{"id":5538,"date":"2011-07-27T08:29:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T12:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2016-10-24T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T14:33:13","slug":"reflections-detailing-of-utah-2011-lambo-performante-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/reflections-detailing-of-utah-2011-lambo-performante-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections Detailing of Utah 2011 Lambo Performante 1:3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well ladies and gentlemen I was lucky enough to get the honor at a new Lambo a 2011 Performante (LP 570-4) Spyder. \u00a0This is only 1 of 3 white ones in the USA and while I’m not a white color fan, this really got to me after the many hours I worked on her. \u00a0In my opinion the Lambos are really hitting their stride right now, amazing engine sounds, great drivers, and styling looks are really giving the long held Ferrari’s a run for the money.<\/p>\n

This car from a distance is a stunner, even up close you have to have a discerning eye for the details that needed to be addressed. \u00a0My client is such an owner, while 95% of the public would just goo and aaawww over it, he could see its full potential was yet to come. \u00a0When white cars are perfected they are become really glossy and blinding in full sun……..pure brilliance. \u00a0I have tried to capture the paint defects, white is a difficult color to video or photograph the defects. \u00a0You will be looking for haze, sanding marks, a few pigtails and just general not up to standard for such a super-car.<\/p>\n

The paint on these newer lambos is rock hard, they don’t release defects very easily…….so you will see purple foam wool<\/a> used to correct the finish. \u00a0For the compounding stages I used Megs 300 <\/a>and 105<\/a>, together…..yes I was mixing to get what I wanted out of both polishes. \u00a0I like the 300<\/a> because of the next to no dusting, yet the cut of 105<\/a> is a bit more, so when I mix the ratio of the two that worked the best in my test areas I was ready to go! \u00a0What is amazing is that you can almost call it a day and throw on some LSP and be done after this combo, however if you just refine the finish with a burnishing polish such as 106fa<\/a>, menzerna 203 <\/a>or megs\u00a0205<\/a> you can amp up the gloss. \u00a0While many of these polishes are not true burnishing polishes on this rock hard paint they act like it. \u00a0The owner and I talked over what LSP to use, and the advantages of each choice, we settled on\u00a0Blackfire wet diamond<\/a>, now many know its a great LSP for black and dark colors but lately, glossed out white cars really love this stuff.<\/p>\n

The real challenge with this car were the engine vents, super small, easy to burn edges, and this are had most of the major damage. \u00a0I guess mario at the Lambo factory knew this area would be a pain and just left it for Reflections Detailing of Utah<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to take out………I need to send mario a thank you card. \u00a0This car also has a lot of small areas that are super hard to get into with large pads, so using the small 3″ pads really helped. \u00a0While it seems to take forever to correct these areas, it was far more effective and easier than trying to compound by hand! \u00a0Now remember this is a unmolested car, the dealer didn’t even wash it when it came in per the owners request, so ALL these defects are factory installed options. \u00a0If I recall the total time to work this paint was close to 14 hours, a lions share on one day. \u00a0While I could have finished in one day, when you start to get tunnel vision and you’re tired \u00a0you need to know to stop, this is when trouble starts and you can make careless mistakes……get some rest and start fresh.<\/p>\n

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You can see the haze and un-clear reflections in the paint. \u00a0You want clear sharp images in the paint.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yet another reflection lacking clarity. \u00a0In order to obtain maximum gloss, you have to have absolute clarity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You want to work towards images like below, these will yet be refined to a higher clarity, but much improved over the above.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A video (below) of corrected areas and untouched, while you don’t think its much when you multiply that times the amount of surface area…..that is how a car gets it gloss on.<\/p>\n

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