Detailwerkz - The Spa for my Car (Updated Post #1)

[Founder]

I am trying a new detailer in my area and decided to write a review for you guys as we go along..

As you know, my car decided to eat a stop sign with the door back in November.

Caliber Collision in Lewisville had the car in and out of the shop several times, and there is compound and swirl marks all over her.

They have worked with me to get the car cleaned up RIGHT......So off to Brian at Detailwerkz it goes.

Brian has been in the business for 14 years, he is mobile, but he is taking her to his house to make sure it gets the treatment that it deserves.

I have invited him to come to our events and promote himself

AND

He owns a Magnum, so he has to be a good guy right

I will post up before (yesterday) and after (Friday) pictures in this thread


Rob

[Founder]

BEFORE

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/300CSRT8/HOOTERS%205-4-08/HOOTERSCARSHOW5-4-08067.jpg



AFTER

REAL PICTURE

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/300CSRT8/Messing%20Around%205-11-08/MessingAround5-11-08057Large.jpg

REFLECTION IN MY PAINT

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/300CSRT8/Messing%20Around%205-11-08/MessingAround5-11-08054Large.jpg

REFLECTION PICTURE

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/300CSRT8/Messing%20Around%205-11-08/MessingAround5-11-08059Large.jpg

SAME AS ABOVE WITH FLASH

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/300CSRT8/Messing%20Around%205-11-08/MessingAround5-11-08060Large.jpg

AGAIN

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/300CSRT8/Messing%20Around%205-11-08/MessingAround5-11-08051Large.jpg

METAL FLAKE

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/300CSRT8/Messing%20Around%205-11-08/MessingAround5-11-08052Large.jpg



RANDOM SHOTS

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/300CSRT8/Messing%20Around%205-11-08/MessingAround5-11-08038Large.jpg

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[beandip77]

Hell yeah, keep me informed.

[Redfox0099]

Cost?

Website?

[Founder]

Cost?

Website?


Not sure of the cost yet

www.detailwerkz.com (http://www.detailwerkz.com)

[BrianHare]

As 300CSRT8 has stated, he dropped off the vehicle to me this afternoon. I was able to get the car washed/stripped/clayed and dried just before the sun set this afternoon.

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I really had no idea what I was up against until I got out the 3M Sun Gun. As you can see there is quite a lot of paint damage to this vehicle. It does however look like its only superficial and this means that its just in the top layer of clear and not deeper. This should correct easily and not take to many hours of labor. However I will not know this until I can work on a panel and see just what is going on with the damage.

This damage is caused by a few things. Mainly improper use of an orbiter, wrong pad on the orbiter and bad towels to take off the compound and I assume when the paint shop washed the vehicle.

I am going to start on a panel using some of the Gloss-It Evolution Cut Paint Correction Polish. This is my mild aggressive polish and will remove car wash swirls, towel marks and medium to heavy swirls caused from hi-speed buffing.

I will use the Gloss-It Cyclo Double Sided Yellow/Green 4 inch polishing pads. I will start with the yellow side. This side is for removing heavier damaged paints and swirls. I will use my Cyclo polisher for this Paint Correction job.

Once I have had the time to work on a panel to see how the paint is going to react to the compound I will post more photos and explane what I am doing, in hopes to help others that might have similar problems.

[CamoCharger]

Wow, I may have to contact you guys in the near future. cant wait to see the finished product.

[EZCORPION]

camo i think we are in trouble with our decals.... :(

[CamoCharger]

camo i think we are in trouble with our decals.... :(

I thought about that after I posted, lol

[BrianHare]

Ok, I have decided to do my test panel on the driver door as it seems to be one of the worst.

First thing I do is measure how thick the paint is in the areas that I will be doing the paint correction. This is very important to me as it lets me know exactly how much paint I have to play with before I burn into the paint. I measure in three areas. First I measured on the right side. This read 7.4 mills of paint.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/10.jpg

Next I measured in the middle of the door. This read 8.6 mills of paint.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/12.jpg

And finally I measured on the left side of the door and it read 7.6 mills of paint.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/13.jpg

What does all this mean?

This tells me that either the body shop has taken a few mills of paint off during their compounding process or it tells me that they did not do a nice even job of painting the door. This does help me know that I have less paint to play with on the sides of the door.

more to come....

[BrianHare]

I started the paint correction process using my Cyclo polisher and Gloss-It paint correction polish.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/22.jpg

I work on a 12x12 area at a time.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/21.jpg

What you see here is the compound prior to removal.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/20.jpg

Here you see what the paint looks like once the compound has been removed and prior to the 30/70 alcohol cleaning.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/19.jpg

This shot is the right side of the door where the correction has not taken place. You can see the difference already.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/18.jpg

After I clean the area with the 30/70 solution of alcohol/water you can see what you should see...crystal clean paint!

