2008 Honda Pilot Full detail and PBL v2 coating – pic heavy

Hello all,

As my GF is travelling for two weeks she gave me her car to practice on. It received a full detail, top to bottom.

She was ecstatic when she saw the pics and commented that its like a new car.

This will be pic heavy.

Car as it arrived:

























Products used:

Interior:

Vaccum – hoover I guess?
Dodo juice supernatural fabric sealant – got it free – not a great product
Meguiars Rich leather cleaner conditioner
1” boars hair brush
Boars hair leather brush – the big wide one
303 Aerospace protectant
Meguairs Quik Interior detailer
Meguairs APC 4:1


Pressure washer:

Karcher K3, vario pressure nozzle

Wheels:

Sonax full effect wheel cleaner
Meguiars APC 4:1
Wheel woolies
Makeshift wheel well brush
Mothers wheel face brush
1” brush for lug nuts
Meguairs spoke brush
Grey towels

Tires:

APC 4:1
Striff Tire brush (cant remember where from)
DP tire gel – not a good product for these tyres

Wheel wells:

APC 4:1
Wolfgang exterior trim sealant

Engine bay:

Apc 4:1
1” lug nut brush
Grey towels
Black and Decker 550W blower
Wolfgang exterior trim sealant

Trim:

Wolfgang exterior trim sealant
Solution finish (found very annoying to use and runny) - made a mess but a very nice product nonetheless

Paint:

Flex 3401
White Hybrid Pads
Ultimate Compound
Chemical guys honey dew snow foam
Meguiars white clay
Nanoskin medium grade wash mitt
Nanoskin medium sponge (stopped using as it was too grabby)
Purple 600 gsm plush towels
Gold plush junior towels
Meguairs supreme shine towel
Menzerna powerlock
Polishing pal


Exhaust tips:

APC 4:1
P21s multi surface restorer

Paint prep:

Purple plush towels
WG paint prep
PBL Surface cleansing polish – Horrible product
PBL v2 paint coating

Review here: http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...mond-paint-coating-wolfgang-uber-ceramic.html

Onto the details:









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Finished:



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Wheels:





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Clay – roof



50/50 with M205 – not happy



50/50 with UC – happy



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Roof done and sealed with Menzerna Powerlock :



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Thank you for looking!

Sicoupe said:

Wow! What a great transformation my friend. Looks awesome.

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Thank you so much!

Eldorado2k said:

Outstanding results and documentation man! You smacked the swirls and dirt out of that SUV bigtime! That actually looks like a pretty sweet ride now with that nice midnight blue paint and the tires all sleek like that. Great job.����

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I agree! It looks amazing! Thanks so much!

ronkh57 said:

Great results !!!!

You should be very proud

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Thank you so much! I definitely am, as this is only the 4th car I have ever detailed.

kevin_1981 said:

That's AWESOME! Love major turnarounds like that. That clay was insane!

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Thanks man! You should see what I am working on now lol! 10 times worse

Mantilgh said:

Wow, nice job!!!

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Thank you!

Hantra said:

What don't you like about the PBL Surface Cleansing Polish? I've only used it to maintain the wife's Uber coated car, when it gets stained. Works well for that.

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I'm sure nothing wrong with the product. It just did not work for me. I used a dollop as suggested by Mike Phillips and began massaging it into the paint. Worked a tiny section, the size of a 2 by 2 area. When I went to remove the product was dry as bones and was a PITA to wipe off and was caked up and dusting everywhere.

I personally prefer the WG paint prep for this step as it just makes life easier. After all that compounding and polishing, the last thing I want to do is use another polish, which has the potential to stain trim, to clean up....the polish oils lol, if it didnt stain trim and I could use it as prep I would definitely use it again, just that it dried like powder.... Just my personal opinion. I still have it, its full, doubt I will ever touch it again.

Mike@DedicatedPerfection said:

Wow! Incredible transformation!

Im sure she was thrilled with the outcome.

Thanks for sharing.

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Thank you Mike! She definitely was!!

Hantra said:

So what was the logic, or reasoning behind Powerlock for the roof, and coating for everything else? Curious.

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TO be honest, the roof was difficult to work. Not enough light or anything. I have two tiny fluroscent tubes on my ceiling that show nothing. I don't have lights high enough to see the roof. Also, I wanted to play it safe as it was my first coating ever.

Not to mention, the SUV was realllllly high lol. First time for that too.

Lastly, the roof had plenty of ridges which I knew would pose a problem with lack of light plus the height.

GSKR said:

Nice turnaround.I saw that you had trouble with pbl.so I decided to use that coating on a 16 black gtr with a 2 step correction.I had zero promblems with it and working conditions were nearly the same in south fla.Kinda weird,and sorry to hear that it didn't work for you.

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Don't rub it in hahaha. I just got unlucky I guess. I feel that the results on the Pilot would have been very different if I had prepped it properly. I am just looking back and I had plenty of product. Also, the smudges with the PBL are very different to the smudges with the Uber coating. The smudges of the PBL are similar to the smudges I had after my first panel with the Uber, where I stopped and called Andre.

My take is, the PBL probably would have been easier in hindsight if prepped properly and ofcourse overly excessive application and wet wipe off. (Same can be said about Uber too, but only 15cc to work with....)

Both coatings would have been different if I applied wet for sure.

How did you go about applying the product if I may ask. Closed garage? winds? A pm would be fine, or here as well. Thanks

natewood70 said:

Beautiful!

Thanks for sharing!

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Thanks Nate!

Jaretr1 said:

Nice work. That thing was hammered.

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Thank you so much!

angryfx45 said:

Very nice and detailed work.

I have a question from thi picture.. and sorry im a noob to detailing.

From the corrected panel, you see how the reflection is somewhat not crisp? Would this be what we call factory orange peel?

Cuz my car which i corrected looks somewhat like that... would sanding be only option?

Sorry for the question i think my eyes were always open for scratches and swirls but just freshly learning how orange peels look like.

Tyi!!!

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Yup that is factory orange peel. I personally would never sand a factory painted car. The paint is super super thin.

CC268 said:

Wowzers - now you just gotta teach her how to take better care of it ;p

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haha, this might be a little tough. Her dad washes the cars...and by washes...I mean he sprays the car with water and thats it. No wipe off nothing. My gf is keen to learn rinseless at least so lets how it goes

I'm just happy I could work on this SUV as this is the first time I did such a detailed...er...detail. Never have I worked from top to bottom on any car. This ofcourse being the 4th vehicle I have ever worked on.