Just had my 8 pro detailed, check it out
12-11-2008, 05:59 PM
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12-11-2008, 10:22 PM
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looks great Tim... thanks for not giving the BB's a bad rep anymore!! I kid...
Presidential_Detail - Have you ever tried Zaino's products? You can achieve that shine but with a lot less effort. Although you did start out with pretty crappy paint
Presidential_Detail - Have you ever tried Zaino's products? You can achieve that shine but with a lot less effort. Although you did start out with pretty crappy paint
12-12-2008, 03:03 AM
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Sweeet. Can you suggest a good paint brand/type to do this with? Do you actually brush it on or spray? Was thinking of powder coating before I saw those babies.
12-12-2008, 04:38 PM
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Having just spent 6 hours zainoing my car the other week, I can tell you right now what Pres is doing is WAY nicer then anything it can do. Zaino cannot do anything for orange peel. shiny yes, but not mirror smooth like that.
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12-12-2008, 05:56 PM
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the zaino is a nice wax but this car got completely stripped, buffed and waxed.. Yeah it can shine like that (assuming your paint isnt as bad as mine was) but you will still have swirls and imperfections (Which mine had alot)
for painting the wheels. Duplicolor makes a paint actually made for rims. down here its sold at any autoparts store. Its just called duplicolor wheel coating. There are a few basic colors, silver, gunmetal, black etc. I used a duplicolor "self etching" primer.
My process was sand down the edges where I had some minor rash, very light sanding over the rest of the wheel just to scratch it up a bit, 3 coats of the primer, 5 coats of paint and then 3 coats of clear. It sounds like alot but its really not when your into it. I used 2 cans of pimer, 4 cans of wheel paint and 1 can of clear. When applying the paint, the thicker you go the glossier itll get BUT the thicker you go the more chance you get for a run so its a fine line you DONT want to cross.
I will try to get some pictures of the wheels close up tomorrow for a better look at them. Its a spray paint too btw.
for painting the wheels. Duplicolor makes a paint actually made for rims. down here its sold at any autoparts store. Its just called duplicolor wheel coating. There are a few basic colors, silver, gunmetal, black etc. I used a duplicolor "self etching" primer.
My process was sand down the edges where I had some minor rash, very light sanding over the rest of the wheel just to scratch it up a bit, 3 coats of the primer, 5 coats of paint and then 3 coats of clear. It sounds like alot but its really not when your into it. I used 2 cans of pimer, 4 cans of wheel paint and 1 can of clear. When applying the paint, the thicker you go the glossier itll get BUT the thicker you go the more chance you get for a run so its a fine line you DONT want to cross.
I will try to get some pictures of the wheels close up tomorrow for a better look at them. Its a spray paint too btw.
12-12-2008, 06:25 PM
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Take some close up shots with a quality DSLR and a prime lens and you'll start to pick up orange peel on photos.
Then again, some cars have it worse then others. The only way to get rid of orange peel is to buff it off and remove material from your clear coat zaino just isnt designed for that
12-13-2008, 08:00 AM
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OP- now you need to clean up the plastic piece on the back bumper! Lol, your car looking like glass makes it look gray now :p
Looks incredible, I used to detail back in the day and this is one of the nicest turn outs Ive ever seen, especially for black!!
Looks incredible, I used to detail back in the day and this is one of the nicest turn outs Ive ever seen, especially for black!!
12-14-2008, 09:06 PM
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Tim, those peices would look great painted black! Theres not much you can do to bring those back besides paint..
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12-26-2008, 07:10 PM
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I got a little bit of a stiffy looking at those pictures. I had mine parked outside for just one night and the sprinklers turned on in the morning, and it baked in the 90 deg sun. That was this past summer, and I still cringe when looking at my paint.
Were there any reccomendations for a detailer in the Bay Area?
Were there any reccomendations for a detailer in the Bay Area?
12-27-2008, 09:27 PM
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man you guys would cry if you saw the car right now.. been snowing like crazy here in sandy, utah and unfortunatly its the only car I have right now. I have washed it 3 times in 2 weeks and by the time I even get it home from the car wash it looks just as bad as it did when it went in.