Grand daddy caddy in for Gloss Coat

[suke]

So a client I take care of.....well everything of theirs (cars, jet skis, etc) brought me his DD for a single stage polish and ceramic coating. Surprisingly enough a single stage polish got out about 90% of defects.

I used M105 on an orange adams (cut) pad
Soap my standard meguiars gold class shampoo with MTM hydro foam lance
Wheel cleaner was again adams. (I'm now out of and looking for a more "economical" but equally as potent replacement)
Polisher used was a flex largely at speed 4.5, but speed 3 on some panels. It was SUPER hot and humid and fighting with the M105 residue turning into concrete.
Also used my rotary with 4" pad adapter and finishing pad on the bumpers and other places to get the most correction yet great finish for single stage polish.

Typical swirls

Wheels bleeding out. Which I found interesting considering since I wouldn't predict that on a Caddy like this.

Foam cannon laying down a nice thick layer of foam

Scratch before

All gone

More swirls

After...swirls all gone

Zero reflectivity or shine in this paint here.

Much better

After in the sun....swirls are gone as are most defects.

After

Didn't get many full after pics as I was hustling to get this done.

I still have maybe 1/2 a CC of Gloss Coat left. I put 4 coats on the paint and 3 on the wheels. Man that stuff goes REALLY far. Last coat I went pretty heavy with just trying to use it up. HAH!

 

[GSKR]

For some reason very dirty Cadillacs are my favorite.pt cruiser and boxster are my least favorites in regards to detailing and the land rover discovery I dimise.

 

[The Guz]

Looks great. I hope you charged accordingly for those 4 coats. 1 coats and even 2 coats is all that is really needed. You should have saved some for the next job.

 

[suke]

Looks great. I hope you charged accordingly for those 4 coats. 1 coats and even 2 coats is all that is really needed. You should have saved some for the next job.

He paid for the product 100% and I told him I was going to use just about every bit of it I could. Once I got to the 4th coat I was like uhhhhhh eff this I'm tired and it's hot. LOL!

He also paid normal rate for the labor and other products used.

 

[oldmodman]

The Titanic turned out great!

I've only done two of the big Caddys over the years but they both wore me out. There must be twice the square feet of sheet metal to polish as on a "normal" sized car. Really nice result:buffing:

But I would really get a kick if I ever got to work on a 59" with the sky high fins.

 

[suke]

The Titanic turned out great!

I've only done two of the big Caddys over the years but they both wore me out. There must be twice the square feet of sheet metal to polish as on a "normal" sized car. Really nice result:buffing:

But I would really get a kick if I ever got to work on a 59" with the sky high fins.

It was HOT out, terribly.

I was slam wore out when I was done. 20 hours over 2 days normally isn't that big of a deal, but damn this one was rough.