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/17.jpg

The 30/70 solution is used to make sure I am not filling in the damage, but removing the damage. This also makes sure all compound residue is removed and any oils are removed prior to working on the next area.

Here is a shot of the area I just worked on using the flash of my camera.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/16.jpg

Here is a shot of the same door, but the right side. This side has not been corrected.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/15.jpg

Here is a shot of the door, right in the middle. You can see the way the flash reacts on the right side compared to the side I just corrected on the left.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/14.jpg

I now have a better idea of about how long this paint correction should take me. I will take more photos as I continue to work on the vehicle tomorrow.

more to come...

[Founder]

Looking good Brian

[beandip77]

Holy paint marks Batman!!! That looks great. I see the holes in my pockets beginning to get bigger :(

[Founder]

Brian,

How is my baby? - LOL

[BrianHare]

The paint correction is going great. I got the driver side completed yesterday and started working on the hood last night.

I had to switch to a more aggressive compound to work out the medium scratches I saw in the paint. I moved to the Gloss-It Extreme Cut this is my most aggressive polish and will remove 2000 grit sandpaper scratches, car wash swirls,towel marks and medium to heavy swirls caused from hi-speed buffing.

I continued to use the Gloss-It yellow cut foam pad and the Cyclo polisher for the paint correction.


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This was your rocker behind the front wheel (driver side). As you can see massive over spray on this panel!

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/34.jpg

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After a little color-sanding and buffing it looks like it should!

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/32.jpg

Here is where I start working on the hood. The hood was worse than I expected. 300CSRT8 told me that it had not been painted but I can tell they attempted to buff it as well. It had TONS of swirls and quite a lot of fine to medium scratches.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/31.jpg

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Again I had to use the Gloss-It Extreme Cut paint correction polish with the yellow cycle 4 inch pad.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/28.jpg

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The out come is nothing but mind blowing!

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/25.jpg

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more to come...

[Founder]

It looks okay I guess..............



















Just kidding, It looks SICK, Can't wait to see it LIVE !!!

nice work Brian

[beandip77]

Umm, can you say damn? That looks amazing!

[SeadooSandi]

Holy crap!! That is just amazing.

[Founder]

I can't stop looking at the pictures, For some reason this is my favorite so far, looking down on the fender and the rim and what is to come of the hood...Brian I am impressed just by the pictures


http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/27.jpg

[CamoCharger]

That looks amazing Brian. definately a labor of Love from the looks of it.

[rencho75]

I can't stop looking at the pictures, For some reason this is my favorite so far, looking down on the fender and the rim and what is to come of the hood...Brian I am impressed just by the pictures


http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/27.jpg

Hey 300CSRT8, will Brian be done with your car before Saturday. Brian is doing great job and it is something I really need to see in person.

[Founder]

Hey 300CSRT8, will Brian be done with your before Saturday. Brian is doing great job and it is something I really need to see your in person.


Yes, It will be done today or tomorrow, I will have it for the TMP Event

[zmz300]

Awesome work....Looks amazing...




-ZEUS

[Founder]

Just got my car, It looks great, Wont spoil it with pictures, Ill see y'all tomorrow

[EZCORPION]

Price!!!!!!!!

[toxico]

Brian,

Please PM me with some ballpark/menu rates if you have them; after my car's fixed from the accident and I have some touch-up work done, I will have to seriously consider shooting it your way.

[Founder]

He has a full menu of pricing on his website @

www.detailwerkz.com (http://www.detailwerkz.com)

He left to go out of town after I picked up today

[Founder]

POST #1 Update with After Shots Boys and Girls.


I would 100% let Brian work on my car again (as long as he promises not to use the tire shine stuff)

[EZCORPION]

he did a great job.

[Founder]

he did a great job.



4 Sure

[EZCORPION]

4 Sure

Wheres the rest of the pics for the motorplex and the video??? get to work mr.

[Founder]

Wheres the rest of the pics for the motorplex and the video??? get to work mr.

That is all the pictures that I have, and I won't be posting any videos from my camera (minor tech diff.)

BUT

HERB should have some great pictures and Ken had a Video camera too?

[EZCORPION]

That is all the pictures that I have, and I won't be posting any videos from my camera (minor tech diff.)

BUT

HERB should have some great pictures and Ken had a Video camera too?

:bur2: Dammit Rob your tha one who videotaped me with my scanners on the road... Oh well next caravan i will have more lights... :D

[Founder]

:bur2: Dammit Rob your tha one who videotaped me with my scanners on the road... Oh well next caravan i will have more lights... :D


That video did not work, BUT there was another that I might be able to do for you that has your Night Rider lights

[BrianHare]

Thanks! Had a great subject to work with! I will post more during photos and some final photos soon!

