Orinda Auto Detail - LS460 and Black Fire SRC Finishing challenge!

**Orinda Auto Detail** · 02-14-2013, 04:59 PM

The goal on this is was to make it presentable for sale. Same customer I OC`d his new Tesla S. When he called and told me he wanted me to clean it up for sale I was expecting wash/clay/seal call it a day being a 25k mile car. When I saw it that changed. So I did what I could with a one step correction(could of used 3 easily). It`s not perfect by any means but this is a true showing of Black Fire SRC Finishing polish can do. After what turned into a 3 hours car wash and decon just to get it ready to polish I got to it with my rotary and a white CCS pad. Check it out.

When it got here

See how much grime is caked on that emblem. Probably hasn`t been washed in 6 months.

After washing an decon out in the sun. Doesn`t look to horrible right? Lets take a closer look...

Ruff shape, rids, swirls, etchings, all the fun stuff!

The test spot. SRC finishing with my dewalt, and a white pad. I was very skeptical about this combo getting any where near the results I was going for. This is my goto one step 80% of the time and I have a good ideal of the limits. So I was kinda shocked when I wiped the polish away and saw...

Amazing black fire goodness? I showed that 50/50 shot to customer this morning and it was a whiplash moment. He almost broke his neck doing a double take.

The rest of the car was in = bad shape. So I kept working this combo around the car total time polishing was 4 1/2 hours. Then sealed it up with BFWD and...

Not perfect but considering I was very pleased.

Thanks for looking
Joe Torbati
Orinda Auto Detail

**Audi X2** · 02-14-2013, 05:54 PM

Looks awesome!
You definitely achieved incredible results from one correction step

**mjlinane** · 02-14-2013, 07:07 PM

Excellent!! Looks great for 1-step.

**psnt1ol** · 02-14-2013, 07:34 PM

Nice Job as always...Joe.

This car brings back memories of my LS. This was before a Hippie in San Francisco with a 1954 converted UPS truck (hand painted flowers all over the truck) decided that his lane wasn`t big enough and he had to take mine as well.

**dd1101** · 02-14-2013, 09:50 PM

Wow that looks amazing for a one step Joe.

**Todd@RUPES** · 02-15-2013, 07:24 AM

Great job Joe! I used SRC Finishing Polish on this THREAD http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums/...blackfire.html . It does have some bite but finishes SO well!

**tropicsteve** · 02-15-2013, 08:45 AM

turned out very nice joe.

**Orinda Auto Detail** · 02-15-2013, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by Audi X2

Looks awesome!
You definitely achieved incredible results from one correction step

Thank you!

Originally Posted by mjlinane

Excellent!! Looks great for 1-step.

Thanks Mike!

Originally Posted by psnt1ol

Nice Job as always...Joe.

This car brings back memories of my LS. This was before a Hippie in San Francisco with a 1954 converted UPS truck (hand painted flowers all over the truck) decided that his lane wasn`t big enough and he had to take mine as well.

THanks you! You told me about this.... Stupid city drivers... I won`t drive my car there unless I have too. I bart it up lol

Originally Posted by dd1101

Wow that looks amazing for a one step Joe.

Thank you! See what you get to lok forward to when the weather clears up!

Originally Posted by Todd Helme

Great job Joe! I used SRC Finishing Polish on this THREAD http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums/...blackfire.html . It does have some bite but finishes SO well!

Thanks Todd. Yeah it`s pretty awesome, considering this is my goto one step most the time I really didn`t expect to get the results I did

. I`ve seen cars in similar condition that I didn`t even try this on because I figured no way. Live and learn!

Originally Posted by tropicsteve

turned out very nice joe.

Thanks Steve! I got a hammered black range rover for a full correction here! I don`t want you thinking I have a fever or anything with all these non black cars I`ve been doing.