Mission Albury: Two Holden Commodore VF SSV Paint Corrections + Quartz Glass Coat Paint Protection (TAC System Sparkle Quartz 75% SiO2)

Holden Commodore SSV Phantom Black 
Stage 2 Paint Correction + Quartz Glass Coat 75% SiO2 Paint Protection

Two cars up in Albury, NSW. 2 VFs in two days.

Before starting any work 

Car was prepped with Ultra Foam with Snow Foam Lance, together with Karcher High pressure washer to activate the snow foam from the lance. 

Snow Foam is a good way to loosen up dirt and grime, also it saves time to clean the car thoroughly, after that a two-bucket system wash with grit guard was used to wash the car. 

We can't stress enough how important it is to wash and decontaminate your car properly before any correction work. 

TAC System Iron Zero is then used to clean the wheels, also it removes any iron (ferrus) that is on the wheel. Whenever Iron Zero is in contact with iron, it turns purple. We have used many different kinds of wheel cleaners. So far, iron zero impresses us. Also, it is available from our web store! www.grandsportdetailing.com.au/shop

We then dried the car with TAC System's microfibre weave drying towel. Dry in minutes without leave any water spots, streaks or marks. Impressive. I would recommend everyone to use it. (Available from our web store) We do not recommended using chamois "shammy" because that's one of the main reasons it causes swirls on your paintwork. Yes chamois absorbs water but what most people dont understand is it's flat, unlike microfibres has fibres in it. Chamois grabs onto your paint and also if there's any dirt in the chamois, its going to rub it into your paintwork, its like taking some dirt on your hand and rub it on your paintwork. I'm sure you guys won't like it yeah? :) 

We then used a medium grade clay bar to decontaminate the paintwork and remove any bonded contaminants. 

Sure it does looks good and clean when it's out without the sun. You can see some defects though. Let's see what happens when you put it under a bright work light. 

Swirl marks, minor scratches and just looking dull in general. It's not taken care of properly during its lifetime and it's only 1 year old. Our mission here is to make it looks like a brand new car again, but better. We are aiming for showroom quality

It's a good time to test out a new compound from TAC System, called "Refinish Ultra" 
​We used it with HD Yellow pad on a Rupes, and finish off with HD Polish on Yellow Rupes pad. Results are unreal! We then apply the process to the entire car

After the corrections, its filled with polishing dust from our polishers. Refinish Ultra is really good, the only bad points are hazing and dust, I'm sure the final version would be a lot better! 

Mirrors before and after. Looks like it has just been resprayed!

High pressure rinse after to rinse away the polishing dust, and dried with microfibre weave drying towel to prevent any swirls from all the correction work

The most exciting part of paint correction: LSP (last step products) 
Paintwork require some sort of protection no matter what to prevent further deterioration. 
Clients can chose their LSP depends on their budget, we got 
- Wax 
- Sealant 
- Premium Wax 
- Quartz Glass Coatings 

For this particular car, he client chose our premier paint protection: 
TAC System Sparkle Quartz 75% SiO2 ​

Bonding with the paintwork

Finished results, looking absolutely phenomenal!

2015 Holden Commodore VF SSV Redline 
Stage 2 Paint Correction + Quartz Glass Coat 

We did the black and we gave the green VF the same treatment on too! 

Together, it made us did 3 consecutive VF SSVs in the week 

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Merry Christmas!