Avengeance
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- Oct 17, 2006
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Well.. in all honesty this car kicked my butt! I was ready for smooth sailing but turns out this car had maaaaaaajor issues. I ordered some 106FF specifically for this car (which cost a grip by itself and 3day shipping) which ended up not doing the trick for me. I originally saw this car across the street from my home while I was detailing a Lincoln.. from across the street on a overcast day it looked nice. I ended up booking a date with the owner shortly after, hes a friends boyfriend. My friend set it up and she specifically asked if I could remove the swirls.. I said "of course" then ordered the 106FF and was prepared to do battle on the hard clear coat. I got the car in the garage after washing and claying.. and 1) the car had a TON of contamination.. and 2) a TON, no a few TONS, worth of swirls!!! How does a scratch resistant hard clear get in this condition??? I immediately noticed something wasnt right when claying.. the car had been repainted, and it looked like it had been repainted in someones garage. So I begin using the rotary and after a panel.. my pad is turning black!!!! Holy cr@p this thing was reshot with single stage!! So much for the $18 for 3 day shipping on my 106FF bottle. The car had so many problems that I had to resort to a heavy Meguiars compound, #84. Which still didnt fix everything.. as I was intimidated by the single stage, Ive never worked on single stage and didnt want to beat it up too bad because the paint job was so crappy I didnt want to push to far and hit metal, so ultimately I settled with "OK".
Anyways..
Process:
Exterior
-QDed the car. (they washed the car prior to drop off)
-Megs clay and QD for lube
-Megs #84 with polish pad rotary @ 1500
-Megs #80 with finish pad rotary @ 1000
-Megs #21 by hand
-Megs #16 by hand
-Megs #38 for tires and trim
-Stoners for glass and wheels
-Flitz for emblems and grill
Interior
-Stoners on glass
-Zymol cleaner on leather
-Zymol conditioner on leather
-Megs APC+ 10:1 on doors and dash
-Megs APC+ 4:1 on carpet stains scrub by hand
-Megs APC+ 10:1 on all carpet scrub by hand
-Heated APC+ diluted through Bissell LGM for deep clean
Exterior Befores:
The whole car looked like this...
Interior Befores, this was the only bad part of the inside.. driver floorboard and the mats.:
Interior Afters:
Exterior Afters:
This was the best I could do. I didnt know the quality or depth of the single stage so I didnt want to push any farther. Deffinately 10xs better.
After #84.
After #80.
After #21.
Anyways..
Process:
Exterior
-QDed the car. (they washed the car prior to drop off)
-Megs clay and QD for lube
-Megs #84 with polish pad rotary @ 1500
-Megs #80 with finish pad rotary @ 1000
-Megs #21 by hand
-Megs #16 by hand
-Megs #38 for tires and trim
-Stoners for glass and wheels
-Flitz for emblems and grill
Interior
-Stoners on glass
-Zymol cleaner on leather
-Zymol conditioner on leather
-Megs APC+ 10:1 on doors and dash
-Megs APC+ 4:1 on carpet stains scrub by hand
-Megs APC+ 10:1 on all carpet scrub by hand
-Heated APC+ diluted through Bissell LGM for deep clean
Exterior Befores:
The whole car looked like this...
Interior Befores, this was the only bad part of the inside.. driver floorboard and the mats.:
Interior Afters:
Exterior Afters:
This was the best I could do. I didnt know the quality or depth of the single stage so I didnt want to push any farther. Deffinately 10xs better.
After #84.
After #80.
After #21.
Great job,product selection is critical on single stage paint.Looks like they had it painted at some local high school body shop.No charge but ya get what ya pay for.
