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  1. #1
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    Detailer's Domain: Maserati Quattroporte S

    This car that was bought pre owned in great shape! Interior, engine bay prepped well, however the customer wanted to clean up the paint not too bad, your typical light swirls and scratches. The customer also requested to debadge the 4.7 off the trunk lid. All in all the customer was pleased with the end results.

    What was done -
    Exterior

    - Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
    - Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
    - Wheel wells were cleaned up
    - Pre Washed with W99
    - Iron X Car Wash was used to remove any iron deposits (not much on this one)
    - Wash down and rinsed
    - Door jambs were cleaned up
    - Clayed
    - Dried
    - Tires dressed
    - Masking
    - Paint Measurement
    - 2 Step - Menzerna Super Intensive Polish with Uber Green Pad followed by Menzerna PO85RD with Uber Blue Pad
    - Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
    - Last Step – Autoglym HD Wax
    - Rubber and Plastics Treated
    - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
    - Exhaust tips cleaned
    - Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
    - Jambs steam cleaned

    Engine -
    - Cleaned and Dressed

    Interior
    - Leather Cleaned
    - Leather Conditioned
    -Dash and plastics steamed and dressed
    -Carpets Vacuumed and Steamed

    Links to products used -

    Exterior
    1Z einszett W99
    Iron X
    Uber Blue Clay Bar Kit
    Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
    Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
    Menzerna PO85RD
    Autoglym HD Wax
    Adam's Glass Cleaner
    Car Pro Perls

    Interior
    Leather Master Foam Cleaner on the Alcantara
    Leather Master NuBuck Protectant on the Alcantara

    Leather Master Strong Cleaner
    Leather Master Vital Conditioner
    1Z einszett Cockpit

    Engine - Sorry no pics
    Adam's In and Out
    Adam's All Purpose Cleaner

    Tools:
    Flex PE 14 2 150
    Porter Cable 7424XP
    Uber Blue, Green, Black Pads
    Metro Vac
    Brushes
    Fenix TK35
    Brinkmann LED
    Uber Wool Wash Mitt
    Uber No Name Towels
    Kranzle K1120T
    Cam Spray Foam Attachment
    Defelsko 6000

    Before interior (not much to see some just some light house keeping and routine work)


    After Interior


    Before shots






    Prep - Wheels, Wheel Well, Tiress Cleaned, Pre Wash, IronX, Rinse, Clay


    Wheels were not bad at all no brushes were used, just the wheel cleaner


    Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner on the wheels





    Iron X Soap Gel used prior to claying


    Drying the car down after the final rinse with the NEW Uber No Name Super Drying Towel....


    We clayed the windows and the paint



    Before debadge - dental floss and 3m adhesive remover were used to remove the emblem. Any hazing/marring was removed with polish


    Debadged


    Tires with Perls.



    Paint Measurement


    50/50
    Here are a couple examples of what was all over the car, nothing crazy, but enough to annoy most customers that care about their cars.



    After Polishing before Wax


    Autoglym HD Wax


    After Autoglym HD Wax - WOW





    After shots:

    Sun wasn't out till about the time the customer picked up.




    Got a few sun shots in




    Enjoy

    (Permission for this write up granted by the owner)

  2. #2
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    Great work, as always.
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  3. #3
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    Damn. Nice work.

  4. #4
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    That paint looks absolutely awesome after that wax!!!! Great job! Also i was wondering what is the best type of wax to use for the imola red?

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    Getting tires always seeing perfection all the time. From you guys.

    Think you could mess a car up, just for varieties sake?

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