PCA Chesapeake Region Patter - March 2018

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Chesapeake Region Tech Event @ Reflected Images —Jim Earlbeck It is February in Maryland. We hate driving our Porsches down highly salted roads and watching them turn white. So what do we do? We tuck them away for a long winter’s nap and head over to Reflected Images to learn how to keep our cars looking their best. Hot coffee and donuts greeted the forty eight Chesapeake club members as they entered Reflected Images of Forest Hill for a Tech Session on ceramic paint coatings. To chase away the winter blues our members received a greeting gift as they walked into the shop. Reflect Images graciously supplied everyone with a wash bucket with a sediment stand, micro fiber cloth and various cleaning supplies. Now there are no excuses for a dirty Porsche showing up to an event! Brian Daly, the owner of Reflected Images, had quite the layout ready for us. Three Porsches were in the shop that day. Two were there as models of what the finished product looks like. One was recently done and the other had a couple of years on it. The third car, a Guards Red 2007 GT3 with some 50,000 miles on it, many of which were track miles, was there to serve as the demonstration piece. It was positioned up on a quick lift with the wheels off so that we could see the before and after cleaning of the suspension components. After some brief introductions Brian launched into the history of Reflected Images. He then discussed, at a high level, the warranties and expectations of traditional waxes, consumer based ceramic coatings and professionally applied ceramic coatings. The application techniques of each were presented in order to help us understand the product performance differences. After years of testing Reflected Images has settled into using only one coating- CQuartz. It was then time to get into the nuts and bolts of the coating process. Painters tape was placed on the driver’s door of the GT3 so that two segments were created. In doing so we would be able to see a side by side before and after. Brian managed to pull the air out of our lungs as he approached the GT3 armed with a Rupes 15mm machine equipped with a unique microfiber cut pad. The pad looked aggressive enough to pull the skin off of a rhinoceros! He methodically loaded a very small amount of product onto the pad and danced the Rupes machine over the paint surface of the door, reloading the product only once. Leaving the product on the door he advanced onto applying the second product. After removal of that product a third product was applied. It was interesting to note that Brian used products from several manufacturers including Meguiars, Griots and Car Pro. Upon removal of the third product the door was ready to receive its coating of CQuartz Finest Reserve. Actually three coatings of CQuartz Finest Reserve were applied before the door was IR baked to 150 degrees to promote proper adhesion to the paint surface. 28
Chesapeake Region Tech Event @ Reflected Images —Jim Earlbeck As the coating cured we moved into another bay of the facility where we were greeted by a buffet of pit ham, turkey, beef and all the trimmings. All courtesy of Reflected Images. The food was fantastic. No one walked away hungry. After the lunch break Chesapeake’s famous $250 gift certificate raffle was conducted. This certificate is payable to the vendor that hosts the event. It is our way of thanking and supporting that vendor for opening their facility specifically for us that day. The winner this time was Rob Eldringhoff. Brian was once again center stage as he wrapped up the presentation with Q&A. Spontaneous testimonials broke out from several of our Club members, some of which have had several cars coated by this shop. As the Q&A died down Brian invited us to sample some outstanding draft beer from Falling Branch Brewery of Street Maryland. They had several varieties on hand and every one was a winner. It was an extremely complete winter event. We learned about how to keep our cars looking their best, had a wonderful lunch and left with a belly full of superb craft beer. Even a representative from the DuPont Registry was there. His write up on this event can be found at https://blog.dupontregistry.com/videos/reflectedimages-custom-detailing-porsche-tech-session/ . Obviously, the folks at Reflected Images know how to do things right. Keep on eye open for additional information on this event in an upcoming Patter. Reflected Images has commissioned a video documentary of a 57,000 mile Guards Red 1996 993 being treated to the CQuartz coating. This documentary will show you, step by step, the entire process. Additional photos of the event were taken by our Vice President Lynda Sobus. Her photos can be found at: https://www.flickr.com/ photos/pcachesapeake/ albums/72157690334398932/ 29
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