This is my first detail of my black 2010 Accord.
I did this over two days. The first day I washed using the two bucket method and clayed the entire car. The following day I finished up by taking on all the swirls and waxing.
- Washed using Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash Shampoo (TBM, grit guards, Lake Country blue sponge)
- Clayed with Meguiar's Clay Bar and QD
- Tires dressed with Poorboy's World Gloss Tire Gel
- Griot's Garage DA
- Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover (5" LC flat orange pad)
- Poorboy's World Natty's Blue Paste Wax
- Cobra and Poorboy's microfibers
I didn't take many pictures, but here's what I have.
Before
It's apparent that I didn't do that good of a job taking car of the paint in the one year I've had her.
After
Shot of the hood
It was real cloudy when I finished so I don't have any good sun shots. I'll put some up tomorrow morning if it clears up.
I don't have pictures of it, but I overapplied the wax. It wasn't terribly hard to remove, but that's the most effort I have ever put in buffing off wax. Lesson learned.
Regarding the last two pictures, would that be marring from the orange pads? Would following up with white pads take care of that? When I pulled out to check my results, I didn't see any of that until the camera's flash picked it up; it wasn't noticeable in the sun. The marks are extremely fine. It took me three hours to go over the entire car with TSR 3.0. By then, I was too tired to go over it again with white pads; it doesn't bother me too much since I honestly can't even see it unless I use the camera's flash up close.
I may go over it again later this week with white pads if I have time.
Comments, criticism and tips are more than welcome.
I did this over two days. The first day I washed using the two bucket method and clayed the entire car. The following day I finished up by taking on all the swirls and waxing.
- Washed using Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash Shampoo (TBM, grit guards, Lake Country blue sponge)
- Clayed with Meguiar's Clay Bar and QD
- Tires dressed with Poorboy's World Gloss Tire Gel
- Griot's Garage DA
- Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover (5" LC flat orange pad)
- Poorboy's World Natty's Blue Paste Wax
- Cobra and Poorboy's microfibers
I didn't take many pictures, but here's what I have.
Before
It's apparent that I didn't do that good of a job taking car of the paint in the one year I've had her.
After
Shot of the hood
It was real cloudy when I finished so I don't have any good sun shots. I'll put some up tomorrow morning if it clears up.
I don't have pictures of it, but I overapplied the wax. It wasn't terribly hard to remove, but that's the most effort I have ever put in buffing off wax. Lesson learned.
Regarding the last two pictures, would that be marring from the orange pads? Would following up with white pads take care of that? When I pulled out to check my results, I didn't see any of that until the camera's flash picked it up; it wasn't noticeable in the sun. The marks are extremely fine. It took me three hours to go over the entire car with TSR 3.0. By then, I was too tired to go over it again with white pads; it doesn't bother me too much since I honestly can't even see it unless I use the camera's flash up close.
I may go over it again later this week with white pads if I have time.
Comments, criticism and tips are more than welcome.
