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Invisible Touch Detailing - Lexus LS460

Postby InvisibleTouchDetailing » Mon May 10, 2010 8:08 am

Good morning,

This LS 460 with a very unique colour was booked in over the w'end for a stage 1 paint correction. The owner had only just started ownership of this car and wanted a good base to maintain the car going forward. These were the pics upon delivery..


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The vehicle arrived promptly at 7pm Friday evening. I started with hoovering the interior and boot, then treated the dash and all interior trim to some Poorboys

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Up early the next day, the wheels were cleaned using Bilberry and aggitated with brushes. The vehicle then had a pre-wash snow foam and rinsed off after 5 mins

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The vehicle was then washed by hand with Meguiars Shampoo Plus and the 2 bucket method. Clayed with Gloss It mild clay, washed again and brought inside to be dried. Lower parts of the vehicle showed heavier signs of contamination

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It was extremely hard to show paint defects due to the colour, it was a metallic pearl that flipped to a blue/purple finish in the light. Hopefully you will get the idea

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I used the Makita rotary and as the car was booked for a stage 1, therefore the plan was not to remove all defects but as many as possible whilst still retaining some good gloss and clarity in the paint, i went for Menzerna 106FA on a 3M polishign pad.

The bonnet was taped up

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This process was continued around the vehicle

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Door complete

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Moving round to the drivers side

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Reflection shots

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Moving onto the front wings, due to their shpae i switched to a Sonus polishing spot pad

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The vehicle was taken outside and dusted down

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2 application of Endurance tyre gel and 1 application of wheel selant were then applied

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The start of a new day, the vehicle was dusted down using last touch

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Dodo Juice lime prime lite was then applied per panel and buffed off

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The leather interior was then treated to Gliptone conditioner

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Finally 1 application of Victoria Concourse wax was applied and buffed off. Its a real shame the sun wasnt out yesterday to get the full effect of this paintwork, but sadly not. These were the final pictures

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And finally, my service book to go witht he owners new documents

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Thanks for reading, Christian :)
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Postby Chris B » Mon May 10, 2010 8:35 am

Ver very nice,top job Christian
Heaven can wait....I'm playing with my scooby.
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Postby CAVEMAN » Mon May 10, 2010 1:12 pm

still amazed that you go to these lengths in cleaning it, but don't jack it up and whip the wheels off to get inside the arches properly and clean the inside of wheela and calipers...

or is that just me??
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Postby InvisibleTouchDetailing » Mon May 10, 2010 3:22 pm

I will do whatever is requested/payed for by the customer. I can assure you i am more than capable, as per the stag detail as just 1 recent example :)
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Postby CAVEMAN » Mon May 10, 2010 4:25 pm

not questioning your work mate...I can see your flippin capable alright....bloody awesome stuff.

I guess its more the engineer in me...after all the hard work making it shine like that...I would want to see the underside and mechanical bits looked after too.

I always remove my wheels, spanner check the suspension, lube up every bolt and clean off any crap under there.

guess its different when its not your car.
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