Detailed: Dark Metalic Red Saab 9-3 Convert

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Time: 6 hours

Payment:
Base: $150
Upgrade to Sealant: +$25
Total: $175

Exterior:
Wash with DG901 and Shmitt
Clayed w/ Pinnacle ultra poli clay and DP's 4n1 clay lube mix
Glass cleaned w/ DP's Krystal Vision
Front windshield receives Klasse AIO

Wheels cleaned with Megs wheel bright
Tires and fenderwells with Purple Power 1:1
Tires dressed w/ AA gel
Fenderwells shined with Stoner's Aersol

Convert top protected w/ 303 (no deep cleaning, this thing looked and felt brand new)
Exterior trim shined w/ 303
bug/tar removed w/ Megs Body solvent and pinnacle Safe srub

Interior:
Everything deep cleaned w/ MF and APC+ 10:1
Fenderwells cleaned w/ APC+ 10:1 and protected with DG AW
Carpet spot cleaned with Folex and the rest APC+ 10:1
Leather conditioned w/ Megs leather cleaner/conditioner
Vinyl protected w/ Optimum Protectant plus. The dash received 303.
De-oderized w/ DG
Glass cleaned w/ DP's Krystal Vision

Paint polishing:
Some areas yellow pad and XMT4
Some areas green and XMT3
Some areas orange and OP
Entire car CK's VM and orange
LSP DG #105 (no bonding issues after CK's VM, but I did notice a lot of dusting)



Pictures:
Before:
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Before/After
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Before/After
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Before/After
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Afters:
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Looks great as always! I love your work. That's a nice color too. Keep it up!
 
Great work there...man the paint looks really good. It's interesting you can tell when someone has done a good polishing job because the paint looks solid. Well done that color is looking good.

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed your write up.
 
That last pic has metallic poppin!! Niice. I HAVE to pick up 105 someday :)
 
Great job! I thought VMG was supposed to be used by hand? Did you say no bonding issues with DG#105 after using CK VMG? By the way, this shot shows that you did an awesome job!!!
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I look after some of these sabbs too they come up well out of interest what ratio did you use with the 303 to clean the top?.
By the way good work bud.
 
Looks really good !! Very Detailed write up with multiple products. Keep the buisness coming !!
 
Looks sweet! Never read about anyone using VM with a orange pad. Do you feel that combo is great for future "details" as well?
 
As far as VM goes... here's how it started.

The other day I washed my Stang for the first time in a month. I had some HORRIBLE contamination that would not come out with anything, not even a clay bar. It was hard to desribe. I tried Optimum PS, but didn't want to take all day doing this. I popped out the CK's VM and an orange Wave pad to give it some bite. Let's just say I did the entire car in about 15-20 min. I followed this w/ only DG's AW 2x's spread 24 hours apart. I haven't felt my car this slick in a long time.

So, I tried it on the Saab since there were some water spots, very strange streaks, etc. that were just awkward. Since I had no bonding issues w/ AW, I thought to step it up some w/ DG #105. As far as I know, there is no carnauba in VM, only in RMG. Mayeb there is some, but there wasn't enough to cause streaks or bonding issues w/ DG #105. Also, since #105 has very very mild mild cleaners, it should also help w/ bonding, but not so much where it would strip all the VM. Anyways, the end result I think was nice.

Absolute Detail... straight 303, no diluting. I just spread w/ a folded MF and went on veryy easily. It really darkened the top and did the entire thing in about 3 min literally. I would say I used about 6-7 squirts of 303.
 
Saab looks great! Very nice work! Interesting combo of VMG and DG105, but it looks great!
 
So nice, that molten red is so deep. Beautiful work!
 
Just awesome work... That red looks wet and the flakes just POP! :righton:
 
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