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Vendor 2015 Black Model S - New Car Prep <---- Another Bad One

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This Model S came to our studio from Lakeland, FL. The car was roughly a week old. We installed 3M Crystalline all around including windshield and pano roof, the car also received a paint correction and application of Gtechniq Crystal Serum and EXOv2 on the paintwork. Wheels, leather, carpet and glass where also coated.

Initial Inspection

Lots of scratches, many of them superficial but a fair amount of deeper scratches were also present.
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Correction

Not everyone who can hold a polisher can safely and properly correct the paintwork on a Tesla. The paint on Teslas is very soft and finicky to work with (specially black), this requires a skilled detailer to achieve the best results possible without sacrificing the integrity of the paint.
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A 50/50 shot of what's being accomplish
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Done with Correction

By removing the majority of the scratches on the vehicle we enhance the gloss and increase the clarity of the paint
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Coating Wheels
In order to properly clean, decontaminate and coat the wheels we remove them off the car, spray a deironizer to melt away all iron particles embedded on the surface of the wheel (when this reaction takes place the clear chemical turns purple as seen in the pictures below) leaving behind a clean suface for the coating to properly adhere to.
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Finished MS
Due to a tight schedule I was unable to take more after shots.
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I hope you enjoyed this thread as much as I enjoy working on this cars.

Feel free to message me or reply to this thread with any questions you might have.
 
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