billboard2001
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- Sep 15, 2013
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Hello All!
After a successful detail of my own car I was excited to move onto the next, which in this case was my lovely girlfriend's Lexus is300. I decided to change around my products from the last job just to better experience what each product can offer and which I like more.
Supplies:
-I the porter cable 7424 for the job.
-Clayed it using a fine Nanoskin clay towel (it's amazing!) and meguiar's clay.
-Polish was Meguiar's m105 and m205.
-Blackwow was used on the trim
-For sealant I used Blackfire's Black Diamond
-On the exhaust, Mothers mag and aluminum polish
-Shampoo was meguiar's gold class.
-2 bucket method for washes
-Assorted microfibers for wiping/drying/buffing ect.
-Blackfire Crystal Seal Paint Sealant
-Lake Country Orange light cutting pads were used during the polishing stage
-Uber black wax/sealant pad used for applying the BFBD sealant
The car had never been polished to my girlfriend's knowledge so the imperfections had been accumulating since day one. I did this job in 1 day, though it was a marathon. The girlfriend even pitched in and helped with some of it so it could have easily been broken into two full days.
I didn't have any shots of when the car was extra dirty. I took it to a car wash and used the power washer to blast off much of the dirt (I'm still gauging whether to get a foamer/pressure washer or not).
After the pressure washer rinse:
One spot in particular my girlfriend wished would go away:
Paint Exchange from someone dooring her car
Another shot of the top of the truck with the horrid scratch on it
Passenger side door, all swirled up
The B pillars were very faded and scratched. This was definely the most exciting part of the detail for me as I hoped I could clean these up nicely (and I wasn't disappointed!)
Tail lights had a pretty heavy cover of scratches on them and oxidation as well
Additional light cover that was very oxidized. Didn't even really look all that red anymore...
The hood. Imperfections all around
After a successful detail of my own car I was excited to move onto the next, which in this case was my lovely girlfriend's Lexus is300. I decided to change around my products from the last job just to better experience what each product can offer and which I like more.
Supplies:
-I the porter cable 7424 for the job.
-Clayed it using a fine Nanoskin clay towel (it's amazing!) and meguiar's clay.
-Polish was Meguiar's m105 and m205.
-Blackwow was used on the trim
-For sealant I used Blackfire's Black Diamond
-On the exhaust, Mothers mag and aluminum polish
-Shampoo was meguiar's gold class.
-2 bucket method for washes
-Assorted microfibers for wiping/drying/buffing ect.
-Blackfire Crystal Seal Paint Sealant
-Lake Country Orange light cutting pads were used during the polishing stage
-Uber black wax/sealant pad used for applying the BFBD sealant
The car had never been polished to my girlfriend's knowledge so the imperfections had been accumulating since day one. I did this job in 1 day, though it was a marathon. The girlfriend even pitched in and helped with some of it so it could have easily been broken into two full days.
I didn't have any shots of when the car was extra dirty. I took it to a car wash and used the power washer to blast off much of the dirt (I'm still gauging whether to get a foamer/pressure washer or not).
After the pressure washer rinse:
One spot in particular my girlfriend wished would go away:
Paint Exchange from someone dooring her car
Another shot of the top of the truck with the horrid scratch on it
Passenger side door, all swirled up
The B pillars were very faded and scratched. This was definely the most exciting part of the detail for me as I hoped I could clean these up nicely (and I wasn't disappointed!)
Tail lights had a pretty heavy cover of scratches on them and oxidation as well
Additional light cover that was very oxidized. Didn't even really look all that red anymore...
The hood. Imperfections all around
