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Old 04-11-2007, 11:14 PM
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Default Some prancing horses and a british bloke!

All vehicles in the pictures below received the full Menzerna treatment.

Both Ferrari's were mostly swirls...but the black F430 had some major scratches. The owner never washes it, just wipes it down with detail spray. Over the past 2 years, he's induced some wicked imperfections which have been all buffed out.

Thanks to <B>PHIL@DETAILERSDOMAIN</B> for the 4 inch edge pads... helped immensely on the F cars.

Products used:

Dawn Soap
Sprayaway Glass Cleaner
3M masking tape
Menzerna IP
Menzerna PO85RD 22992 Polish
Menzerna FMJ
Adam's In and out spray (for the f430's rear diffuser)
Adam's Clay
Adam's Detail Spray
Classic Motoring 6" White, 7.5" Green and 7.5" Orange polishing pads
4" Edge Yellow and green pads
Klasse AIO (for the wheels)
Makita Rotary (my third arm)

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Old 04-12-2007, 01:43 AM
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Default Is Ferrari paint better than Aston paint? The diff in the two is amazing

Both finished products look VERY different in "shine quotient" to me. The Ferrari shine looks 30 feet deep while the Aston...well, not so much.

Fantastic work on all cars -- but you knew that :-)
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amazing!
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nice work...one question: how do you get Dawn soap that suddys?
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Default point the nozzle of the hose straight into the bucket...we also use Dawn Advanced Power. =P

it's all they had at Costco.. the regular Dawn didn't produce as many suds.. but the new Advanced stuff... LOTS O'SUDS!
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Default Ferrari's paint is much flatter than the Aston, plus the lighting and the Ferrari is black.

a well cared for black car will shine for miles.
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noice!
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I am still suprised you have not tried the gilmour foam gun.
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Default yeah.. Phil's been telling me about it...call us "old fashioned"... we lubs

the buckets and pressure washer.
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Default AH then what you want is the foam canon

It attaches a foaming jar to the pressure washer wand.

imagine the bubbles. I like the foam gun because it adds a layer between the mitt and paint. This allows for much better suspension of the soils as they are wicked into the mitt. You can then foam the next area of the car and refoam the mitt. When you refoam the mitt it blasts 99% of the dirt out of it. For the lowers or a SBM car i all ways rinse in the one rinse bucket.


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