Just had my 8 pro detailed, check it out
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We've actually had decent weather here in the bay area the past couple days. My car has been in the garage since Thanksgiving, so its gotten a few coats of NXT.
Sorry to hear about the shitty weather. I lived in Colorado a few yrs ago and I always hated seeing all of that salt on my car.
Sorry to hear about the shitty weather. I lived in Colorado a few yrs ago and I always hated seeing all of that salt on my car.
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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?
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step by steop. I did 2 wheels at a time (2 different days). Take of the wheels, clean them really good. I used dish soap and water and scubbed, then gave them a light sanding and did some hard sanding on areas of rash that I had to clean it up.
I then used a duplicolor self etching primer and put about 2-3 decently thick coats (DONT go too thick, runs are a pain to fix). Ensure that you put even coats as well, any un eaven spots in this step WILL Show up on the final step.
After the primer has about an hour or so to dry, start applying the black duplicolor rim paint. I did about 5 coats of this on each wheel. Again, be VERY carefull not to get runs, this paint was easy to work with but it can still happen and will cost you alot of time.
about 30 minutes after the coats of paint, I used the duplicolor rim clear coat. I Did about 2 on each rim pretty thick. Let it sit for a few hours and put them on the car (the paint is dry to touch but you still need to be really easy with it for the next few days untill it completely sets).
Overall the results are great, I think they came out 99% perfect espessially for using spray paint. I highly recomend hte same set up i did.
Your times may be different depending on your climate, I was doing this in tampa florida in about 80 degree weather. If you going to split them up and do them seperate days, make sure to do the painting in the same weather conditions (shade being the best as I found, doing them in the sun caused it to dry to fast and it was a grey color and not smooth either.)
I then used a duplicolor self etching primer and put about 2-3 decently thick coats (DONT go too thick, runs are a pain to fix). Ensure that you put even coats as well, any un eaven spots in this step WILL Show up on the final step.
After the primer has about an hour or so to dry, start applying the black duplicolor rim paint. I did about 5 coats of this on each wheel. Again, be VERY carefull not to get runs, this paint was easy to work with but it can still happen and will cost you alot of time.
about 30 minutes after the coats of paint, I used the duplicolor rim clear coat. I Did about 2 on each rim pretty thick. Let it sit for a few hours and put them on the car (the paint is dry to touch but you still need to be really easy with it for the next few days untill it completely sets).
Overall the results are great, I think they came out 99% perfect espessially for using spray paint. I highly recomend hte same set up i did.
Your times may be different depending on your climate, I was doing this in tampa florida in about 80 degree weather. If you going to split them up and do them seperate days, make sure to do the painting in the same weather conditions (shade being the best as I found, doing them in the sun caused it to dry to fast and it was a grey color and not smooth either.)
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Wish you were up here in Canada to do this. Unfortunately there are very few people i would trust to leave to detail my car. The ones i do trust dont come cheap. So im stuck doing it my self
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yeah im going to get the products and start learning on my other cars. I now moved from florida to utah so I cant have him do my other car now . I got to watch him so I got alot of the ways to do it, now just actually doing it haha. Unfortunatly he was doing my parents vehicles and they didnt have such a great experience. the car looked great when done but it took him 5 days to do her car, she was told it would take 2. Then they got it home and there was left over wax in all the door jams and everything I guess, i didnt get a chance to look at it though.
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Damn that looked good Tim. And yes there are a couple places that do this around here. OCDetails is great from all the pics and rave reviews,and he comes to your house. I don't have any of his contact info with me. Or there is polished image on state and 5600 south, who do a damn good job as well.
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HOLY CRAP!!!!!....Rediculously stupid shiny.....i wouldnt open the door for fear of leaving a fingerprint I dont think i have ever seen anything so drastic in change, even from body shops
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wow, absolutely great job!
can you come over to LA to do mine too? once it stops raining and i have a day off, i'll need to detail mine too. i hate how it takes all day to do this stuff...
can you come over to LA to do mine too? once it stops raining and i have a day off, i'll need to detail mine too. i hate how it takes all day to do this stuff...
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