Detailed: 2006 Lexus IS250 w/acid damage

[Nimble]

Got a call last week from the local speaciality grocer we have that they had some sort of water/acid leak from the pipes of their store. Well, it leaked to the parking garage underneath where a ladies 03 black BMW 330i and her 06 Lexus IS250 were parked. Both have damage on them, but the Lexus was far worse (I'm detailing the BMW on tuesday morning).

Process:

Wash with CG's Citrus Wash N Gloss
5 gallon bucket, grit guard, rinse bucket (2) white/yellow Shmitt's
Dry with Cobra Ultimate Guzzler

Wheels/Tires a mix of 4* white lightning degreaser and amazing roll off
Tires/wells/engine dressed with Optimum tire shine
Engine degreased with amazig roll off

Clayed with sonus green and meg's white for tougher areas (like the acid water lol)

Interior
Stoner invisible glass
sonus ww window towel
optimum protectant plus and turtle wax leather car both used on vinyl, plastic, and leather
cleaned leather with woolite 8:1
Clearkote quik shine on speedo cover, center console plastic, etc
quik shine'd door jambs

Polishing

PC with 4" Edge orange, yellow, and green pads
Used SSR 2.5 on worse areas
Then Optimum Poli Seal on entire car
Sprayed the light residue from OPs with optimum car wax
Topped with Souveran..mmm mmm good

Used a ton of pads, mf towels, you name it, this car needed some love.

Sorry about the lack of pre engine detail pics and also a lack of many before pics, I was in a hurry, and got the whole car done in about 6.5 hours, but I couldn't get all the acid water damage out, so I spent another 2 hours getting it to 99%. I'm anal like that.

Well, the grocer is picking up the tab for this, which is nice. So:

Payment: $225

Time: 8.5 hours

Befores (no interior or engine, forgot):

 

[Nimble]

Also forgot to take any after interior or engine pics, ugh, I'm so stupid.

Here's after polishing the trunk/acid area with SSR 2.5, of course after rubbing the piss outta it by hand and claying for like 30 min at least.

Rest of afters...fought rain all day, so it's a bit cloudy.

 

[Nimble]

I think it turned out good. icture:

 

[DavidJ021]

Yes it did turn out good! Great job.

Did you put towels in the engine? Is that for safety?

 

[ehuth1]

Awesome save on that acid scare. The car looks better than new!! Thanks for the show and shine.

 

[Nimble]

David, those are plastic bags to protect the only uncovered areas from pressure water.

Thanks Eric, I apprecite the kind words.

 

[soonermike]

uh that's amazing! Kudos!

 

[Driven Auto Detail]

Nice turn-around! Great work!

 

[Nica]

That is one sweet looking Lexus, you did a great job pampering it. Well done my friend. I like how you took that extra precaution in the engine area. Even though most vehicles engine bay come covered with a bunch of plastic it's still good to be cautious. I wonder if the acid penetrated the clear coat? Or if it made the clear coat softer? You did a good job there Nimble.

Thanks for sharing and I liked your pictures too.

Oh question, what was the purpose of the picture with your cell phone? The time you started? Just wondering that's all.

 

[Nimble]

That is one sweet looking Lexus, you did a great job pampering it. Well done my friend. I like how you took that extra precaution in the engine area. Even though most vehicles engine bay come covered with a bunch of plastic it's still good to be cautious. I wonder if the acid penetrated the clear coat? Or if it made the clear coat softer? You did a good job there Nimble.

Thanks for sharing and I liked your pictures too.

Oh question, what was the purpose of the picture with your cell phone? The time you started? Just wondering that's all.

Thanks for the kind words. Haha, yeah the cell phone pic was to prove the time/date the damage was there in case I wasn't able to get it out and she blamed it on me. Just covering the rear you know. haha

The clearcoat was only damaged minorly in a small spot, I showed it to the owner, and she seemed ok with it. Way I see it, she got a $200+ detail for free, simply because a mishap in her parking garage. The interior white leather was very dirty, I took care of that. The engine was dirty, and got detailed. The wheels were filthy, now clean. Etc, etc, the car is in much better conditon than pre-acid water.

 

[Jimmie]

New again. Smart move the guy made hiring you. He had to be happy.

 

[Nica]

sounds good Nimble, car looks good, you do very nice work.

 

[Nimble]

Haha thanks again guys. Too bad I'm so slow. I just really need to streamline the process sometimes. I'm working on not being so anal about everything too. Just want to keep the quality high and the time low. haha, aren't we all trying to do that though?

 

[paivag]

How much time or how many times did you have to revert back to the acid area with SSR 2.5? Did you use all 3 pads?

 

[Nimble]

How much time or how many times did you have to revert back to the acid area with SSR 2.5? Did you use all 3 pads?

My process was:
SSR 2.5 with yellow pad on entire trunk lid, and rear driver's side fender. at least 2 passes each place, then the poli seal on a green edge pad.

The orange I find is *so* firm and aggressive in the 4" size that if you're not careful, you can damage the paint with them, especially on plastic body parts. I actually used the 4" orange pad by hand and my fingers nails on the tough parts that even a lot of claying with full pressure, and machine polishing wouldn't touch. I spent an hour plus on a 6" area on the driver's side rear fender. It was a pain to say the least haha.

Oh yeah, the hood also got SSR 2.5 with the green edge pad, followed by OPS/green pad.

 

[joe.p]

Clouds or no clouds you did a fantastic job...you did a good job with the repairs..The paint shows plenty of the depth with some nice reflection,looks deep and wet...good turn around Nimble

 

[supercharged]

Great job! Acid??? Ouch!!!
But it came out beautiful! Souveran gave is that wetness and depth!

 

[sparkie]

Acid? What the heck? You done an extraordinary job, she looks better then new.

 

[Nimble]

Thanks again guys!

Oh, and one bit of advice....make sure you don't grab the bottle that looks like optimum car wax, and in reality it is optimum tire shine....and spray the entire rear bumper with it before realizing your mistake. That was fun to remove.