ziggo99
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- Nov 12, 2009
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A real good friend of mine asked me last fall to detail his car. Well, it never happened until just this past week. I seem to always go above and beyond in my details, and this one shows. He was wanting a detail, which to 97% of people is a wash, wax, and spruce up the interior. Well, he got a bit more than that. Onto the before pictures!
As we can tell, we're dealing with a rough black vehicle. I've read the horror stories of GM black paint being tough as nails, but I couldn't worry about that. It was 6:30 in the morning, with the heat rising by the second. I must press on!
^^^That was was just from the wheels and wires
So after washing and drying the beast, I moved onto a quick claying. I suspected it had never been clayed in it's life. My suspicions were confirmed. This was the lower portions of the car.
So now that we have it washed and clayed, it was time to look at the true condition of the paint. If you notice, the condition of pictures improves from here on out. I grabbed my six year old Sony point and shoot and then moved to my brother's Canon 50D with the 18-55mm kit lens. So, let's see what I found.
Hood shot! (I'll come back to this)
As we can see, even without flash you can tell this isn't shining up like it should be. Taking into account several factors, I decided against an AIO and went for a one step polish and then a good seal.
That is the exact same post as the previous picture. Look at the difference. The depth, the gloss, the clarity. It's all back!
I tried a couple 50/50 on the fender, but the bends were throwing me fits. You can still tell the difference. I can assure you though, this isn't the only 50/50 I got.
By this point, it's nearing 11:30am and I'm about out of shade in my driveway. Part two continues under the carport and in the next post....
As we can tell, we're dealing with a rough black vehicle. I've read the horror stories of GM black paint being tough as nails, but I couldn't worry about that. It was 6:30 in the morning, with the heat rising by the second. I must press on!
^^^That was was just from the wheels and wires
So after washing and drying the beast, I moved onto a quick claying. I suspected it had never been clayed in it's life. My suspicions were confirmed. This was the lower portions of the car.
So now that we have it washed and clayed, it was time to look at the true condition of the paint. If you notice, the condition of pictures improves from here on out. I grabbed my six year old Sony point and shoot and then moved to my brother's Canon 50D with the 18-55mm kit lens. So, let's see what I found.
Hood shot! (I'll come back to this)
As we can see, even without flash you can tell this isn't shining up like it should be. Taking into account several factors, I decided against an AIO and went for a one step polish and then a good seal.
That is the exact same post as the previous picture. Look at the difference. The depth, the gloss, the clarity. It's all back!
I tried a couple 50/50 on the fender, but the bends were throwing me fits. You can still tell the difference. I can assure you though, this isn't the only 50/50 I got.
By this point, it's nearing 11:30am and I'm about out of shade in my driveway. Part two continues under the carport and in the next post....