[BrianHare]

POST #1 Update with After Shots Boys and Girls.


I would 100% let Brian work on my car again (as long as he promises not to use the tire shine stuff)

Hah Hah... I put that tire gel on super thick for the final photos. In all the Friday confusion I forgot to buff it off before you left. Sorry about that! How did you like the Gloss Spray I let you take?

[Founder]

Hah Hah... I put that tire gel on super thick for the final photos. In all the Friday confusion I forgot to buff it off before you left. Sorry about that! How did you like the Gloss Spray I let you take?


Shoot, you didn't let me take it foo, I stole that chit an ran down your alley...LOL

I like it, still not sure if I like it better then Zaino

I know I hate scrubbing Tire Shine crap off my paint - LOL

[BrianHare]

Soooooo.... back to it. I know the car is gone from my care but here is the rest of the photos that I took and more info of the process.

So after I flipped the vehicle around to start working on the passenger section, I noticed it was really just as bad as the driver side was. Here are some before photos of what the doors and fenders looked like.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/49.jpg

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Again all I used was the Gloss-It Extreme Cut Polish and the Gloss-It Yellow 4 inch foam pad and my Cyclo Polisher.

Here are the after results...

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/60.jpg

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Once I had the car completely paint corrected it was time to pull her out in the sun and see just how the paint really looks. Me and my guys washed the car 2 times to make sure I had all the compound dust off the car and out of the groves etc. Once it was washed we did our 3 stage drying process where we use water blades, micro-fiber waffle weave drying towels and then finish up with a 2 blower parade.

Once the car was dried I started applying the Gloss-It Gloss Finish Polish to the vehicle. This product is so easy to use, simply open up the bottle, apply to your foam pad and apply. I used my Porter Cable 7424 and Lake Country red 6 inch foam pad to apply the polish.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/75.jpg

Here are some photos of the Gloss-It Gloss Finish Polish on the car curring. Curing time is around 15 mins!

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/70.jpg

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more to come....

[BrianHare]

Once the polish was cured we started to wipe off the polish using our Grit Guard Super Soft no-scratch microfiber polish removal towel..whew..thats a mouth full! The Gloss-It polish comes off as easy as it is to apply it! Simply just wipe with no pressure and it just buffs off leaving an incredible shine!!

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/64.jpg

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When we had all the polish off the vehicle it was time to spend some attention to the inside and motor. First we PH-Cleaned the interior with a cleaner to rid any oils, dirt, ect on the leathers, plastics and vinyls. Once the interior was fully wiped down an application of the Gloss-It Satin Leather Polish was applied to the leather seats and the Gloss-It TRV was applied to the vinyls and plastics.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/74.jpg

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We had to make sure that all previous compound from the paint shop was removed. To do this we used some special brushes designed to remove dried past wax and compound in hard to reach places.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/62.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/63.jpg

Once the residue was removed and the inside was cleaned, protected and vacuumed we had a car ready to win any show!

Here are the final shots of the vehicle once all the paint correction, polishing, and detailing were completed. Enjoy...

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/searchnrescue680/PaintCorrection/300CSRT8/99.jpg

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It was a pleasure getting to work on such a fine vehicle and the outcome was way more than I was expecting.

Total time on paint correction was 18 hours
Total time on detail was 3 hours with 3 men

Products used in Paint Correction

Gloss-It Evolution Extreme Cut Paint Correction Polish (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=443&subcat=&prod=7783&#bottomAnchor)
Gloss-It Evolution Cut Paint Correction Polish (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=443&subcat=&prod=7847&#bottomAnchor)
Gloss-It Cyclo Polisher (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=209&subcat=557&prod=7691&#bottomAnchor)
Gloss-It Cyclo Double Sided Yellow/Green 4 inch polishing pads (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=209&subcat=557&prod=7803&#bottomAnchor)

Products used in Detail Process

Porter Cable 7424 Polisher (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=209&subcat=559&prod=7817&#bottomAnchor)
Gloss-It Gloss Finish (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=206&subcat=&prod=7811&#bottomAnchor)
Gloss-It Satin Leather Cleaner (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=205&subcat=&prod=7791&#bottomAnchor)
Gloss-It Satin Leather Polish (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=205&subcat=&prod=7793&#bottomAnchor)
Gloss-It T.R.V. Protectant (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=205&subcat=&prod=7797&#bottomAnchor)
Gloss-It Gloss Enhancer (http://www.gloss-it.net/store.php?cat=203&subcat=&prod=7761&#bottomAnchor)