Hey guys, been a while since I posted some of my work. It's been crazy at the office which combined with overhauling my website for the online shop means I haven't had time to put up any threads in a while

Just a quick one I thought I would share. I am sure you can all guess who this baby belongs to

At present I have only done the front end (as with the Lambo SL) in preparation for the film install. When Mike is back from his vacations this year I will be attending to the rest of the car.....can't wait !

Righty then, 1st up I calibrated my PTG and took a few readings to ensure the paintwork was safe for polishing.




Having only recently gotten one of these units I must say it gives you a whole lot more confidence knowing how healthy the paint is before starting the correction work. The readings were all over the 200um mark which was perfect!


Next I tried to capture some of the defects from the front end. Due to the metallic/pearl white colour it was extremely difficult but I managed a few decent pics.

Haziness in the paint and some fine swirling





















Overall the paint wasn't in bad condition, but I was surprised to see a vehicle of this value coming from the factory with some really dull paintwork in places


After testing a few combo's I settled on 1 hit with SIP followed by 106FA for most of the front end. Some of the poorer areas with some pigtails and sanding marks got 1 hit of FCP followed by SIP and finally FA.

I took a few PTG readings after, most showing only 2 to 3 um of clear coat removal.




And some finished pics...











Clarity restored to the paintwork















And a few random ones to finish off...













Thanks for looking

 

You got to work on Mike's car! Congrats!

Great work, btw.

 

Beautiful work, and welcome!! You should steal some pictures of Mike's collection if you ever visit him.

 

Fantastic work... Amazing difference. My GT4 Vantage wouldn't warrant that level of TLC, but I am seriously considering a V12 Vantage - and now I've seen how good the paint could look...

 

Looks great!

 

Well done Can, as always