Man that thing took some testing but you found a great combo man! That thing turned out freaking awesome givin how bad an finicky the paint was. Looks awesome man! Great video. 👍👍

I actually have a Tesla to correct today and it’s black as well so this video was very helpful and is going to save me some time thank you!

Excellent video Brian !

Yea brother, I did a White Tesla recently & the paint was definitely different. Was careful & it complied alright. Glad you had the opportunity to do one! :-)

Great job on black soft paint! Looks so much better.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and processes on the Tesla. Huge improvement‼️ I was curious about the section that looked like the clear coat was failing and glad to see that it buffed out nicely. I'm sure your brother will very happy. Looking forward to seeing the next installment 👍✌️🇺🇸

Awesome to see your combos and attack methods on correcting the paint. 5 years of experience at a body shop and I can tell you the left side doors that the deep splotches were over spray from a bad masking job on painting that quarter panel. Love the channel

Oh man, we work on these daily in our shop and can tell you they arent easy. Excellent work and nice turn around on that thrashed paint.

Good stuff man!! Looks amazing for tough paint🤘🏼😎

You had a very hard project in front of you. Very impressed with the results! 👍👍.

Dope. Looks nice. I'm taking notes bro and will attempt on a black 2017 model S. Glad I clicked on your channel. Thanks for sharing your work and experience. Peace.

I literally went through the same detail last night but with a 2019 mazda. Paint readings of 2.7 and 2.9 total hours in were just over 6.That was definitely finicky paint. Overall fantastic turnaround on the Tesla Brian.

I'm glad I was there to help that paint finicky. HOOF OUT!!

Great video!!! I would not be a happy camper with that job. Great job!!!

Such a big improvement!! Gotta love it. Urofiber and FCC works as an amazing combo. I bet if you had put the urofiber or the microfiber pad on the m15 pro2, it would of had little to no stalling. I don’t think it likes those Rupes pads. I have similar towels like you have and they lint a lot so I moved them to utility as well. I had to ceramic coat my Tesla and PPF the front to keep the paint protected since its so thin. Great video Fab and have a great Labor Day weekend!

A friend of mine has a new Tesla which he bought in early 2019 and yes bad paint they have. Also, the screen is kind of hard to learn about but the car is very comfortable. Not many charging stations here but works for him since he doesn't travel far since he has the beach very close to him and his family lives less than 30 minutes from his home. Xoxo from Puerto Rico 👍🇵🇷

Just finished a black 2019 modelel 3 and jumped online to see if there were any vids about black tesla paint and its issues.im glad im not the only one that found it difficukt and finicky. I ended uo using a yellow LC cutting oad oaired with Negs Ultimate compound followed by megs yktumate polish abd an orange LC pad. I found that the slower speeds corrected equally as fast and left almost no haze . Whike the CC was thinner than most, it gad very little orange peel. Oversll it came out good and the custoner was haopy. Gtmreat job and thanks for sharing the video.

Hi fab nice car you had your work cut out looks awesome wow a big difference it look bad you made it look better fab black is the hardest to paint correctly great shine love the clear paint tool love to have one of them makes a big difference to test the paint to buff 😎

Hi Brian you did an amazing job on the paint, considering how bad it was it is like a different car, can't wait to see with the coating on 👌👌👌

Thanks very much for this. Much appreciated from the UK ❤️

Looks great, good job!

Brian, Recently I corrected a red Hyundai Sante Fe with many deep scratches & door dings with 3D One (One Coat) & uro fiber pad. I finished with Turtle Wax Hybrid Solution Polish/ Wax (One Coat) with Lake Country Orange Pad. I first lightly sanded with 3000 grit sandpaper. I removed most of the defects. It was my first time using uro fiber pad & 3D One, from Brian (Apex Detail) recommendation, and worked really well. I was impressed!

Looks good tfs buddy

Brian I'm very impressed you had an incredibly challenging detail, what I ve seen with Telsas is the paint quality is all over the map from poor at best to having next to no clear straight from the factory. Awesome turn around.

