Paint Correction on a 6 Month Old Mk6

Many people feel that brand new rides do not require paintwork attention. Most new car owners wait for their paint to lose its lustre before looking for solutions or polishing services to restore its former glow.

At Detail Lab, we feel preventive measures like the application of Paint Protection Systems early on in a car’s life is a better approach.

Here we have a six month old Mk6 GTI weather-beaten by our hot and wet tropical climate. Within the short span of six months, the candy white paintwork had lost its lustre and smoothness, and accumulated grime.

We knew we had an uphill task ahead to revive the dying paintwork!

After an intensive car wash and claying session.

After Stage 2 paint correction and polishing.

With an additional layer of Dupont PPS laid on.

Limited edition 35^th anniversary seats given 

a new lease of life with Swissvax Alcantara Cleaner

Ferrari 458 Comes in for Paint Correction

Currently obsessed with new sealants from the US, and we're doing our own field tests to see how they hold up in the tropics.

We're also working on further studies with Swissvax on the reliability of their Opaque Car Care Series meant for matte finish rides!

Will be sharing with you our findings real soon! Today we had one of our regulars, a 458 Italia, return for paint correction on 2 LH panels.


Love it when our supporters are back - visiting or troubleshooting!

 
Lucky him, we recently launched some new polishes aimed at high-end continental paintwork & voilà did they work well! Light scratch removed & light swirls gone too! Up went a layer of sealant for protection & we topped it up with Swissvax's top of the line Crystal Rock!


Looking better than new with a radiant glow!

 
Rear view of the 458 looks menacing! Love the modernity of the 458 Italia!

 
Kudos to the owner for a well-kept ride!

BMW 323i 2 days Paintwork Correction Project

Finally got breather time to sort out some pix and showcase some of our prep work and results on customer's request and approval.
Here we have a BMW 323i (1 year old Paintwork) with paintwork imperfections going through a major 2 days paintwork correction program, followed by M21 Sealant application and finally on Swissvax Concorso Wax.
Each process brings us closer to achieving a Showcar Finish (daily ride concept), i.e. Deep 'Wet Look' Gloss with maximum protection from the elements (rain and shine) and ease of maintenance (eg. weekly wash).
Oh yes, rims were individually removed by hand, chem washed (rim face & inner walls), air blow dried before installing back with a Torque wrench. Swissvax Autobahn wheel wax was applied by hand on the 6pot Big Brake Kit and Rims.
Some pix taken to showcase this 2 days project.