I've recently posted on the boards lately how I've gotten a g110 and all the goodies and have only done one detail. The detail turned out good but not great. This morning i went over to my g/f dad's place and saw his Porshe and I just had to break out my supplies (That i happen to have with me). I'm on the edge, ready to fall into the OCD club :-)
My Process:

Wash
Clay
M205
M105- where needed, followed by 205
#7
#26
Before Photos:




After Photos:







I do believe it is much improved.

BTW, i didn't dress the wheel wells because I ran out of time and the white on the tires and HD that hasn't dried.

 

Great improvement.

How many passes of 205 did it take? I'm guessing you did the 105 for the trouble spots?

 

The real question is, is the dad happy

btw it looks great.

 

Looks like a nice improvement! Thanks for sharing.

 

Nice Work

 

Elvato:
On most areas i would make 4 passes with moderate pressure and make about 3-4 more passes with decreasing pressure. The last pass the only pressure was the weight of the DA.
On trouble areas i initially used 83 but after using the 205, 83 wasn't as smooth going on so i opted with 105 and liked it more.

Shroville:
The dad was impressed after i just washed and clayed. I just told him to wait until i put #7 on it.

Thanks for the input guys

 

Nice job.

 

BTW, its for sale too

 

you did a sweet job! man do i want to order a DA and somethign to take care of all my bad swirl marks on my truck! a detailing place quoted me almost $200!!!!!
want to come up to NJ and do mine?

 

What were they gonna do for $200?

 

Got any final pictures in the direct sunlight?

$200 is cheap to do paint correction. I would charge at least $250-$300 to do paint correction on that car, just depends on how bad the paint was. For a truck it would be $350+. Now that is just doing the paint only, everything else would be extra.

 

x2,

probably scored some decent points with that. Looks good

 

well not exactly 200, i exaggerated a little bit, but heres the email.

Thank you for contacting me. I remember working on the Grand Prix, that was a very nice car.

For your truck, it may require some rotary work with a wool pad to remove the deeper swirls (Ford paint can be very tough), and then I will need to work it back to glossy. I generally don't price paint correction without seeing the vehicle, as it can depend on the condition of the clearcoat. I charge $55/hour for paint correction, so if you were to wash it for me before I got there, and then I can claybar it and go right to the polishing, I would estimate 3-4 hours for a wool rotary pass/followed up by 2 rotary polishing passes and then a DA pass to perfect the finish. That would be followed up with some Collinite 845 for protection. So you'd be looking somewhere between $165-225 for the paint correction, but that is sight unseen.


let me know what you guys think of what he said he'd do for me. is it worth just buying my own DA kit from ADS? will i get the same results?

 

Is your truck a regular cab? 3-4 hours for 4 passes with a machine, clay, and wax is not a lot of time.

A couple things concern my about the email. First is that they are gonna let you wash the truck then bring it to them. I personally either do the entire detail, or nothing. A good wash is an essential part of a quality detail. I'd be worried about any shop that would allow that.

Second is that he says "Ford paint can be very tough". I find Ford paint to be pretty easy paint to work with. It's not so hard that correction is difficult, but not so soft that achieving a mar free finish is hard.

That said, you can probably achieve similar results yourself by purchasing a DA kit from ADS if you are interested in doing it yourself. Do you have any pics of your paint in the sun?

 

not now i dont. my trucks covered in salt and ice right now haha. and no its a mobile detailing, he will come to my house. im leaning more towards buying my own DA, pads, and some 105, and 205 and trying it myself so i can learn! then i will always have the DA for future details. here comes major OCD at a young age haha