Joshs2013MSAltimaSL
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Hey guys!
This is a detail I did a little while ago. The victim - a 2010 Nissan Sentra with 118k miles on the clock. I warn you now, there are a TON of pictures!
Keep in mind this car spent it's entire life in IL driving around 150 miles a day in the blistering heat of summer and sub-freezing temps of winter. Then after a 1100 mile drive to FL, this is what we end up with:
Nice and dirty:
On to the wash process. After the interior was done, we pulled it out and Eric tackled the wheels while I took care of the body. The car got soaked with a Dawn/Zep Citrus wash through the foam gun:
Nice night to clean a car eh?
After that, we brough it in to blow dry and clay. We also jacked it up and pulled the wheels:
Here is Eric hard at work getting those barrels cleaned up:
Comparison of clean versus dirty:
Here's a quick 50/50 after testing out SIP and an orange pad:
While Eric was tending to the wheels, I polished the car out via a Dewalt rotary using an orange CCS pad with Menzerna SIP followed up with a blue CCS pad and 3M UF. After all polishing was done, the car got a second wash with Dawn/Zep Citrus to remove the polishing oils.
The wheels got sealed with Collinite 845, tires were dressed with Opti-Bond, glass was topped with Rain-X and the paint got a good coat of Rubbish Boys OE.
Here are few shots of the whole car after everything was completed. 100% correction was not achieved, but we weren't going for 100% either. You'll notice a few spots that look like holograms...but it's not; it's just the wax sweating and needing a final buff.
Here are a few sun shots:
Sorry for the smudge in this photo...the wax sweated just a bit, but I wiped it off after:
I pulled it back in to the garage and got a few reflection shots as well:
Overall, I think this car had a HUGE turnaround. Like I said...we weren't going for 100% correction, but there was a definite improvement to the gloss and clarity of the paint. Now that it's in FL full time, I'll be able to maintain properly and keep it looking good.
Thanks for looking guys!! As always, questions or comments are welcomed!
This is a detail I did a little while ago. The victim - a 2010 Nissan Sentra with 118k miles on the clock. I warn you now, there are a TON of pictures!
Keep in mind this car spent it's entire life in IL driving around 150 miles a day in the blistering heat of summer and sub-freezing temps of winter. Then after a 1100 mile drive to FL, this is what we end up with:
Nice and dirty:
On to the wash process. After the interior was done, we pulled it out and Eric tackled the wheels while I took care of the body. The car got soaked with a Dawn/Zep Citrus wash through the foam gun:
Nice night to clean a car eh?
After that, we brough it in to blow dry and clay. We also jacked it up and pulled the wheels:
Here is Eric hard at work getting those barrels cleaned up:
Comparison of clean versus dirty:
Here's a quick 50/50 after testing out SIP and an orange pad:
While Eric was tending to the wheels, I polished the car out via a Dewalt rotary using an orange CCS pad with Menzerna SIP followed up with a blue CCS pad and 3M UF. After all polishing was done, the car got a second wash with Dawn/Zep Citrus to remove the polishing oils.
The wheels got sealed with Collinite 845, tires were dressed with Opti-Bond, glass was topped with Rain-X and the paint got a good coat of Rubbish Boys OE.
Here are few shots of the whole car after everything was completed. 100% correction was not achieved, but we weren't going for 100% either. You'll notice a few spots that look like holograms...but it's not; it's just the wax sweating and needing a final buff.
Here are a few sun shots:
Sorry for the smudge in this photo...the wax sweated just a bit, but I wiped it off after:
I pulled it back in to the garage and got a few reflection shots as well:
Overall, I think this car had a HUGE turnaround. Like I said...we weren't going for 100% correction, but there was a definite improvement to the gloss and clarity of the paint. Now that it's in FL full time, I'll be able to maintain properly and keep it looking good.
Thanks for looking guys!! As always, questions or comments are welcomed!
