Becciasm
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I worked on a 2010 Honda Insight over the weekend.
The original plan was to do a medium polish to knock down the swirls and reduce the appearance of several scratches, then to come back with a finer polish prior to LSP.
Due to scheduling, traffic, weather, etc, we started later than we wanted, and didn't make the progress I wanted to make in the time we had available. Humid weather makes for slow progress.
I was able to get the roof, hood, doors on both sides, mirrors, rear quarter panels and door pillars polished, but was not able to get to the front bumper, quarter panels, or rear bumper. The glass needs polished as well as it is pretty grimey.
Prior to applying 845 as the intermediate LSP until I can get to the car again, the owner said "It's black again!".. my favorite quote of the night, and made the work worth it.. The majority of the final shots were taken the next day as we finished in a deluge of rain and lightning.. :nomore:
Anyhow, on to the pron...
I apologize that time constraints did not allow for proper before/afters, and good 50/50 shots. When I get the vehicle again, I'll set it up so that I have the majority of the day instead of only 5 working hours, including the wash.. :/
Up first. Wheels.
Pretty grimey, but nothing that GG Wheel cleaner, ZEP citrus, IX, and... Turtle Wax Bug and Tar remover (yes, i said it) couldn't handle... Mothers wheel and arch brushes, daytona jr, dedicated microfiber mitt and wheel whoolies boars hair brushes.
After shot of the wheel (cropped from full photo):
I'll try to convince the owner to let me remove the wheels for a deep-cleaning and coating in the near future. That'll go a long way for this car.
To the paint. A few shots of the car prior to the wash.
Simple 2bm with CGCWC and TW B&T for the bugs. Rinse then clayed with meg's white and soap solution. Rinsed then moved in for polish.
Bugs:
Bugs:
par for the course, as this vehicle is used for long trips.
Debugged and 845'd.. Turtle wax B&T again combined with boars hair brushes made quick work of the grilles and plastics on the front end.
Clay didn't reveal much, and plastics were not too bad - this car is garaged, and the owner works primarily from home, so it doesn't see much environmental exposure.
Cowl:
Some shots of the condition prior to correction:
Cloudy reflection on the roof, both in paint quality and subject matter. Not too bad, but we can sharpen it up.
Roof again - this is pretty much typical of every panel on this vehicle.
Door:
Hood before:
Door before - a bit cloudy from water spots:
Better (portrait of a detailer). All correction this time was done with GG 6" and LC 6.5 flat white and 4" CCS white pads with Fixer - Next time I'll break out the heavier compounds and pads and tackle the noticeable scratches (that coincidentally were revealed when swirls were removed). Humidity, plus too much polish in some areas made it a slow go and made the polish hard to remove as well:
Reflections, post 845:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g9EyCJWnikg/Ue6FuzYxbUI/AAAAAAAAFs8/hJb3TFCTKU0/w600-h450-no/DSCN09701.JPG[/img[
Next day shots, 845 LSP and PERL to dress the exterior plastics:
[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CJfmyf4M0Gw/Ue6FvasAKEI/AAAAAAAAFtM/Jg1XKG00tng/w783-h587-no/IMG_20130722_134731.jpg
Thanks for looking and any comments or constructive criticism is welcome.
Oh. and fun tip - the LSP is actually 845 that was removed with V7! Remember the humidity effected the Fixer - well that combined with too thick of a coat of 845 in places (machine applied) made the 845 a bear to remove as well. I grabbed V7, removed the 845, and by their powers combined the shine was pretty good.
The original plan was to do a medium polish to knock down the swirls and reduce the appearance of several scratches, then to come back with a finer polish prior to LSP.
Due to scheduling, traffic, weather, etc, we started later than we wanted, and didn't make the progress I wanted to make in the time we had available. Humid weather makes for slow progress.
I was able to get the roof, hood, doors on both sides, mirrors, rear quarter panels and door pillars polished, but was not able to get to the front bumper, quarter panels, or rear bumper. The glass needs polished as well as it is pretty grimey.
Prior to applying 845 as the intermediate LSP until I can get to the car again, the owner said "It's black again!".. my favorite quote of the night, and made the work worth it.. The majority of the final shots were taken the next day as we finished in a deluge of rain and lightning.. :nomore:
Anyhow, on to the pron...
I apologize that time constraints did not allow for proper before/afters, and good 50/50 shots. When I get the vehicle again, I'll set it up so that I have the majority of the day instead of only 5 working hours, including the wash.. :/
Up first. Wheels.
Pretty grimey, but nothing that GG Wheel cleaner, ZEP citrus, IX, and... Turtle Wax Bug and Tar remover (yes, i said it) couldn't handle... Mothers wheel and arch brushes, daytona jr, dedicated microfiber mitt and wheel whoolies boars hair brushes.
After shot of the wheel (cropped from full photo):
I'll try to convince the owner to let me remove the wheels for a deep-cleaning and coating in the near future. That'll go a long way for this car.
To the paint. A few shots of the car prior to the wash.
Simple 2bm with CGCWC and TW B&T for the bugs. Rinse then clayed with meg's white and soap solution. Rinsed then moved in for polish.
Bugs:
Bugs:
par for the course, as this vehicle is used for long trips.
Debugged and 845'd..
Turtle wax B&T again combined with boars hair brushes made quick work of the grilles and plastics on the front end.
Clay didn't reveal much, and plastics were not too bad - this car is garaged, and the owner works primarily from home, so it doesn't see much environmental exposure.
Cowl:
Some shots of the condition prior to correction:
Cloudy reflection on the roof, both in paint quality and subject matter. Not too bad, but we can sharpen it up.
Roof again - this is pretty much typical of every panel on this vehicle.
Door:
Hood before:
Door before - a bit cloudy from water spots:
Better (portrait of a detailer). All correction this time was done with GG 6" and LC 6.5 flat white and 4" CCS white pads with Fixer - Next time I'll break out the heavier compounds and pads and tackle the noticeable scratches (that coincidentally were revealed when swirls were removed). Humidity, plus too much polish in some areas made it a slow go and made the polish hard to remove as well:
Reflections, post 845:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g9EyCJWnikg/Ue6FuzYxbUI/AAAAAAAAFs8/hJb3TFCTKU0/w600-h450-no/DSCN09701.JPG[/img[
Next day shots, 845 LSP and PERL to dress the exterior plastics:
[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CJfmyf4M0Gw/Ue6FvasAKEI/AAAAAAAAFtM/Jg1XKG00tng/w783-h587-no/IMG_20130722_134731.jpg
Thanks for looking and any comments or constructive criticism is welcome.
Oh. and fun tip - the LSP is actually 845 that was removed with V7! Remember the humidity effected the Fixer - well that combined with too thick of a coat of 845 in places (machine applied) made the 845 a bear to remove as well. I grabbed V7, removed the 845, and by their powers combined the shine was pretty good.
rops:
