Detailed Reflections pimp that caddy

[mixxer]

Detail time : 7 - 7 1/2 hours Outside detail only with basic engine bay degrease and dress. 1976 Caddy Eldurado vert 18,000 original miles. Single stage paint with lots of oxidation ,paint contamination, and swirls galore . Car came out great finished off real nice except a couple spots had some bodyshop wet sand marks that looks like they never stepped to a different paper to finish off,and a few water spots on hood that had etched into paint and damaged paint pigment.It looked like a different color when i was done because of the oxidation. DETAILED REFLECTIONS
-Wash - foam gun [DP soap] , wheels and tires with ARO,Engine degrease with megs degreaser.
-Car spot clayed Pinnacle poly clay and lube and respot clayed while polishing
-Polished with menzerna SIP via FLEX and orange 6.5 LC pad
-Polished via PC menzerna 106 Nano to finsih down and get in tight areas and deep grooves with white 5.5 lc pad
-Paint cleaned with KAIO via PC finish pad[ black]
-Wax applied by hand ,Surf city barrier reef liquid carnuba - removed by hand.
-Outside glass polished with Klasse AIO
-Engine bay dressed with 425 and 303
-Door jams wiped down with megs ultimate QD
-Tires and trim dressed with bold n bright
-All chrome wiped down with 425.
-Final wipe down for inspection by owner done with megs ultimate QD
BEFORE

HOOD BEFORE

AFTER

REAR QUARTER BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

AFTER

FRONT QUARTER BEFORE

AFTER

DOOR PANEL BEFORE

AFTER

AFTERS

HOPE YOU ENJOYED!

 

[gary26]

Nice job !!!!! One of America's classics.

 

[supercharged]

Very nice job! Glossy! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Dust2Glory]

that's not a car, that's a boat!!!! very nice, that red is nice and deep

 

[cwcad]

I enjoyed the pictures. I appreciate the work. Certainly is a lot of paint surface to work is it not? Very shiny after pictures. Thanks for sharing!!!!

 

[mixxer]

Thanks all!

 

[Meghan]

That was fun to detail I bet, great job.

 

[HighEndDetail]

Nice turnaround