DetailedByPrecision:Paint Correction Ceramic Paint Coating SanFrancisco AutoDetailing

phi1542

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Re: DetailedByPrecision: High End Detailing, Paint Correction& Paint Coating. SF Bay

Yeah that sounds awesome. You live in Sacramento?

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Re: DetailedByPrecision: High End Detailing, Paint Correction& Paint Coating. SF Bay

2005 Lotus






A longtime and good friend of mine recently acquired a new to him car, which is a 2005 Lotus. He wanted to learn how to clean it up and maintain. I offered him to teach him on a weekend where I was free. He gladly accepted my offer and we set up a day. The car only had a single owner before he bought it so it was in good condition to begin with. After a couple of hours of hard work on his part of course we took it for a drive to get a feel of the car. We took it to some back roads and surprisingly the car's power to weight ratio feels really good. Had a blast and grabbed some food to catch up and parted ways. Onto the pics....






Started with wheels, applying Hydro afterwards




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Followed with foam, clay, iron X. For protection, applied Hydro to all surfaces




DSC_2809 copy by Limny Kuang, on Flickr




DSC_2810 copy by Limny Kuang, on Flickr




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Applied Wolfgang Trim Sealant to trim pieces as well




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Finished pics:




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What I learned from this detail:

Cannot spray water around rear tail lights. The design of it will allow water to seep through and flood the trunk area.




Thanks if you guys read the whole thread. Any comments or input are always welcomed.
 

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Re: DetailedByPrecision: High End Detailing, Paint Correction& Paint Coating. SF Bay

2013 Evo X




This job was a referral from a car I did previously. They are good friends and work together at the same job. The customer now a friend of mine bought the Evo X from a used car dealership and noticed a lot of scratches and rock chips. He contacted me and we got together in person to inspect the car and talk about the options and my approach to address the issues. I suggested to him to buy the touch up paint from the dealership ahead of time to be prepared ahead of schedule. He dropped off his car and it was time for me to get to work.






Working on exhaust tips, compound in cracks and crevices before washing



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Moving on to the decontamination phase. Wheels, Wash, Iron X, Clay, PTG measurements



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Whole car was averaging around low 60's microns..... I had to be extra careful when I was polishing some of those isolated scratches out.



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Marking all defects with tape to identify easier and to keep track



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Touched up a nasty area on the rear bumper



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Finished pics



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Applied BFWD Paint Sealant



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Total time: 13 hrs

What I learned from this job:


Always do a walk around the whole car before performing any work. Never know what you might find. In this case, the whole car was polished by dealer before it was sold

I'm not sure if Mitsubishi's paint quality is on the low side or too much polishing by previous work resulted in very low paint readings

Paint hardness was on the medium side




Thanks for viewing for those who made it this far. Appreciate comments and questions are welcomed. I had a lot of fun working on this car.
 

Russianred

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Re: DetailedByPrecision: High End Detailing, Paint Correction& Paint Coating. SF Bay

Impressive work Lemmy, I'd get a detail from you if I was in the area.

Keep up the great outcomes!
 

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Re: DetailedByPrecision: High End Detailing, Paint Correction& Paint Coating. SF Bay

Toyota Prius: Enhancement Package







Referral from the white toyota truck. I spoke with the owner of the prius briefly the first time I met him about his car. He wanted to get his car protected for the upcoming winter season, and informed me about some chips that needed to be filled in. I recommended him the enhancement package to deeply clean the exterior and apply a durable paint sealant that would last anywhere from 4-6 months if parked outside on the streets.

The car was dropped off and I got to work on it. Post decontamination, the paints true condition was revealed and a lot more chips popped up from his initial concern. A couple areas required polishing out isolated scratches as well.





Started with wheels/tires, wash car, decontaminate paint




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Polishing and touching up




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Finished pics




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Total time: 7 hrs xx mins

What I learned:

Paint was on the soft side. Wiping off polish residue was a breeze.




Thanks for viewing.
 

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Re: DetailedByPrecision: High End Detailing, Paint Correction& Paint Coating. SF Bay

Making a Prius look as good as it can lol, good work Lem. That paint looks great.
 

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Re: DetailedByPrecision: High End Detailing, Paint Correction& Paint Coating. SF Bay

Lem,

Any thought of redoing the garage floor to make clean up easier for you as well?

You're doing great work with the cars, and the tips are appreciated for those of us considering doing our own work.
 

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Re: DetailedByPrecision: High End Detailing, Paint Correction& Paint Coating. SF Bay

Making a Prius look as good as it can lol, good work Lem. That paint looks great.


Thanks Chris. I treat all cars the same. Daily driver or high end. :waytogo:


Lem,

Any thought of redoing the garage floor to make clean up easier for you as well?

You're doing great work with the cars, and the tips are appreciated for those of us considering doing our own work.


Hey Derek! The floor will eventually be repaved and sealed to make things easier for me. Atm it's not centered and leveled so it's a bit annoying with dead water pools.... Appreciate it Derek that the tips are helpful to others. :waytogo:
 
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