Looks good. My Blue M3 is on order so I’m getting a preview of the job ahead of me.

Good job

Hey Brain, if I can give you an FYI. Soft paint is a pain of course. What I've found to work 95% of the time switch your polisher to a 12mm instead of the 15, or 21mm. The huge throw of bigger ones puts to much stress on the clear. You might want to try the Rupes Yellow Wool pad with your Polish, then switch over to your polishing pad for the finish work. This method on soft paint works 95% of time. Plus, the thin paint was working against you. And you still did a phenomenal job. 👍👍 two thumbs up my friend.

The fog on the door was from when they fixed and repainted the quarter panel. The tape job with the plastic probably wasn’t the best and clear coat made it under the plastic. Usually comes off with a heavy clay or good cutting compound. Nice job on the polishing, nothing beats a shiny black car.

got a full detail tomorrow black tesla model. lets doooo it

Great video, I found the same issue with my brother's Tesla. what did work for me was Last Cut compound (amazing stuff for soft black paints) w/ GG Boss MF and then I finished it with CarPro Essence w/ Gloss Pad. I used a small mist of filtered water in the last pass and low speed, worked like a charm. Interesting paint readings. Btw which coat did you use? Regards!

1st from Puerto Rico 👍🇵🇷

I knew it was going be hard when I seen it I’m glad you made it threw it good old griots pulled it threw

You might need to use meguiar's m 110 to remove that spider wedding thats going on and then m205 next try that

Great job Brian👍 Those cars with the soft finicky clear are the worst😒😠 My S2000 also has soft clear & black as well & it took me what seems a lifetime to get it acceptable. The owner before me must have used it to race because the paint & the windshield are pitted real bad☹ When I first looked at it & I opened the hood I noticed that it had a wet N₂O setup. You know with N₂O hooked up you must be racing a little🤏 Enjoy the rest of your weekend FAB✌🏼✌🏼

Very good job félicitation

At the end of your wash process use Chem-x asphalt and tar remover to get rid of all that junk on the paint. Works better than any tar remover on the market. Use lightly and let sit for a minute then wipe of. No more dirty clay

I just purchased a used Roadster and it has black paint. There are a few chips which I figure are permanent. But on the hood there are two "smears". I don't know how else to describe it. If you can imagine you had mud on your hand and with the ends of a couple fingers wiped a 3 inch irregular shaped spot, that is what the mark looks like. I tried the clay bar (used the Grios Synthetic one & Speed Shine) after I had washed it thoroughly the day before. Just waxed it and smear still there. I can't think what would cause it or how to fix it. On the "stripe" (assume it is vinyl, not painted on), there are water spots which wouldn't come up with the clay either. Any ideas? Oh and what product do you recommend for convertible soft tops?

Looks good 👍🏼I’m new to your channel 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼✌🏼

Great job buddy try m110 next time then follow with m205

Wow the one side of the car was crazy thin how would you least aggressive polish and protect it ? What pad and polish

next time try a Yellow Rupes Wool pad for cutting and a rupes white pad for polishing....works very good on those soft paint

Lots of spider wedding still in the paint use meguiar's 110

Great job! I just got one of those paint depth gauges and I'm wondering how you calibrate them?

I'm exhausted after watching this trial of yours Brian, but it was good to finally see you satisfied. For me, these new water based paints are very disappointing and I expect that the future is going to prove the lack of durability for these thin paints on German, Asian and Tesla automobiles. I wish they all had Chevrolet Corvette paint jobs with their hard clear coats. I don't know which paint you like to work on, the soft or hard. I am still trying to figure for the car owner is better as well as for the detailing world. Thanks.

I gotta do my neighbors black model Y with scratches from the auto washers all over. We shall see but I plan on using what you used 👍🏻

bro.. how did you know I have a black tesla.. thanks for this video... I used to have an F150 but switched to the model 3 performance.

