Sunday, July 26, 2015

Ford Mustang Saleen - Wheel Polishing

I was tasked to restore this baby to life and so I did. I will post some before and after in separate posts to highlight certain detailing aspects. The wheels here were metal and were oxidized and scratched so I went at it with metal polish and the blue metal polish pad. Here are some shots of before, 50/50 and after. 

Before:


50/50:


After:


A before and after:


As always, post your questions and comments below. More to come. 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Detailed: 1989 Ford Mustang - Track Car

Couple of weeks ago I got called by the owner of the Saleen I detailed few months back and asked me to detail his track car, a 1989 Ford Mustang with a roll cage and all the bells and whistles to win on the Track. 


Car wasn't in a bad shape since it's only driven at the track and very little street time (car is street legal), but the interior needed cleaning and I removed few stains from the passenger's side. 




I then took care of the door sills. 


Also, both seats needed some love so I vacuumed and cleaned the vinyl sides. 


I then went ahead and vaccuumed and cleaned the trunk area and then went ahead and cleaned the side panels. 



After I was done with the interior and taking care of the minor defects here and there I moved on to paint correction. It was cold outside and the weather did not  cooperate. Low temperatures meant that I couldn't use the hose to wash the car so I went with a waterless wash using a combination of Detail Spray and Waterless Wash. 

After claying the car, I took my 3401 Flex and Adams Paint Correcting Polish and got to work. The video below is a 50/50 testing a 2x2 area for effectiveness. 



Now here are some shots of the car completely done. 









Questions and comments are welcome.