The Twanksta

A friend of mine just picked this car up a week ago from a local Ford Dealer. I honestly do not know how their detail department gets away with putting out this kind of work! This car was in the worse condition out of ALL the cars I have done so far..keep in mind this is Ford paint..its moderately hard. Also keep in mind this was 1 WEEK AFTER Ford detailed it..

Id also like to mention that this was my first time using M105, I dont think a polish/compound can get any better than this! Most of th reviews say its got a learning curve, maybe I just did enough research before I tried using it. this stuff is no joke, it literrally removes ALL defects in 20-30 seconds whereas SIP/PFW would have taken atleast 3-5 minutes! It would have taken 4 passes to do what I did with M105 twice to get the same results...I have definitely found my new favorite!

Oh, Id also like to say thanks to TSC17 for giving me a bit of advice on how to tackle this Ford paint. He was nice enough to give me a call from Ohio to help me out!

Exterior:
Optimum Car Wash
DD "Uber" Red Drying Towel
DD "Uber" Wool Mitt
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m "green" Masking Tape
Optimum Instant Detail Spray
Adams Professional Clay Bar
P21S TAW
Adam's Invisible Undercarriage Spray
Megs M105/Megs Solo Burgandy Wool x2
Menzerna 106ff/LC FLAT White 5.5" and 4"
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels
Black WOW
P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel
Swissvax Pneu


LSP:
Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Dewalt Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow

BEFORE:














The hood was horrendous looking with deep swirling and holograms galore! the entire hood was like this...


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The Twanksta

Now in the halogens..

Hood..


Front Fender..


Front Fender..


Door..


Rear Fender..




50/50 with SIP/PFW..not quite enough but almost.


This side with M105/Burgandy Wool. It left its own marring but it removed all defects very well and in VERY LITTLE time. Was almost effortless!


This side with SIP/PFW. I got a pretty good finish with this combo, however there were still traces of defects throughout the panel and took considerably more time to remove less defects. So I chose to do the car with M105.


SIP LEFT/BEFORE/M105 RIGHT


I did a small section over my M105 panel with 106FF/LC FLAT WHITE and found no holograms just as TSC17 said! Saved me ALOT of time!


Driver/Passenger door after M105/Wool x2




Fender Before:


Fender After M105/Wool x2

The Twanksta

After M105 x2/106FF..
































One of my favorite pictures I took..

The Twanksta

SUN SHOTS!! Kinda..there was a little overcast





























He gave her a car head start..


But smoked her off the line..

G

nice jobs looks good.

Panopticon

M105 is my "last resort" compound. If I can't get enough cut with SIP I bring out the Meg's. How do you like the Dewalt? My PC just died on me so I'm in the market for a new rotary.

Car looks great as always btw

qbmurderer13

Nice. I thought my car was bad but damn... If I were that guy I would take those pictures to the dealership and raise hell.

RUGBY

Great job on the paint.

Did you clean/treat the top? A shame to have such great paint and the top looking like that. Was it an owner's decision?

TSC17

Nice job Billy! I'm sure the owner couldn't have been happier with the transformation the paint went through.

The Twanksta

I like it, but I also havent tried anything else. I hear the Makita may be a bit lighter which would be nice, also the way you hold it is different and Im wondering if it is more comfortable to use..

[QUOTE=RUGBY,Oct 5 2008, 03:23 AM]Great job on the paint.

Did you clean/treat the top?