I can see all these f. Ing micro marring before you even started . I bet i did not leave micro marrings. I removed swirls with one stage compound and never removed micro marring cause i guess one step doesn't remove micro marrings ..... Very cool video as always Fab

Great video Brian with wonderful explanations of what you were doing and why. Just add this to the collections of reasons I will not own a Tesla.....Their paint. LOL....

Car looks alot better. What you thought was paint peel i recognize as over spray on the panel. After I got my truck back from the body shop they over sprayed on the passenger side (not the side they where working on) and when they compounded the panels they worked on the left alot of haze on the panels. Great video tho.

Nice job! Isn't there a new Hybrid Solutions product that fills in defects a little on the black paint to cover all them dots in the hood? I know that the old Turtle Wax Black Box would hide them some. Funny, I didn't buy any of the new Hybrid Solutions black items, thinking that I wouldn't get any black paint detailing jobs this year. Turns out that most of the jobs that I did this year were black vehicles. Corrected black vehicles sure are satisfying to look at when they are completed.

Maybe that foggy lower section was hard water from sprinkler system that repeatedly sprayed panel in same parking spot. ???

Nice turnaround! Surprised you didn’t put it up on the QuickJack for the lower panels.

If you use Shine Supply products, i just did a truck today. Which i used classic cut for compound with a uro 50-50 pad, slick back with a microfiber sealant pad as a polish primer with sio2, and Adam's graphene coating, and the results were superior. If you have never tried Shine Supply product's you're missing out. You can use 1-2 products instead of 3-5 different other products.

Next time try a rotary with an LC super soft blue pad + Carpro essence or Rupes UnoPure. You’ll get a perfect finish on soft black paint.

I just tried to sand down small medium scratches on my model 3 black with 1500 grit. Wet sanded for 20 seconds and rinsed off the gunk. To my surprise I was already through the clear coat and part of the base coat. I could see through the black paint and the yellow primer. The paint was so thin... makes me think if black is just a single stage. This was my driver side rear door. :(

They are so easy to get buffer trails

Great work, what sucks is the paint will end up looking swirly again after 2-3 washes no matter how careful you are. Ugh i wish i went with white lol

I dont mind longer videos, if they are easy for you to do im ok

What u see on the bottom is clear coat over spray from body shop.

So what is the Highline meter exactly telling you? How thick the clear coat is? Or if there is bondo from being repaired?

Good job all that work in one day you must have spent 12 hours on the polisher alone 👍🏻👍🏻

Hey Brian. What do the number mean when doing a reading on paint thickness

I was shocked when I picked up a new client with a black model X. The car never should have been sold the way it was. Its still not good, I was floored with what he got for the money they charge. It makes sense why they have been listed in the top 10 for worst quality cars. Griots FCC is my go to 100% of the time, it finishes so well with foam pads.

what did somebody wash that thing with a sponge dipped in gravel?

You had same issue w stalling on thst Maxshine. I’m so disappointed in mine. I feel I blew 200 bucks

Nice job I think that “ Clearcoat failing look”. Was overspray.

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Why was the Maxshine stalling?

Video title should be, “Why you don’t buy a black Tesla”. It looks a lot better, though. Would a coating have prevented those tiny sand chips?

Tesla excellent cars......But..the Paint is the worse ever! Chicago Auto Pro had to return one to the factory ..there was no paint in the back!! side note, i wonder if the haziness was worse because you stayed on the same panel, doing corecting then polishing right after!?? just curious ! soft paint hazes like crazy either way~! Thanks! You worked hard on that one for sure! good ceramic or graphine coating candidate

Need new paint job

Tesla build quality and paint is just terrible. Engineering Explained had a terrible experience with his upon delivery. Panel gaps all over the place paint defects everywhere. Not good

1st

Get rid of those darn shedding towels.

BLACK PAINT IS PAIN IN THE @$$!!!!!

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