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The last few days we had a very special car to work on here at Swell Detail Store.

This beautiful Maserati Gran Turismo arrived at our unit on Monday morning and managed to fill up a big part of our work space! :D







In general terms the car was in good condition, but the swirls and RDS from the washes pretty much muted the finish that could be achieved on this car.
We started working on this car immediately in order to restore the finish to a level of shine that this car (and every black car) should have.

The first step was taking measurements of the paint thickness, which showed (more than) healthy readings all around the car.









The very next step was claying the surface using Bilt Hamber Medium clay:





The polishers got plugged in and we started polishing. We used a variety of pads and polishes on this car depending on the part and problem we had to deal with. For the cutting stage we used mainly Menzerna PO85RD3.02 and 203S, though we had to step up to Fast Gloss for some deeper RDS due to the ceramic clear coat on this car. To ensure we had a clean finish, especially after the Fast Gloss, we reached out for the Meguiar's MF system as an intermediate step after compounding. For that final shine and gloss boosting we used the Menzerna PO85U polish and a finishing pad on the rotary with low RPMs.















Here you can see some 50/50 shots during the polishing process:









The photobomber!





















And some before and after shots on panels around the car:

















































































After finishing with the polishing process it was time to take care of the peripherals and protect the finish.
The engine room was cleaned up using APC and after rinsing with water Meguiar's M40 was applied to give this finish.
The tires and trims were treated with Angelwax Elixir, which impressed us with the looks and dryness of the finish. The wheels were cleaned quickly on the faces so that they won't let down the finish, given that the owner is going to get them repainted very soon.
The exhaust pipes were cleaned using the Britemax Twins to give us these results:
The glass surfaces were cleaned and then sealed using Angelwax H2O Repel.

The painted surfaces on the car got cleaned up twice using IPA wipedowns to ensure that there were no left over imperfections on the car and to remove polishing oils that could harm the adhesion of the sealants and waxes.
The first part of the protection process included 2 layers of Zaino Z5 with ZFX giving 45-60 minutes between coats and Z6 wipedowns in between layers.

After the Zaino process the shine was amazing, but it was time to put the amazing WetGlaze 2.0 to the game. It came to prove that good can get even better! The wet look after this step was extraordinary and it is a product worthy of its name.

Of course we couldn't stop there. One more Z6 wipedown and it was time for a wax with a certain "weight"… Raceglaze Black Label! It spread on the surface like butter making the finish even more black and it was removed with extreme ease bringing up all the beauties of the polishing process and the combos we used. Gloss, wet look, depth, warmth and flake pop to the maximum…



Some finished pictures of the car inside the unit:





























And some out-in-the-sun shots :D :























If you made it this far thanks for reading!
Hope you enjoyed the write-up!
 
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