[richy]

This car belongs to my boss's wife. The front end was covered in overspray from staining a fence that has been there for months. Following the least to most aggressive strategy, I first employed Value Guard's 3 step process...it just laughed at it although it did clean the paint very well. Next up was my most aggressive clay with ONR as lube..no dice. I then tried it using IRA (isopropyl rubbing alcohol) as lube. That worked but I didn't like using it so I then tried using a trick that worked before and that was DG Bug remover as lube..once again to the rescue! It was still hard work that took 2 hours on hood and fenders to correct, but it worked. The rest of the car had a lot of scratches too..a 15 hour job all told....glad it's done (and so is my wife, LOL).
The owner also tried to compound out the spots which you can see from the befores. The car has had paintwork where it was wheeled out by a butcher..I made sure I took pics and showed them where the damage was.

The Process:


Wheels/Tires/Wells:
Wheels cleaned with DG cleaner and EZ brush (chrome was peeling badly in the barrels, so I mostly used just chemical so as to not to make it worse)
Tires with APC
Wells with APC
Wheels polished with XMT 360
Wheels sealed with DG 105
Tires treated with DP gel

Wash:
DG Bug remover and bug sponge
Value Guard 3 step process

Paint:
Aggressive clay (see above)
Compound with rotary using Megs 105 and purple foamed wool (when needed)
Compound with rotary using X3 and purple foamed wool
Polish with rotary using XMT 360 with UDM and black pad
Plastic polished with rotary using X3 then XMT 360
Sealed with DG 601/105 combo
AW after curing period

Head/Tail lights:
Headlights wet sanded using 2000 grit
Compounded using Megs 105 with mini purple foamed wool
Polished using DG plastic polish
Sealed with DG 105
Tails compounded with X3 and foamed wool
Polished with XMT 360
Sealed with DG 105

Interior:
Carpet Mats vacuumed, stain treated with Folex, power washed, vacuumed again
Rubber Mats power washed, cleaned with APC, treated with Tire spray
Carpeting stain treated with Folex where necessary
Carpeting steam cleaned
Plastic trim cleaned with Kleenol
Plastic trim treated with 303
Glass with IG
Leather treated with DG conditioner

Exterior Trim:
Black Wow or 303

BEFORES:




Scratches and Overspray:


Welcome to my Nightmare!


Other Befores:










Other Detailer's Mistake:


AFTERS:







Jump, Flake, Jump

	APC All Purpose Cleaner

[Cooter]

Wow Rich. That was aweful. Looks like you fixed it up really nice. Great turnaround on that car. The overspray was aweful!!

[green dimnd]

Great work. DG Bug remover as a clay lube to remove overspray. Must find a neuron to file that away for future reference.

[richy]

Originally Posted by Cooter

Wow Rich. That was aweful. Looks like you fixed it up really nice. Great turnaround on that car. The overspray was aweful!!

Thanks Heath..it was very difficult to remove.

[bryansbestwax]

do you look for this type of punishment

[Dust2Glory]

Richy rich. that is a beautiful turnaround!!!! I don't think I've ever seen you do a car that wasn't totally trashed!

[911Fanatic]

Brilliant turnaround!! That was disgusting. How could you even get into your own car with it looking like that? Get yourself a red clay bar from Automagic. I would be surprised if it didn't remove that in one pass. You would have had to polish, but it would have saved you a bunch of time.

[P1et]

I don't know how you do it my friend, excellent work! I personally hate messing with overspray, quite the tedious job!

[virtual]

Car looks perfect, nice work Richy!
Is XMT 360 powerfull enough to remove the buffing marks after the wool pad?
Have a bottle here somewhere, but have never tried it before..
Have to try it after seeing this car!

Love the trick about bug & tar remover as clay lube!

[richy]

Originally Posted by green dimnd

Great work. DG Bug remover as a clay lube to remove overspray. Must find a neuron to file that away for future reference.

Green..I first discovered that doing this job back in April:
95 Trans Am-new trick for clay
It worked well but destroyed the clay. And thank you.

Originally Posted by bryansbestwax

do you look for this type of punishment

Bryan...That's funny..No, I don't look for it, but truth of the matter is, I think the worse the condition to begin, the more you blow the customer out of the water!

Originally Posted by Dust2Glory

Richy rich. that is a beautiful turnaround!!!! I don't think I've ever seen you do a car that wasn't totally trashed!

Dust..Dude..I think I'm getting a reputation around here, LOL

Originally Posted by 911Fanatic

Brilliant turnaround!! That was disgusting. How could you even get into your own car with it looking like that? Get yourself a red clay bar from Automagic. I would be surprised if it didn't remove that in one pass. You would have had to polish, but it would have saved you a bunch of time.

911..I tried to trade for some a while ago but was unsuccessful. I can't seem to find any locally, either here or Detroit. I think I'll have to just order some and pay shipping. I was using an aggressive purple clay that came from a local supplier. It mars the paint when it's used; it too is quite aggressive, although I don't know how the red CM compares. I prefer the blue CM to Riccardo (I know I'm in the minority there!!) I do want to try some.

Originally Posted by P1et

I don't know how you do it my friend, excellent work! I personally hate messing with overspray, quite the tedious job!

P1et..thank you my friend. I was quite proud getting it removed.