Jasonoff

They always come back

builthatch

i dunno how often he comes on here but i can answer this -

through buffing, he removed some of the surface of the clear coat, leveling the clear coat so the bottom of the scratches that were present are now level with the rest of the clear coat, essentially removing the scratches and revealing basically a fresh surface of clear coat. however, this removes clear coat material and makes the clear coat slightly thinner. to give you an idea, the whole paint system on your car (primer, base coat (color) and clear coat) is about the thickness of a Post-It note!

but, Wes is an expert and takes measurements to assure that he's removing JUST enough to remove the scratches but not compromise the clear coat in any way. clear that is too thin will fail early because it doesn't have enough material to handle UV, heat, damage from bird bombs, hard water, etc. measurements help prevent this. if a scratch is too deep, often times an expert like Wes will leave it since it's not worth the chance of making the clear too thin JUST to totally remove a deep scratch.

but yeah, the scratches will come back if improper washing/drying techniques are used. this includes brushes, dry wiping, hard wiping, poor/dirty wash media, dirty wash solution, etc. other types of damage can occur if bugs, bird poo, hard water and such are left to dwell on clear coat. there are techniques and products that can be employed to greatly reduce the chance of any sort of damage.

the coating he applied is way more robust and harder than the factory clear coat. this means that the coating, not the original clear coat, will now face the environment and since it's SO much harder and more durable than the clear coat, it will be much more resistant to damage. and if it does happen to get slightly scratched or damaged somehow, at least it's the coating and not the factory clear coat.

think of it as a super thick, super hard WAX or sealant.

i have Opti-Coat Pro on two vehicles and i've had bird poo sit on a coated panel for several days, baking in the sun. this sort of exposure would surely permanently eat away at clear coat. when i finally attended to the bird bomb, it appeared as if it did etch the coating, but, within a few days, the staining completely disappeared and it was perfectly smooth again. the bird crap didn't even phase the coating.

Wes_R

Lol what he said ^, not much more I can say. Built has it down to a T

Wes_R

Met this customer through Facebook and admired his photography for quite sometime. Was quite surprised to receive a message from him interested in our work. Long story short, into the shop in came.

Very impressed with the initial condition of the paint and found it only needed a 1 stage polish which was protected afterwards with Opti Coat Pro.



Arrival




Rubber and plastic trim all masked up




Measuring the paint




Before


After




Opti Coat Pro about it be applied




Double checking our work with a light that omits the same color as the sun


No swirls




And the finished product

Wes_R

This was totally a coincidence that two e39 M5s came in for a 2 stage polish + Opti Coat Pro. They had both booked on the same day so I ended up doing the write up on both cars at the same time which is a first and was quite interesting to do. I was very happy with the out come on both cars as were the owners so enjoy seeing the process and final pics!



Arrival (you should have seen both owners' faces lol)




Masking off the rubber trim after the wash and clay




Taking paint measurements






Before


After


50/50 shot




Opti Coat Pro


Application






And the finished pics
















I hope you enjoyed the pics as much as I enjoyed working on my favorite generation M5!

C SEXY 3

Just did some work on a Mustang that hadn't been touched in a little over a year, also did the owners Bentley that also hadn't been touched in a year, before and after shots of the paint. Oh yeah no pro just wanted to share some paint correction I did recently

Wes_R

A long time customer recently purchased this new 4 GTS from Pfaff and wanted to get the paint protected asap. Well after 1000km in it finally came.

I must say this is one of the most beautifulest 991s we have done this year and we had a great time working on it and admiring all the little details put together on this 4 GTS.

Paint wasn't in bad shape so just a quick 1 stage polish and then protected with Opti Coat Pro.

Enjoy!



Arrival pic




Paint measurement and plastic trim masked off




Before


After




Lovely metallic flake shot




Opti Coat Pro




And the finished pics starting with reflections off the hood










Definitely looking forward to maintaining this one over the years!

Wes_R

Not write ups due to time constraints but just a few pics of some AMGs done that I had to get pics of!



C63 507


G36

Wes_R

I love this e46 M3! Laguna Seca Blue on Laguna Seca Blue seats and navi! What more could you ask for.

The shine on this M3 was still great but the swirls in the sun was annoying the client and he wanted to get as much of the swirls out as possible. We ended up doing a 2 stage polish which brought the paint condition to about a 9 out of 10 minus the deeper scratches.

Hope you enjoy the pics as much as we enjoyed polishing this one!




Arrival




Paint measurements


Masking off the rubber trim




Before


After


50/50 shot




And the finished product

Wes_R

Very good client contacted me regarding a 2 stage polish + Opti Coat Pro on his recently purchased Lp640.

We had tried to schedule an appointment prior to this one but due to rainy weather we had to reschedule and he mentioned that maybe he was considering postponing the detail until the springtime, which is understandable. Luckily ... he had a change of heart and we were able to schedule a date where the weather worked in our favour!

So in to the shop it came!




As usual, the arrival pic




After cleaning the wheels, 2 Bucket Method wash, and clay bar, we masked the rubber trim


Next up was to take measurements of the paint with our special paint depth gauge which measures via ultrasound due to a few panels not being made of steel or aluminium. This gauge is not cheap at all and costed us $3000




These are the results of the 1st stage of polishing

Before


After(did I mention that solid black is a pain in the a**?!)


Headlights & Taillights were polished as well

Before


After




2nd stage of polishing was completed and then an alcohol wipe down to remove the polishing oils. Finally Opti Coat Primer applied to prepare for the Opti Coat Pro application





Tape removed and little details such as removing polish with a tooth pick from the edge of the stone guard was performed




And finally the star of the show, Opti Coat Pro




A shot in the sun to show no more swirls in the paint




All in all minus some deeper scratches which I suspect may have been from people leaning on the car for pics and the fact that it is solid black, I would say we got the paint condition to about an 8.5/9 out of 10.

