Porsche 996 Targa- Gleammachine.

[Gleammachine]

From hell and back in 2 days, 16 hrs on the machine stage and 22 hrs total.
This 03' Porsche 996 Targa was booked in over 2 days for a paint correctional detail & Nanolex sealant package.
(pic heavy)

From this to - this,







Started of in the usual way with the pre-wash stages, vehicle pre-rinsed followed by shuts and trim cleaned using a soft detail brush and Megs S-Degreaser,







Vehicle then foamed with BH Autofoam and left to dwell whilst attention was payed to the alloys and arches,











Vehicle completely rinsed, followed by a 2nd weaker application of foam to lubricate the surface, washed in the usual manner then dried using plush towels,



Tardis applied to lower areas,



Clayed using Megs mild clay and Last touch, vehicle re-rinsed using an open flow and dried,





Vehicle then driven into the studio and defects examined and paint depth readings taken,







Readings high & low (oh deep joy ) with some normal at 130 um,





Started with an average combination of Megs #83 on a polishing pad, I swore the panels were just laughing at me, upped the power to Megs #105 on a cutting pad and also Fast cut+ at times in certain areas, each panel probably received 3-4 hits, even the wool pad reared it's ugly head on one panel,



Some 50/50's and completed areas after cutting stage,













With the cutting stage complete the vehicle was pulled outside and rinsed down,



The plan was to have all the machine work done by end of day1 so the Nanolex premium sealant could be applied and allowed to cure overnight (12 hrs), this soon became apparent that it wouldn't be happening,
The refining stage was done using Menz 203s on a megs polishing pad and #83 to certain areas,



Panels after this stage,







Once round to the bonnet, the paint decided it would like to become sticky, nothing was taking and soon spewing out all over the refined panels, all the waterbased polishes that usually cope well with the issue were the same, decided that enough was enough for the night.
Alloys & calipers IPA'd and sealed using Nanolex premium to allow for full curing overnight, lights out.





Day 2.

Up at the crack of dawn, after a night of stressing about the sticky bonnet, tried a few more polish options then finally settled upon Lime prime,
Final stage was to finish up using 3M Ultrafina on a finishing pad, with all the machining complete an IPA wipedown was given,



This was followed by a Layer of Nanolex basic sealant to all paintwork,



Plastic trim & tyres dressed with Blackfire gel, arches and spoiler rear treated with Megs all seasons,



Rear light polished using a spot pad and 106fa,



Glass cleaned throughout and sealed using Carlack window sealant,
Exhausts polished using Britemax metal duo,
Interior given a quick tickle with the vac, plastics wiped down with apc, leather cleaned and fed using Z-9 & Z-10,
Rubber seals fed,
A final dust down with the Zym@l fluffy once the sealant had fully cured and finished.

Results.













































Thanks for looking and comments welcome and appreciated as always.

With one 996 complete, another arrives.

[beardboy]

Great work as always.

Looks very wet

[MatrixGuy]

Fantastic results mate!!!

Bet the owner was very happy indeed

[Gleamingkleen]

excellent job Rob

[ads2k]

Great job Rob, looks better than a new one

[Hampshire Vehicle Detailing]

excellent job Rob, you got there in the end and the results speak for themselves.

Paul

[Envy Valeting]

Looks absolutely stunning for your trouble Rob. A job well done

[Gaz W]

Superb Work Rob, all of your hard work has most definately paid off, one of my favourite colours to work on too

[MAXI-MILAN]

Top work gleam , Nanolex really bring nice refliction
how you found nanolex when sheeting water can you compare it with zyml and swissvax on same level (superfast sheeting water)

[Christian6984]

nice work a fantastic result