Hammered s5 -bird spots, scratches and heavy water spots

Jean-Claude

Keeper of the beautiful
*Edit* fixed the thread. Sorry for the prior lack of effort. Yesterday was ugly for me.



This gentleman had spend $900 at other shops trying to get this car fixed up to my starting on the detail. The job took my assistant and I from 9 am to 11 pm to finish.



House shampoo

large ww dry

clay with onr

wheels got wheel brightener, sonax then p21s wheel gel

swissvax brush and daytona wheel brush

makita rotary and flex 3401 with a combination of the following:

purple wool pad, orange foam, white foam, gray foam

SIP, m105, super finish

Lots of alcohol

Sealed up with power lock

Tires got 1z

Glass touched up with Stoner's.





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Wheels got treated with wheel brightener, sonax and then p21s gel.



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Foamed with my own special blend ;)



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Ready for polish...(urgh)



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Bird spots and water spots and more!



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The problems covered the whole car, not just one small spot of the hood.



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Bird spots. I did my best to capture them.



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Fixed



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Cleaned up but before final polishing(more shine left).



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Onto the fender.



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Doing "my thing" with some SIP.



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After my first pass I noticed some pretty heavy scratches.



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Checked to see how aggressive I could get and saw this...



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So I fixed it.



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She cleaned up well



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He NEEDS a belt :rolleyes:...and never comes close to the paint with it.



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