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Well, since my mother now lives with me her car has been staring me in the face every day to get the PC out and give it a polish. So, this weekend since it was pretty warm here in MA I decided to attack it.
I started by rinsing it down with the pressure washer to get as much road grime and salt off as I could. Since it was so warm out and the car was really dirty I decided to give it a foam bath with DP Xtreme Foam and Dawn. I used the two bucket method with Pinnacle XMT Shampoo and Conditioner for soap and a sheep skin mitt.
Couple of shots before a rinse...
Foamed...
After the wash it was dried with a small electric leaf blower. And I could see the real damage. The car has been clayed twice this year and was just recently done back in Oct, so it wasn't bad. A couple areas on the side skirts needed some claying.
Some shots of work I had ahead of me.
Pic after I took the wind deflector off the sun roof.
I taped up the car and got to work on my test spot. The paint was a lot harder than I was expecting. I ended up settling on M105 on yellow CCS flat pad, followed by M205 on a white CCS flat pad. After I completed the hood I had ran out of M105 and ended up running to Pep Boys and had to get Megs UC. All with the PC7424.
On to the 50/50's...
After the polishing was completed I gave it an IPA wipe down and proceeded with a coat of Pinnacle XMT 180 High Gloss wax. After it sat over night I applied a coat of Dodo Juice Supernatural. All via the PC and CCS flat red pad.
Tires were dressed with WG black diamond tire gel.
Windows cleaned with Stoners Invisible glass and waffle weave MFs.
Trim restored with Poorboys Trim Restorer.
And here are the afters
http://www.autogeek.net/xmt-180-carnauba-wax.html
I started by rinsing it down with the pressure washer to get as much road grime and salt off as I could. Since it was so warm out and the car was really dirty I decided to give it a foam bath with DP Xtreme Foam and Dawn. I used the two bucket method with Pinnacle XMT Shampoo and Conditioner for soap and a sheep skin mitt.
Couple of shots before a rinse...
Foamed...
After the wash it was dried with a small electric leaf blower. And I could see the real damage. The car has been clayed twice this year and was just recently done back in Oct, so it wasn't bad. A couple areas on the side skirts needed some claying.
Some shots of work I had ahead of me.
Pic after I took the wind deflector off the sun roof.
I taped up the car and got to work on my test spot. The paint was a lot harder than I was expecting. I ended up settling on M105 on yellow CCS flat pad, followed by M205 on a white CCS flat pad. After I completed the hood I had ran out of M105 and ended up running to Pep Boys and had to get Megs UC. All with the PC7424.
On to the 50/50's...
After the polishing was completed I gave it an IPA wipe down and proceeded with a coat of Pinnacle XMT 180 High Gloss wax. After it sat over night I applied a coat of Dodo Juice Supernatural. All via the PC and CCS flat red pad.
Tires were dressed with WG black diamond tire gel.
Windows cleaned with Stoners Invisible glass and waffle weave MFs.
Trim restored with Poorboys Trim Restorer.
And here are the afters
http://www.autogeek.net/xmt-180-carnauba-wax.html
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