Here are the results


I love reflection pics




The lens flare pointing at the car is pretty cool


And the last pic to finish the walk around




Hope you enjoyed the pics!!!

Wes_R

We had been looking forward to this Lava Orange 991 GT3RS for quite sometime. We maintain this clients other RS's as well so we knew about this one for almost a year now.

Not really much else to say, got the call Saturday evening and it was in the shop by Wednesday



Arrival




Cleaning the wheels


Masking off the rubber and plastic trim




The whole front end is carbon fibre so we had to bring out our ultrasound paint gauge to measure the paint

Underneath the hood


Ultrasound measurements


Magnetic measurements




And on to polishing the paint.

There was already close to 5000km on the odometer so the paint had some light swirls to polish out before applying Opti Coat Pro.

Before


After


Before


After


The taillights were polished as well

Before


After




After the 2nd stage of polishing was completed we applied Opti Coat Primer via machine to the paint






We unmasked the trim and took care of some finishing touches like cleaning up the polishing dust and cleaning polish from the edge of the stone guard with a tooth pick




And finally applied Opti Coat Pro




Overcast day so the gloss was not photographing the best it could be, but still happy with the finished pics!










And the icing on the cake.... an autograph under the hood from Wolfgang Porsche!!!


Hope you enjoyed the pics as much as we enjoyed working on the car!

Thanks!

Wes_R

It was a huge pleasure to work on this classic R33 Skyline and in Midnight Purple too! We ended up performing a 2 stage polish on the paint and protecting it afterwards with Opti Gloss Coat. Ran into a small complication with the paint being fairly thin in some areas and couldn't get as aggressive as we would like to but everything turned out great regardless.

Hope you enjoy the pics!



Arrival




Cleaning the wheels


2 Bucket car wash


Claybarring the paint with the Nanoskin mitt


Masking off the rubber trim


And measuring the paint. This is one of the lower areas earlier mentioned




Before


After


50/50 shot




After the polishing was completed we cleaned out the left over polish out of the tighter areas with our trusty tooth pick




And finally Opti Gloss Coat is applied




Now for the finished pics








I tried to get a sun shot to show the flake but it had already set to far. This is the best I could do.




Hope you enjoyed the pics on this R33 Godzilla!

Wes_R

This beautiful Sepang Blue V10 R8 came in early spring but we have been so busy that I haven't had time to post it until now.

Not really much of a back story, got a call inquiring about Opti Coat Pro, client inquired with a few Audi Club members who vouched for our work, then in it came.



Arrival




Cleaning the wheels


Claybarring the paint with the Nanoskin Mitt




Measuring the paint


Masking off the rubber trim




Before


After




After polishing and prep for Opti Coat Pro cleaned the windows





Opti Coat Pro about to be applied




And now the finished pics








And a sun shot to show no more swirls




Hope you enjoyed the pics!

Wes_R

Had spoken to this client about a previously owned Porsche but things didn't pan out. A year later and and a newly purchased 997 GT3
and we set up a date to get it detailed so the owner could have a fresh start.

Paint wasn't to bad but still wanted to do a 2 stage polish so that it could be as good as possible.



Arrival




Claybarred the paint with a Nanoskin Mitt


Measuring the paint




And on to the polishing

Before


After




After the 2nd stage of polishing we unmasked the rubber and plastic trim


And cleaned polish residue out of the tight areas




Then finally applied Opti Gloss Coat




And now the finished the pics




And a signature from Chris Green from over at Pfaff, not to sure who the other signature is from.




Hope you enjoyed the pics!

Wes_R

Long time client who previously brought us his w219 CLS 500, purchased this new w218 CLS 63 AMG and brought it in again for a 1 stage polish + Opti Gloss Coat.

Not much to mention about the car itself, the paint wasn't to bad and the 1 stage was enough to bring it up to a 8.5/9 out of 10.

On to the pics.




Arrival




Cleaning the wheels


Claybarring the paint




Quick measurement of the paint




On to the polishing

Before


After


Metallic flake looking beautiful




Opti Gloss Coat about to be applied




And finally the finished pics






Always a pleasure to take care of this clients cars and I hope you guys enjoyed the pics!

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Patel

Hey Wes!


I brought my TSX to you last January. I always had non stop compliments on the paint on a 12 year old car because of you!


I will have to bring the new whip by for opticoat as my first order of business.


Amazing work man!


-Patel

Wes_R

Long time no post! Sorry for the delay, very crazy spring and summer and I didn't get the chance to sit in front of the computer until now.

Brand new R8 Spyder which I believe at the time was 1 of 2 in Canada. Very long time client, probably 10 years now so everything was very straight forward. Got the email that this new Spyder was expected and that Opti Coat Pro + was wanted for protection as well as Opti Coat Fabric for the canvas top.

Anyways no more talk, here she is.



Arrival




Claybarring the paint with the Nanoskin Mitt


Measuring the paint




I'm finding with the new Audis being delivered they are coming with some scratches specifically in certain areas and learned they don't have shipping plastics anymore but use a cover that is clipped on which I believe is the cause.

Before


After


Shot of us polishing




Preparing the top for Opti Fabric to protect the canvas top


Opti Coat Pro + about to be applied in 3 layers which is our thickest and shiniest coating


To the paint


Headlights


Taillights


Wheel faces


Doorjambs


Exhaust tips in and out




And the finished pics








Glad to finally be posting again! Hope everyone is doing well!

Thanks,
Wes
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