1990 Something Saturn - DP 4 in 1 All the way

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Well Autogeekers since my recent shipment I been waiting to try the DP 4 in 1 on a small car to try and get the hang of it. This has been my practice car from day one. I try all the new stuff I get on it from time to time. Let me also tell you it aint perfect, because some of the panels are beyond no return because of deep buggy gashes, toolboxes sat on the trunk and so on....... It''s a BEATER !!!

This is a exterior only wash so no inside pics. I started about 1:10pm and finished at 1:45pm with this little spaceship. Started on top then dried each panel and so forth on the way down. Pretty much followed instructions. The weather is about 41*, very cloudy, and Location is my house for the small details... :D

I give it 4.5 / 5 This stuff is perfect for anyone looking to cut down on water usage. The finish was super slick like everyone
has been saying.

Products used :righton:
  1. 5 gallon Bucket with Gritguard - 2 Gallons of Hot Water
  2. DP 4 in 1 - 2oz
  3. Schmitt - Body
  4. Long Handle Brush - Wheels, Tires, Wells..
  5. Black Magic Tire Foam - Had to try and get rid of it somehow ;)
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Looks way better. Gosh they haven't made those in a long time... Can't recall - I know it is not an SL1, but it is part of the original S series. . . they have non-dentable doors.
Looks a lot better now, considering you can see it got a thrashing. Great work!
My husband would know the model right away - I will have to ask him.
 
Hey, may I ask? This one was clearcoated, or no?

If so, how hard/soft did you find the clearcoat to be?

Thanks,
Lauren:awesome:
 
ltoman said:
Hey, may I ask? This one was clearcoated, or no?

If so, how hard/soft did you find the clearcoat to be?

Thanks,
Lauren:awesome:
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It's cleared because it's gotta bronze metal flake in the black. the clear is pretty deep from the gash's on the bumpers. The clear must be very hard because those swirls and gashes took forever to get out way back when.
 
I think that's a SL2. The SL1 had the plastic bumpers and the SL2's had the painted ones. That 4n1 did a great job cleaning that car up. It was way dirty! :applause:
 
Yet another 4-in-1 junky!

Tip:
Have some hand to spray into the door jams to presoak. Then do the jams as you do the doors and panels as you go. This way you don't have to go back and do them later!

Time saver!
 
FloridaNative said:
I think that's a SL2. The SL1 had the plastic bumpers and the SL2's had the painted ones. That 4n1 did a great job cleaning that car up. It was way dirty! :applause:
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Its an SC1, SL are sedans SC are coupes. Use to work at a saturn dealership and I remember them saying that the paint is some kind of flexpaint because of the dent resister panels or something. Also it should never be machined wash due to the paint easily scratching.
 
justin30513 said:
Yet another 4-in-1 junky!

Tip:
Have some hand to spray into the door jams to presoak. Then do the jams as you do the doors and panels as you go. This way you don't have to go back and do them later!

Time saver!
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Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind and make me up some spray tomorrow. It was my first DP 4 in 1 and I just wanted to test it out. I learned that it works good at the end with the wheels/hubcaps. I went ahead also did fender wells with the brush to. The tireshine didn't want to stick to the tires after I guess lubricating them with the 4 in1, oil based cleaner and oily tire shine just didn't match.... I could've waited longer or hand dried the tires, but I was kinda in a hurry.

The only time water ever hit the ground was when I slinging the brush around the tires, so I guess I was doing something right by using the schmitt and not having dripping water spots everywhere :)
 
Thanks SPARKIE and the rest of you all for your compliments !! Much appreciated.
 
man dp 4-1 is the best....how do you like using it with the smitt...ive been using it with a cobra mf...and havnt got any swirls or anything...but great job..and everyone on this site should have some dp 4-1 on hand...you can wash you car in the garage and it takes no time at all
 
scottgt said:
man dp 4-1 is the best....how do you like using it with the smitt...ive been using it with a cobra mf...and havnt got any swirls or anything...but great job..and everyone on this site should have some dp 4-1 on hand...you can wash you car in the garage and it takes no time at all
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I basically have wore my scmitt out using DP 4N1! I use it about every 2 days to wash either my truck or my womans car. I just leave a bucket pre-mixed in the garage all the time :)

I can do my truck in about 10 minutes top to bottom "It's just awesome"
 
FloridaNative said:
I think that's a SL2. The SL1 had the plastic bumpers and the SL2's had the painted ones. That 4n1 did a great job cleaning that car up. It was way dirty! :applause:
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No, it is an SC1. The SC2 had retractable (flip up and down, like the C5 vette) headlamps. It is not an SL because all SL's had four doors. It is also not a 1990 because Saturns were not produced then; it is a 91 -95.
My husband is a Saturn guy - got one when they came out, custom ordered as he got a GM discount, and his parents ordered one, and he looked at this right away and knew.
The SL1 had the plastic bumpers whereas the SL2 had painted ones.Im the MAN Saturns and their mysterious numbers, back in the day... the grandpa mobiles!! lol...
hee hee
better run, here comes hubby!
 
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