Trashed Bentley Flying Spur

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As the title states on this one this was one pretty trashed Bentley, for the most part I wasn't expecting anything this bad. The customer wanted it fixed and didn't really mind how long it took or how much. Again we couldn't believe how bad it was, until we saw it in the direct sunlight.

We did the normal prep work, wash, wheels, clay, etc. For the paint correction we enrolled Menzerna Power Gloss Compound with an Uber Yellow Pad, followed by Menzerna Super Intensive Polish with an Uber Green Pad, finally we finished with my favorite Menzerna PO85RD. As a last step we gave it a coat of Swissvax Divine. Enjoy!

Products Used:
Exterior:
Einszett Blitz in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Adam's Gray Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancerfor clay lube
Menzerna Power Gloss Compoune
Menzerna Super Intensive
Menzerna PO85RD
Menzerna Top Inspection
Swissvax Divine
Einszett Spray Wax

Wheels and Tires
Uber Wheel/Tire/Wheel Well Kit

Tools:
Infratech 5300
Fenix TK11
3M Sun Gun
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Flex 3403
Makita 9227 Hi Speed Rotary
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun

Let's start with some before shots in the direct sunlight at drop off.










Removing Plates


Pre soak with Einszett Blitz (bug and tar)




Before shot of the wheel



Ace Powerstick used to clean up the inner wheels




Washing off the Blitz


Washing the car



Clay


Tommy claying the Bentley


Wheels all cleaned up


Tommy rinsing up the car after the clay


After shot of the wash and clay, massive paint correction ahead of us


Dan on the Metabo with an Uber Green Pad and SIP


50/50 shots after the 3 steps!




Spot checking with the Fenix


Then checking the car again outside


Finishing out with Menzerna PO85RD


Tommy pulling off the masking off the windows and trim



Swissvax Divine


After shots



























Looks what's next

[roadrunner]

superb job - as always

Before and after is like night and day

[Daniel]

you are a magican !

[RXBG]

wow. wow. wow.

on another note- can't get over how it looks like a kia amanti--- or how much a kia amanti looks like a bentley.

[Ruergard]

Can't believe it's the same car... Amazing!

[rks838]

Dumb question, but...what exactly produces these micro-scratches and the otherwise imperfect paint?

[crespo]

Dumb question, but...what exactly produces these micro-scratches and the otherwise imperfect paint?

In a word: dirt.

Using anything dirty on the car, be it: a wash pad, a towel, a glove.. also any scratchy fabric, like an old, poor quality towel - basically, anything that is used/wiped on the car for whatever reason that isn't clean. Swirls, for example, are caused by repeated circular motions on the car's paint surface with any of the aforementioned... those big curtains you drive through at the quick car wash places - avoid at any cost. Even wiping your finger on a car (to write something on a dirty surface, for example), will scratch.

The imperfections you see are basically cuts into the top layers of clear coat. What Phil's (or any good) paint correction does (specifically the polishers) is grind down enough layers of coat to remove the scratches. You don't want it to happen too often since you'll eventually run out of clear coat (and your paint's protection), but it's fine to do at least a couple of times (Phil measures the depth of the paint to make sure it's safe, there's a tool for that). When the coat's surface is perfectly flat, cleaned and waxed, as the above Bentley's is after the process, you get that sort of reflection (read: beautiful).

Pretty sure Phil can fill in on whatever I left out. I've bought quite a few products from them, great guys.

[crespo]

BTW Phil, can't wait to see the M5

[rks838]

Exactly what I needed to know - thank you!

[itisme]

how long will this look last?

[kju]

what did the washing of this bentley cost? and do you also clean up the interiour ??
perfect job ! respect

[DetailersDomain]

what did the washing of this bentley cost? and do you also clean up the interiour ??
perfect job ! respect

the interior was not done on this car per customer, the ext only was $1000 usd.