Mike@DedicatedPerfection
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- Feb 26, 2011
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This one came to me from a coworker that is thinking about selling it. He wanted to get the freshened up a bit before selling. Boy is this black paint hammered and in need of some serious attention.
The level of above surface contamination was incredible. Enough contamination present to bog down the 3401 driving the Nano Skin Medium pad. If the Nano Skin pad was on a traditional DA it probably would have stopped it from rotating.
Anyways I was able to clear up the paint nicely to give it a nice shine but the amount of defects in the paint was far to much for just an AIO. It would have needed a rotary and wool to really knock out the defects.
Wheels and tires cleaned up with Meguiar’s D143
Wheel Wells cleaned up with Meguiar’s D101
Exterior trim and crevices cleaned up with D101
Door Jambs blown out and cleaned with Tornador Black and D101
Exterior Deconed with CarPro TRIX
Exterior foamed up with SONAX PreWash Ultra Power & HP rinse
Exterior foamed again with Hyperwash and washed via Meguiar’s wash media
Clayed with Nano Skin disc on 3401 with D155
AIO with BlackFIRE TP&S via 3401 and Meguiar’s 7” polishing pads
Smaller areas hit with 3M 3” pneumatic DA and Meguiar’s 4” polishing pads
Exterior trim dressed with Solution Finish
Tires protected with McKee’s 37 Gloss Tire Gel
Exhaust, wheels, & Grill cleaned up with Pinnacle Exhaust Cleaner and Brightener
Windows cleaned with Wolfgang Perfekt Vision Glass Cleaner
Quick 50/50
Not to bad for 15 years old at 170K miles
The level of above surface contamination was incredible. Enough contamination present to bog down the 3401 driving the Nano Skin Medium pad. If the Nano Skin pad was on a traditional DA it probably would have stopped it from rotating.
Anyways I was able to clear up the paint nicely to give it a nice shine but the amount of defects in the paint was far to much for just an AIO. It would have needed a rotary and wool to really knock out the defects.
Wheels and tires cleaned up with Meguiar’s D143
Wheel Wells cleaned up with Meguiar’s D101
Exterior trim and crevices cleaned up with D101
Door Jambs blown out and cleaned with Tornador Black and D101
Exterior Deconed with CarPro TRIX
Exterior foamed up with SONAX PreWash Ultra Power & HP rinse
Exterior foamed again with Hyperwash and washed via Meguiar’s wash media
Clayed with Nano Skin disc on 3401 with D155
AIO with BlackFIRE TP&S via 3401 and Meguiar’s 7” polishing pads
Smaller areas hit with 3M 3” pneumatic DA and Meguiar’s 4” polishing pads
Exterior trim dressed with Solution Finish
Tires protected with McKee’s 37 Gloss Tire Gel
Exhaust, wheels, & Grill cleaned up with Pinnacle Exhaust Cleaner and Brightener
Windows cleaned with Wolfgang Perfekt Vision Glass Cleaner
Quick 50/50
Not to bad for 15 years old at 170K miles
