2012 Mustang 5.0 2 Step Correction & Opti-Coat by Mr. Sparkle Detailing - Long Island

[Gurge]

Recently sunk quite a bit of time into a 2012 Mustang. Black of course. Close to 18 hours total. A new record in the Mr. Sparkle garage.

I was contacted by a client looking for Opti-Coat who mentioned he had some swirls that would need polishing prior to application. We booked it for a 2 step correction and I put aside 2 days on the schedule.

Upon arrival the car was pretty dirty, and I couldn`t get a good look at it. Start off with a 2 bucket wash => CarPro TRIX => Clay Magic blue

No photos but I did a quick interior cleanup to start off - vacuum, megs QID, sprayway glass cleaner

Pulled it into the wash mat and hit it with the foam cannon. Mix of CG citrus wash gloss, OPC, and dawn. Trying to strip off the clients prior coats of ZAIO and NXT



Got it dry and took some paint measurements. No photos but everything was roughly 90-110 microns.

That evening I applied CarPro FlyBy30 to the exterior glass and left it for the morning

Arrived the next day and spent a fair amount of time taping off the exterior trim






Turned the fluro lights off and got a good look at things under the LEDs. Paint wasnt terrible but it was swirly. Also some water spots and deeper RIDS.









A rear spoiler was recently installed and there was some marring around the edge. This is after an IPA wipedown. Those smudges are in the clear.



Did some test spots and ruled out a few things. Eventually I settled on

Rupes 21 + Megs MF + D300 / M101 mixture

That left the paint a little messy, but got about 90-95% correction. Here and there on deeper scratches I went at it with rotary / purple foamed wool / m100 prior to the d300 step noted above.

To finish things up I used LC white pads with Menz Power Finish









Going at it with the Rupes



The trunk lid again. Did the best I could getting up against the edge of the spoiler



One of those deeper scratches that required rotary & wool





After a long day in the garage polishing, I again washed the car to get off all the dust and polishing oils. Dried it and left it for the morning to apply Opti-Coat

Next morning I went over the car with a leaf blower, then did a thorough IPA wipedown. Finally it was time for Opti-Coat (Opti-Guard)



Please no photos. Utmost concentration is required



Coated all the paint, wheels and exterior trim. Dressed the tires with PB bold n bright.

Photos inside





Reflections in the black paint






Pulled it outside to inspect the coating and get some more photos






Sun shots FTW








Swirls? Aint nobody got time for that!

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[mrclean81]

That looks great. Nicely done

[Custom Care]

R
Swirls? Aint nobody got time for that!

LOL, EPIC quote!!! Great turn around on the Mustang.

[Bunky]

The Mustang looks great !

[mjlinane]

Awesome work!

[dfbjr1]

Very nice. Awesome!

[Gurge]

LOL, EPIC quote!!! Great turn around on the Mustang.

thanks! who doesnt enjoy an unexpected `sweet brown` reference

[GearHead_1]

Very nice write up. The finish is beautiful.

[Todd@RUPES]

Excellent! Super great job!!