Welcome to yet another of Beau Technique's fun and frivolous detailing adventure's. This time in the guise of a recently acquired beauty requiring some serious refinement and removal of some of the patina it had accumulated over time. The vehicle in question being a Maserati GT that had clearly been massacred by some buffer monkey and his magic wand of destruction. Client wished to get the vehicle back in shape. Bringing back its once former glorifying gloss and depth to the finish. Not so heavily documented as the last write up I have just posted but still a worthy candidate showing what is done. Cue the culprit within its preperation stages...
The 3 amigo's...
Luxury shampoo...
Cappucino action...
Citrus based degreaser to soften and aid in removing soiling...
Cleaning the arches and various areas with a correct brushes to ensure dirt removal...
Wheels cleaned with non acid wheel cleaner...
Why we use the 2 bucket method...
Decontamination carried out with Carpro iron x...
Tar removal with tardis...
And worked in after a few seconds dwell time...
Rinse stages all the way through each stage to ensure all dirt and product in use is being removed safely. Clayed with bilthambre soft and homebrew lube...
Which was still necessary due to level of contamination...
Final rinse and dried with Uber towel...
Then into the unit for further inspection.
Door...
Closer...
Rear quarter...
Pillar...
Bonnet which was the worst panel of the vehicle...
Closer under the sun gun showing bad haze and clear holograms...
Epic clearcoat failure at the nose of the front bumper...
Measurements taken yet again to ensure plenty of paint to get adequate yet safe correction of the issues...
A more gentle approach was taken using 3M yellow polishing pad's and Scoll concepts S17+. First initial set was carried out with a slow cut process. By this I mean using speed 1 ( around 700rpm ) for a number of passes then spritsing the pad with QD to re-kindle the polish and use the maximum efficiency from its ability. RDS was tending to with generic soft wool pad and S17+. Edging the RDS to a point of acceptable appearance. All refined with some slow burnishing with 3M blue pad and ultra fina SE. Bonnet after correction stages was quie impressive and giving a total new look to the vehicle...
Some polishing bravado...
Leaving some great glass like results...
But still not 100% perfect though in general, a modest 80% corrected I would happily say...
Pillar after work with a single set of Scholl orange spot sandwich pad and S17+...
Quality sanding drop back on the drivers rear quarter...
Now tidy and how it should of been left...
Closer inspection...
Tailgate was well and truelly hammered. A long and arduos task being careful along the way gained a transition from this...
To this...
Not perfect. by no way mean's but a tangible improvement and delivering what the aim was with gusto.
Paintwork was wiped down along the way with Menzerna inspection spray then a final deep cleanse of the paintwork with M&K pure paint cleanser via da at speed 3 under machine weight only...
Leaving possibly the most creaking clean finish ive conjured in a while with my magic machine polishing wand's...
Wheels sealed with Zymol coat ( we have no affiliation but choose to use such product )
Tyres recieved 2 coats of Swissol ( Swissvax ) pneu...
Glass cleaned with Carchem glass cleaner. Seals fed. Engine bay had a quick tickle over and dressing applied. Tailpipes polished. Arches were thoroughly hoovered as the fabric always looks ghastly without serious attention. Time for some serious luxury with Beau Technique Meilluer by M&K...
Once all completed. Wheeled outdoors for some gratuitous after shots...
Thanks again for taking time to check in on our latest adventure...
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