. The story of the rear driver's side quarter: Hmmm... That's not good enough. Let's try something else
New combo on driver's side rear door Jacob handled the cutting while I handled the finesing Remember my speal about indirect light when working on the Audi? Case and point: different angle: Coming along... Those crazy Flourescent lights aren't looking quite as bad anymore Final Touches... Final result was a nice turn-around. Sealant used was Blackfire Thanks for looking!
