FREAKIN CLEAN CIVIC EG6 RHD detailed for a car show
The car is 100% OEM, with oem paint and oem rubber/ trim! OEM wheel too. 20 year old paint is usually in very bad condition and considering the car is black it's even worse! The challange I had to deal with is the very thin paint left on the car. About 100 microns. Instead of doing a full correction and remove like 20 micron on the paint, I decide to remove about 10 microns and the rest would be final polishing to burnish the paint for a higher wetness and reflection. This way your eyes won't see the swirls/defect but the extreme wetness the paint shows.
Also, the owner wanted something really durable. So, I decide I would put one coat of Klasse High gloss sealant instead of a wet-looking carnauba wax like Pinnacle souveran ( too bad, it would have been even more wet after haha)
Product:
2 bucket washing
MEG shampoo +
Sheepskin wash mitt
Lot of Microfiber
50/50 alcohol/water for final wipe down.
SSR2 | Orance CCS
CG Nano polish | white pad
Menz Final polish II | white pad
Riccardo blue Clay bar
Klasse Sealant
PB Wheel sealant
SSR2 | WG finger applicator on wheel
303 protector on trim, tires and engine
Meg APC+ 4:1 for engine and wheel.
PB QD+ for added slickness 12 hours later.
Interior were so clean, I just did a vaccum,optimum protectant and CRL glass cleaner.
Initial condition of the paint:
Pretty intense under 2x 250w halogen spot:
Hood:
Key scratch... Hater I guess:
50/50 shot!
A lot better hen! This is after doing my 3 pass compound/polish.
Hood:
fender:
Quarter panel:
Left light is untouched; I hope you can see the difference. Result will be better once I finish with Plastic polish. This was after SSR2.
No before for the engine. Sorry guys, but, at the end, the final result is what matter no ?
After-shot, paint is darker, reflection is better, wetness factor and the clear coat is no more oxided.
Wet tire too!! 303 with 2 coats can give good result!
The sky is the limit!
I've been able to diminish the effect of the key scratch but as you can see, when it's white, it's because you see metal, there's no way to correct this kind of defect except a repaint.
here's my favorite shot!! see how wet it is! This shot really show what the Menzerna Final Polish II can add to the result.
And now this is how the car was at the car show this week-end. The civic won best of Honda Right hand drive. I’m happy for my friend. He got positive comments on his car.
The car is 100% OEM, with oem paint and oem rubber/ trim! OEM wheel too. 20 year old paint is usually in very bad condition and considering the car is black it's even worse! The challange I had to deal with is the very thin paint left on the car. About 100 microns. Instead of doing a full correction and remove like 20 micron on the paint, I decide to remove about 10 microns and the rest would be final polishing to burnish the paint for a higher wetness and reflection. This way your eyes won't see the swirls/defect but the extreme wetness the paint shows.
Also, the owner wanted something really durable. So, I decide I would put one coat of Klasse High gloss sealant instead of a wet-looking carnauba wax like Pinnacle souveran ( too bad, it would have been even more wet after haha)
Product:
2 bucket washing
MEG shampoo +
Sheepskin wash mitt
Lot of Microfiber
50/50 alcohol/water for final wipe down.
SSR2 | Orance CCS
CG Nano polish | white pad
Menz Final polish II | white pad
Riccardo blue Clay bar
Klasse Sealant
PB Wheel sealant
SSR2 | WG finger applicator on wheel
303 protector on trim, tires and engine
Meg APC+ 4:1 for engine and wheel.
PB QD+ for added slickness 12 hours later.
Interior were so clean, I just did a vaccum,optimum protectant and CRL glass cleaner.
Initial condition of the paint:
Pretty intense under 2x 250w halogen spot:
Hood:
Key scratch... Hater I guess:
50/50 shot!
A lot better hen! This is after doing my 3 pass compound/polish.
Hood:
fender:
Quarter panel:
Left light is untouched; I hope you can see the difference. Result will be better once I finish with Plastic polish. This was after SSR2.
No before for the engine. Sorry guys, but, at the end, the final result is what matter no ?
After-shot, paint is darker, reflection is better, wetness factor and the clear coat is no more oxided.
Wet tire too!! 303 with 2 coats can give good result!
The sky is the limit!
I've been able to diminish the effect of the key scratch but as you can see, when it's white, it's because you see metal, there's no way to correct this kind of defect except a repaint.
here's my favorite shot!! see how wet it is! This shot really show what the Menzerna Final Polish II can add to the result.
And now this is how the car was at the car show this week-end. The civic won best of Honda Right hand drive. I’m happy for my friend. He got positive comments on his car.
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