The owner of this car purchased it unseen from a dealer in southern California. Upon arrival in Minnesota there were a number of issues that needed to be resolved before handing it over to me. After quite a bit of new paint and some body work, it came in to have a partial detail prior to getting paint protection film installed. Then back to me for a self healing coating.

I'm fairly sure that the previous owner used beach towels covered in sand to wipe down this car. The hood was covered in very deep scratches, many of which could not be removed. After several paint correction steps, we had to stop due to the amount of clearcoat that had been removed. Fortunately, the PPF was able to hide most of that remained. After the PPF install, we completed the paint correction and moved on to the coating.

Process

Wheels and tires cleaned with Meguiar's DUB wheel cleaner and Ardex Proper
Prefoamed with CG citrus wash + Gloss and Bilt hamber Autofoam
Hand wash with CG citrus wash daily
Mechanically decontaminated with traditional clay bar
Paint was compounded with Menzerna FG400 on a rotary with a demin pad
Second compound with Meguiars D300 on a Boss 21 with Meguairs MF pads
Paint was polished with a Nanohide prep polish on a Boss 21 with rupes yellow pads
Bumpers were corrected with a DAS pro plus 15mm and 4-inch pads
Tight areas were corrected with Flex Kompact rotary and various pads
Paint was protected with Nanohide NH-A7 seal healing coating
Tires were dressed with carpro PERL
Glass was coated with Pearn Nano Glass Coating
Wheels and exhaust were left untouched as they would be replaced shortly