Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Ceramic coating

Hey everyone, We recently had one of our friends contact us for a ceramic coating and paint correction on a 92 mustang. A few days ago I started working on it, we started with an exterior wash followed by a complete engine bay shampoo. From there we gave the interior some love with the carpet shampooer along with our favourite chemical guys product for the panels and plastics. Once finished with those things we moved onto the paint correction portion of the task, we started with the chemical decontamination using a clay bar along side our chemical guys quick detailer spray to get all the contaminates out of the paint before moving on with the buffer. Someone vandelized his car when parked at a local beach by setting a steel cup on the hood and started swirling it around leaving a big mess of scratches, Yikes! I managed to get about 3/4 of the scratches out and it is not near as noticable now compared to when I started. The next thing that was tampered with was the antenna, someone grabbed a hold of it and snapped it clean off for no apparent reason. Lucky for me we have quite the selection of scrap cars in our compound and found a replacement antenna free of charge for him! When we completed the paint correction we wiped down the entire car with a mixture of alchohal and water, about a 20/80 mixture to take off the residue from the polishes we used during the paint correction. Next was time to install the ceramic coating. Using an applicator block from our favourite brand (chemical guys) I put some of the coating onto it and went to wiping. He wanted the 8 year warranty product so we went with it! When applying the coating it is best to do one panel at a time, once applied to the panel it is important not to let it sit on there for too long or you wont be able to buff off with a microfiber towel. 5-20 seconds for this ceramic coating, it almost turns to a haze when it is ready to be buffed off. Starting at the back on the trunk I worked my way around the car followed by the rims and the fender well. The finished product of this car is absolutly breath taking! Ready to start taking it to car shows! Thanks for the read! Here is a link for the clay bar we use!

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