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Detailer's Domain: Maserati Quattroporte S
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04-23-2011, 11:13 AM | #1 |
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Detailer's Domain: Maserati Quattroporte S
This car that was bought pre owned in great shape! Interior, engine bay prepped well, however the customer wanted to clean up the paint not too bad, your typical light swirls and scratches. The customer also requested to debadge the 4.7 off the trunk lid. All in all the customer was pleased with the end results.
What was done - Exterior - Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes - Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down - Wheel wells were cleaned up - Pre Washed with W99 - Iron X Car Wash was used to remove any iron deposits (not much on this one) - Wash down and rinsed - Door jambs were cleaned up - Clayed - Dried - Tires dressed - Masking - Paint Measurement - 2 Step - Menzerna Super Intensive Polish with Uber Green Pad followed by Menzerna PO85RD with Uber Blue Pad - Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight - Last Step – Autoglym HD Wax - Rubber and Plastics Treated - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed - Exhaust tips cleaned - Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed - Jambs steam cleaned Engine - - Cleaned and Dressed Interior - Leather Cleaned - Leather Conditioned -Dash and plastics steamed and dressed -Carpets Vacuumed and Steamed Links to products used - Exterior 1Z einszett W99 Iron X Uber Blue Clay Bar Kit Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner Menzerna Super Intensive Polish Menzerna PO85RD Autoglym HD Wax Adam's Glass Cleaner Car Pro Perls Interior Leather Master Foam Cleaner on the Alcantara Leather Master NuBuck Protectant on the Alcantara Leather Master Strong Cleaner Leather Master Vital Conditioner 1Z einszett Cockpit Engine - Sorry no pics Adam's In and Out Adam's All Purpose Cleaner Tools: Flex PE 14 2 150 Porter Cable 7424XP Uber Blue, Green, Black Pads Metro Vac Brushes Fenix TK35 Brinkmann LED Uber Wool Wash Mitt Uber No Name Towels Kranzle K1120T Cam Spray Foam Attachment Defelsko 6000 Before interior (not much to see some just some light house keeping and routine work) ![]() After Interior ![]() Before shots ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Prep - Wheels, Wheel Well, Tiress Cleaned, Pre Wash, IronX, Rinse, Clay ![]() Wheels were not bad at all no brushes were used, just the wheel cleaner ![]() Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner on the wheels ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Iron X Soap Gel used prior to claying ![]() Drying the car down after the final rinse with the NEW Uber No Name Super Drying Towel.... ![]() We clayed the windows and the paint ![]() ![]() Before debadge - dental floss and 3m adhesive remover were used to remove the emblem. Any hazing/marring was removed with polish ![]() Debadged ![]() Tires with Perls. ![]() ![]() Paint Measurement ![]() 50/50 Here are a couple examples of what was all over the car, nothing crazy, but enough to annoy most customers that care about their cars. ![]() ![]() After Polishing before Wax ![]() Autoglym HD Wax ![]() After Autoglym HD Wax - WOW ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After shots: Sun wasn't out till about the time the customer picked up. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Got a few sun shots in ![]() ![]() ![]() Enjoy (Permission for this write up granted by the owner) |
04-23-2011, 11:35 AM | #2 |
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That has to be one of the best looking blacks I've seen.
Is that paint depth normal or a little thicker than most? I ask because I usually see readings between 100~140. |
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04-23-2011, 01:45 PM | #3 |
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Nice interior!
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04-25-2011, 09:47 AM | #7 |
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04-25-2011, 10:27 PM | #9 |
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Excellent job, Phil; that is top quality work. Car looks AMAZING afterwards.
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04-29-2011, 01:57 PM | #11 |
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great work! looks new again
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08-17-2011, 04:05 PM | #12 |
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God these cars are beautiful....
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