Hi,
This is my second time using a DA polisher and I wanted to use this opportunity to get your comments/suggestions on the work I did.
A little history on the vehicle: It is a crystal black pearl Honda CR-V. My wife's daily driver. We bought it almost brand new as it had about 1600km on the odo. I remember at the time, there was a scratch on the passenger door that I asked dealer to fix. So they detailed the exterior they said. Later I realized that it was a mistake to ask them to do anything. Anyway, as most daily drivers, it's been through its share of car washes and the swirls were clearly visible. A few scratches here and there but nothing major.
1. Washed using a two bucket method
2. Decontaminated using mother clay bar. Would have used ironX but ran out so I made sure I clayed it well.
3. Washed again and hand dried using microfiber towels.
4. My initial thought was to use Wolfgang's Total Swirl remover with a LC Orange CCS pad. I did that and removed swirls only so I switched to Wolfgangs Uber Compound and LC Cyan hydro tech pad to attack scratches.
5. Polished with Wolfgang finishing glaze and a LC White pad.
6. Sealed with Wolfgang Paint Sealer on LC Red pad.
Washed using Meguiars car wash, boar skin brush:
Dried using microfiber towels:
Decontaminated using Mothers clay bar:
Taped off to protect the trim and this vehicle has a lot of it:
Ok, so the damage was clearly present:
This is a close up of the above picture of a hood section showing some scratches I had to deal with:
Moving onto the Before/After shots:
This is a nasty scratch I mentioned earlier. I managed to take it out almost completely. Also you can see a hologram inflicted by the dealer trying to fix the scratch:
My wife clearly never listened when I told her how to open the door
Before/After:
In this shot, I tried to capture what happens when you compound only (on the right) and when you follow up with a polish (on the left). Correct me If I am wrong, but is that micro marring left by the compound?:
The final product. A reflection of my house on the hood:
My boy doing an inspection and judging by the look on his face, I don't think he's happy:
A shot of the driver's side mirror. You can see the stone chips:
The trim was treated with Wolfgangs Trim Sealant. The rims were pretty clean to start with so I just washed them again and applied some tire shine:
This is my second time using a DA polisher and I wanted to use this opportunity to get your comments/suggestions on the work I did.
A little history on the vehicle: It is a crystal black pearl Honda CR-V. My wife's daily driver. We bought it almost brand new as it had about 1600km on the odo. I remember at the time, there was a scratch on the passenger door that I asked dealer to fix. So they detailed the exterior they said. Later I realized that it was a mistake to ask them to do anything. Anyway, as most daily drivers, it's been through its share of car washes and the swirls were clearly visible. A few scratches here and there but nothing major.
1. Washed using a two bucket method
2. Decontaminated using mother clay bar. Would have used ironX but ran out so I made sure I clayed it well.
3. Washed again and hand dried using microfiber towels.
4. My initial thought was to use Wolfgang's Total Swirl remover with a LC Orange CCS pad. I did that and removed swirls only so I switched to Wolfgangs Uber Compound and LC Cyan hydro tech pad to attack scratches.
5. Polished with Wolfgang finishing glaze and a LC White pad.
6. Sealed with Wolfgang Paint Sealer on LC Red pad.
Washed using Meguiars car wash, boar skin brush:
Dried using microfiber towels:
Decontaminated using Mothers clay bar:
Taped off to protect the trim and this vehicle has a lot of it:
Ok, so the damage was clearly present:
This is a close up of the above picture of a hood section showing some scratches I had to deal with:
Moving onto the Before/After shots:
This is a nasty scratch I mentioned earlier. I managed to take it out almost completely. Also you can see a hologram inflicted by the dealer trying to fix the scratch:
My wife clearly never listened when I told her how to open the door
Before/After:
In this shot, I tried to capture what happens when you compound only (on the right) and when you follow up with a polish (on the left). Correct me If I am wrong, but is that micro marring left by the compound?:
The final product. A reflection of my house on the hood:
My boy doing an inspection and judging by the look on his face, I don't think he's happy:
A shot of the driver's side mirror. You can see the stone chips:
The trim was treated with Wolfgangs Trim Sealant. The rims were pretty clean to start with so I just washed them again and applied some tire shine:
