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Orchard Autocare. Porsche 911 (993) Turbo Win a bottle of Perfection.

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Hello and welcome to the first of our 2014 write ups. Please feel free to post a comment as we will be picking someone to give a free bottle of our Perfection Spray Sealant.

I just had to do a wee photo gallery for such an awesome car and an awesome colour that literally exploded in the sunlight!! ENJOY!!!!!!

The car in question is a stunning 1998 Porsche 911 (993) Turbo finished in Ocean Blue. This car was originally sold to Thailand we found out when doing some background research so it's come a long way to be detailed by OCD-ni!! The car has been repainted before the present owner bought it and was booked in for an enhancement detail, wheel refurbishment and some leather repairs, on common wear spots on these cars. Once corrected the front end was to be covered with PPF to protect it from stone chips. On arrival a nasty chip on the wing mirror had been picked up the day before delivery, so this was removed and sent away to be repainted. On arrival, the first thing was to address the leather repairs which as always are carried out by our leather specialist Dynamix who is one of the foremost leather specialists in the UK. Once this was completed, the car was fully washed and decontaminated before being brought in to have the wheels removed. Products used:
• Orchard Autocare Cotton Candy Snow Foam.
• Orchard Autocare Tar Cleanse.
• Orchard Autocare Iron Cleanse.
• Orchard Autocare Bramley Bubble Bath Shampoo. (2 bucket method wash).
• Zaino Clay.
• Orchard Wheel Cleanse.














Once inside the wheels were removed fully cleaned and weights were fully removed before being sent for powder coat by Canavan's Autocentre.

In general the paint was in good condition with just some general swirl marks a few buffer trails and the odd random mark. The focus was to achieve as flawless a finish prior to the PPF being applied by Andrew from Smart Skin. The correction was a 2 stage process using Meguiars Microfibre correction system by DA then literally we refined the life out of it by rotary with Meguiars 205 and a finishing compound I made myself. In total about 20 hours correction time and then a following 20 + hours simply refining and finishing getting a near glass like finish. Once that was completed it was given the once over with Orchard Autocare Luminos to remove all polishing oils, fillers etc ensuring a perfect finish.














The PPF was installed over a morning and once left to cure the entire car was coated in 4 coats of Speed Seal then Perfection. All plastics were dressed with Glitz. The Wheel arches were cleaned but as per the owners wishes were left as they were to retain the originality of a car that is used. Calipers were cleaned with a cotton bud and treated with 4 coats of Speed Seal.

The Engine bay again as per owners request to keep the car looking like it is not totally new the engine bay was wiped down and surfaced dressed with perfection leaving a natural "original" finish. Again not all grease was removed to keep originality.

Once the wheels returned the tyres were dressed with Orchard Autocare Glitz and the wheels were treated front and back with 4 coats of Speed Seal to give plenty of protection.

The interior was fully cleaned plastics were cleaned and protected with Orchard Autocare Interior Wizard and leather treated with Dynamix own products.

Now for the afters. And many thanks for reading…

Rollo.






























 
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Cheers Trip, I have to admit I prefer this type of detailing not renewing a car but sympathetically restoring it old and new patina and refinished took longer to do but it is how I'm going back to doing my detailing I want to get back to doing it for the love of it detailing great cars taking time to do write ups perfecting my very limited photography skills and generally having a ball...
 
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Many thanks. I have to admit I just loved doing this and probably spent far too long on it, this one cost me money but it was worth it...
 
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Many thanks!!

I bought some of your Perfection detailer / sealant spray from you a couple of weeks ago. I must say it's fantastic stuff, I have layered my car up with a quick coat of it nearly every day for the last week or so and it looks very good. Only about an 1" out of the bottle, a little goes a long way. I also bought the white microfiber cloths you recommended.
its some stuff will get you hooked up with some more. Told you those cloths were the business!!

Fantastic as always
Many thanks.

Great results as expected...great depth and clarity and as you have said it fairly comes "alive" in the sun :)
cheers I have to admit the difference under the halides then when we brought her out in the sun was amazing

unreal work lad.

What do you think of the Megs Microfiber system?
Cheers Chris.Megs is good stuff highly recommend it

Awesome car and work! Well done Rollo!
Many thanks.

The extra time you put in is always worth it if the results are as good as this.
Many thanks Dennis. Agreed you get out what you put in as they say.

Amazing! Straight out of a glossy magazine Perfection Personified!
Many thanks,

Great work guys
The shine you have achieved is nothing short of perfection!
Very well done
Cheers Robbo

Awesome great car and a personal favourite of mine

Keep up the amazing work
Will do many thanks

Awesome mate! You clearly know your onions.
Many thanks been doing it since 1996 but still am learning. many thanks.

Nice job , love that blue in the sun .
Cheers Karl.

I'm impressed with the leather repair, could have done with you guys when I had my MK2 TT with light grey leather seats, exactly the same problem as you have had there.
Many thanks. We have a very good leather guy who so far has blown me away with what he can do.

Pure car porn!! :thumb:
that it is..

There's something about this shot that's just perfect.
Great work again m8y !!!:thumb:

Cheers
David
Cheers David, it is a good shot.

Looks amaz balls pal!
cheers Rickie

Great work Ronnie reminds of a 993 Turbo I polished back in 2010 http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=194723 same car , same colour ! Great work buddy ! Love these cars :D

Mario:)
that looks amazing Mario. Many thanks

Awesome work on a truly beautiful car. Glosstastic, well done.
many thanks Shaun

I was going to open with, what sun.

But there are a couple of pics with some sun...:lol:

Nicely Done...:thumb:

Nice to see a performance car loved but still used.
Cheers James you parcel went out this evening!!

Cracking job on my favourite colour. What a stunner. Also top job on the seat.
Many thanks.

Stunning!
Cheers:thumb:
 
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I bought some of your Perfection detailer / sealant spray from you a couple of weeks ago. I must say it's fantastic stuff, I have layered my car up with a quick coat of it nearly every day for the last week or so and it looks very good. Only about an 1" out of the bottle, a little goes a long way. I also bought the white microfiber cloths you recommended.
 
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