OCKlasse Detailed: SAAB 9³ Paint Restoration (49 Pics)

This was my project from Monday. The customer purchased the car used and was looking to have it brought back to "new" standards. It was apparent that this car had never been garaged, and was in fact severely neglected. Both the front and rear bumpers had severe oxidation, and the beginnings of clearcoat failure was rampant on the hood. This car required a lot of wetsanding including the entire hood to get out the oxidation! Hope you enjoy!  

I finished the car around 9 PM, so please excuse the lack of adequate afters. 

Total time: 14 hours

Wash:

Karcher pressure washer
Camspray foam cannon
Chemical Guys Citrus Wash Clear
Chemical Guys Grime Reaper
P21S wheel gel
Swissvax wheel and detail brushes
Boar's Hair Brush
Home Depot grout sponges
Uber waffle weave microfibers
Uber microfibers

Engine Detail:

Chemical Guys Citrus Wash Clear
Chemical Guys Grime Reaper
Boar's Hair Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Finish Kare #108
Finish Kare #425
Duragloss Aquawax

Exterior cleaning and correction:

Meguiar's claybar
Finish Kare #425
Meguiar's M105 compound
Menzerna PO203S
Menzerna PO106ff
Lake Country purple foamed wool
Detailers Domain blue finishing pad
Flex XC-3401 DA
Isopropyl alcohol between each pass
Danase Wet Glaze
Finish Kare #1000P
Finish Kare FX-100
Finish Kare #108
Meguiars mag and aluminum polish
Brinkmann light

Interior cleaning:

Chemical Guys Leather Cleaner
Autogeek leather brush
Chemical Guys Creme Conditioner
Finish Kare 425
Finish Kare FX-100 

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wow that trully is amazing!

what would the vsc member price be for something like this?

[QUOTE=ALEXTHESUS*PECT;264797]wow that trully is amazing!

what would the vsc member price be for something like this?[/QUOTE]

I typically charge by the hour. I'll give a little homie hookup to my VSC peeps though. PM me if you're serious.

DAMN! Looks good. But the original paint didn't look to be in dire conditions. Still very nice job!

[QUOTE=Damicci;264882]DAMN! Looks good. But the original paint didn't look to be in dire conditions. Still very nice job![/QUOTE]

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I know pictures are hard to go by, but if you closely on the hood, you can see heavy oxidation. A precursor to cleacoat failure. The hood alone took over two hours in wetsanding and buffing. Probably had to do over 5 or 6 passes to get it good. Wish you could have seen it in person...

Amazing work, god i wish there were people in South Florida with this much skill. Great job

[QUOTE=VipMiayayo;264930]Amazing work, god i wish there were people in South Florida with this much skill. Great job[/QUOTE]

There are excellent detailers in Florida, they just charge over double my hourly rate. :shrug:

photobucket sucks. reup?

haha... yeah... bandwidth exceeded. :sad:

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol I wanna see the pics

pics!

[QUOTE=Bippu PxrLex;265112]BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol I wanna see the pics[/QUOTE]


+1

LC purple pad...that car must've been rough!

Working on fixing the photobucket situation for everyone!

tinypic.com much better in my opinion.  Just trying to help.

all the pics are gone now but i SOOOO wish you were closer to me i would have like 5 cars for you to do. amazing work

Aight. Full day of school today, so tonight I will finally fix this...

They work again!