2001 Nissan Almera chalenge

Kotsos · 13th May 2012, 13:51

Hey all Kotsos is back again

Yesterday a close friend of mine invited me to give his 2001 Nissan Almera some love and get the best we could. Car was in real bad condition had about 150000 miles on the counter and never had a proper wash or treatment

Car foamed with cg snowfoam and cleaned with CG citrus wash ( no pics taken )

Some before pics ( sorry for bad quality my SLR was charging ) car was full of heavy swirls and RDS

Then car clayed

Swirls under daylight

Then a small test to the bonnet

Masking tape removed

Then my DSLR charged and took some better pics

Some 50/50 shots

Front fender

50/50 back fender

Lower part splited with blue 3m tape

After masking tape removed another nice 50/50 revealed

Difference between lower polished panel and upper unpolished

And after few passes

Some flakes

After finished polishing was glaze time. Car glazed with Blackfire Gloss Enhance Polishing IMO the best glaze for black cars. Worked with DA speed 4 and Lace Country finishing pad

Owner helps me to wipe off the glaze and dramatic shine revealed

Some pics after the glaze

And my dirty spaceship at the font

More reflections

And a photo of the glaze

After glaze my fav mid price carnauba wax Britemax Vantage applied

Spreads and removes very easy

Some photos after the wax

And some beading

Thanks for watching

All comments are much appreciated

Spyke · 13th May 2012, 13:55

Incredible transformation that! Great work!

robbo51 · 13th May 2012, 14:15

Great work Kotsos
As usual

chrispee · 13th May 2012, 14:41

Wow great work, with regards to the Blackfire Gloss Enhance i thought this was more a filler polish than i glaze? I was going to try some of this along with black hole glaze on top (or the light version) on mine?

civicnewbie · 13th May 2012, 14:55

I'm heading to Greece

shaunwistow · 13th May 2012, 15:03

Lovely work Kostas, you sure know how to get the "wet" look from a black car. You can help me do mine next time you come to Sheffield

civicnewbie · 13th May 2012, 15:07

I am happy to travel to Sheffield for some of the kotsos magic, saves going to greece

shaunwistow · 13th May 2012, 15:10

Lol

coste1l · 13th May 2012, 15:27

very nice mate!

LincsPoacher · 13th May 2012, 15:50

Kotsos you have done a first class job there, well done.

wanner69 · 13th May 2012, 16:03

Very nice kostas, excellent results well done

Kotsos · 13th May 2012, 16:04

Cheers all

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrispee

Wow great work, with regards to the Blackfire Gloss Enhance i thought this was more a filler polish than i glaze? I was going to try some of this along with black hole glaze on top (or the light version) on mine?

Blackcfire GEP is glaze with some light abrassives, actually is a clener glaze with some filling properties adds incredible depth to the paint. IMO BH would not add something more.

Quote:

Originally Posted by civicnewbie

I'm heading to Greece

You are more than welcome.

Quote:

Originally Posted by shaunwistow

Lovely work Kostas, you sure know how to get the "wet" look from a black car. You can help me do mine next time you come to Sheffield

Of course I can, make sure there are many Stella while we are taking pictures of the wet look results

Quote:

Originally Posted by coste1l

very nice mate!

Cheers Costel

D_Fizzle · 14th May 2012, 18:56

Staggering transformation, looks almost brand new!

TH3DOCTOR · 14th May 2012, 19:40

Superb clarity! Top work!

Kotsos · 15th May 2012, 06:23

Cheers guys.

I think it could be even better but it was single stage polish and we tried to achieve the best we could. If we had more time i could use some wet sand to remove some deeper but IMO the result is very good.

ashkeenon · 15th May 2012, 08:47

Fantastic work mate looks brilliant...

Peteo48 · 15th May 2012, 08:51

This was a neglected 11 year old car. It's virtually showroom now. Amazing achievement.

Revs FN2 · 15th May 2012, 09:09

That was a mess! Excellent work there buddy

What was used for removing the swirl/scratches?

mickspy · 15th May 2012, 09:27

Well done Kosta. Specially taking under consideration that most of the work was under direct sunlight on a black car!

As Robbo has said with more experience I ll be able to prepare a car to this gloss myself!!

LOL

Kotsos · 15th May 2012, 10:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revs FN2

That was a mess! Excellent work there buddy

What was used for removing the swirl/scratches?

Cheers Revs

It was one stage polish. I used menzerna 203 and hex logic pads with da

Quote:

Originally Posted by mickspy

Well done Kosta. Specially taking under consideration that most of the work was under direct sunlight on a black car!

As Robbo has said with more experience I ll be able to prepare a car to this gloss myself!!

LOL

Thanks Kostas.

Polishing a black car outdoor with 30 degrees was a real challenge not only had to remove swirls but not to cause holograms. Holograms didnt caused but i have a nice 50/50 on my hand after the sun burn

I belive after polishing another 100 cars you ll be ready, I m willing to teach you some tricks if you want.....

13th May 2012, 13:51	#1 (permalink)
Kotsos FESTOOLIGAN Car: 2009 1.4 5d Nighthack Black Join Date: 16th January 2011 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 4,052 Thanks given: 1,713 Thanked 995 Times in 736 Posts iTrader: (1)	2001 Nissan Almera chalenge Hey all Kotsos is back again Yesterday a close friend of mine invited me to give his 2001 Nissan Almera some love and get the best we could. Car was in real bad condition had about 150000 miles on the counter and never had a proper wash or treatment Car foamed with cg snowfoam and cleaned with CG citrus wash ( no pics taken ) Some before pics ( sorry for bad quality my SLR was charging ) car was full of heavy swirls and RDS Then car clayed Swirls under daylight Then a small test to the bonnet Masking tape removed Then my DSLR charged and took some better pics Some 50/50 shots Front fender 50/50 back fender Lower part splited with blue 3m tape After masking tape removed another nice 50/50 revealed Difference between lower polished panel and upper unpolished And after few passes Some flakes After finished polishing was glaze time. Car glazed with Blackfire Gloss Enhance Polishing IMO the best glaze for black cars. Worked with DA speed 4 and Lace Country finishing pad Owner helps me to wipe off the glaze and dramatic shine revealed Some pics after the glaze And my dirty spaceship at the font More reflections And a photo of the glaze After glaze my fav mid price carnauba wax Britemax Vantage applied Spreads and removes very easy Some photos after the wax And some beading Thanks for watching All comments are much appreciated Last edited by Kotsos; 13th May 2012 at 13:56.

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