Before and After

As you can see above, swirl marks greatly reduce the appearance of your finish as well well as diminish the gloss. These results are from POLISHING the paint with a machine. This process takes time and patience. This service is not included on a basic detail and is priced based on size of vehicle, severity of the defect, and estimated time. After the paint is repaired a good coat of wax or sealant is applied for protection.

After Swirl Removal

Yes this is my vehicle. My beloved Jeep. It’s been very good to me and I haven’t been as good to it as I should. I put sweat and love into everyone else’s cars but not mine. (Hey you don’t get paid to polish your own ride!)

This vehicle is 5 years old and the hood has been through a lot. Beach sand, off roading through woods, Florida sun with no protection. It has a few spots of clear coat cracking and I plan on sanding it down and having the hood resprayed. There’s also some gouges in the finish that has been coated with touch up paint that are still visible.

I used a high speed buffer and a Dual Action Polisher along with foam and wool pads and different cuts of Menzerna Polish. The color is now rich and deep and swirl free. I might reconsider that repsraying for a while!

I topped the hood with 3M Marine wax. This stuff is TOUGH! It has to be to withstand salt water. I noticed while waxing a boat with it how shiny it was and how the water beaded on my HANDS after getting some on them! Among other things. Its a new theory I’m testing out, (using boat wax on vehicles.) I’ll keep you posted on how it works and how long it lasts compared to other waxes I’ve used.

Here’s a Porsche I take care of regularly. It was pretty dirty! But being that it is well taken care of and garage kept, clean up is fairly easy and only a basic detail is needed most of the time.

The wheels and calipers were extra dirty so a Deluxe Wheel Clean was performed on each wheel. I recommend this service on all sports cars or vehicles with premium or after market rims for a few reasons; first, you can not properly clean the caliper without removing the wheel in most cases. They don’t paint it a bright color and tag it with “Porsche” (or whatever else) just so it can sit filthy in plain view. Another reason is that the wheel fills out 99% of the wheel well. Removing the wheel gives you a chance to properly clean the wheel well and inspect the wear of the tire.

Lastly, as you can see below, you cant not clean the entire wheel with it on the car. Most of these types of cars have an extremely wide wheel, and cleaning only half of it looks pretty bad.

These are all AFTER pictures. Notice the rims and the bright calipers.

Heres a recent detail. This is a client of mine that is extremely rough on her vehicle. Animals are transported almost daily in this vehicle and it gets pretty dirty inside and out. Unfortunately most of the outside “before” shots do not show just how dirty it was except the wheel shots. Interior shots will have to be re-shot next time.

Before: Notice the bad trim, the dirty wheels…

After:

Heres a few shots of an engine I detailed. It wasnt nessisarily that dirty, but definately benefited from a good cleaning.

Amazing Roll off and a scrub brush was used to to clean the grime, rinsed with a high pressure low volume sprayer, dried with a towel and an air compressor, and dressed with Meguiars Hyper dressing. Leaves a nice sheen without the greasy feel.

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Engine After: