richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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I deliberately kept this weekend open after moving some people around. My poor MKX! Paint chips galore, scratches, the works..you'd be hard pressed to know that this car belongs to a detailer. Especially one whose personalized plate says 'DETAILOR'. Time for the shoe makers kids to have some shoes, baby!!
There are no before shots per se, other than highlighting what issues I had to deal with.
The wheel barrels were cleaned with Megs WB. It's hard to see in there and I don't often bother with them, only when rotating them.
The WB was followed up with Zep Citrus to neutralize the acid.
The faces were cleaned with Zep Citrus and Megs HW and a wash mitt.
The tires were cleaned with Zep 505.
The wells cleaned with LATA.
The car was then washed with Megs HW.
It was then re-washed with IronX paste.
It was brought inside and clayed with my CarPro clay towel.
Now it was time to see the challenges:
First the chips:
Those were the biggest, but there was a ton of little ones too. Every one got filled.
Next came the scratches:
The paint was compounded with either my TB black wool + M105 for the tough areas, or a Megs mf + Rupes 21 + either M205 or 105 depending. Following that, the polishing was done with M205 + white B/S + Flex. I had ordered the Megs polishing pads and wanted to try them for my car, but Eric couldn't get them to me in time, so I used my sure-fire B/S's. The paint was then chemically cleaned by DG Squeaky Clean.
I tried the Fly-By Forte for the first time. Easy application I found. Looking forward to getting it wet. I put it on the windshield and driver's window. The remaining glass got Fly-By-30.
The wheels were double coated with CQF. The paint, head, tail lights and grille were all double coated with CQF. The trim, as well as the plastic fender wells were coated with DLux. The tires were shot via my air gun with Opti Bond @ 100%.
Here it is baking under my IR light, after it had warmed up my sandwich:
It had rained all day Saturday and all day Sunday. Here we are early Sunday evening with only inside shots to show:
And now more deserving of the personalized plate!! In all honesty, I don't think it's ever looked as good as it is now wearing CQF.
Thanks for looking. Comments appreciated.
There are no before shots per se, other than highlighting what issues I had to deal with.
The wheel barrels were cleaned with Megs WB. It's hard to see in there and I don't often bother with them, only when rotating them.
The WB was followed up with Zep Citrus to neutralize the acid.
The faces were cleaned with Zep Citrus and Megs HW and a wash mitt.
The tires were cleaned with Zep 505.
The wells cleaned with LATA.
The car was then washed with Megs HW.
It was then re-washed with IronX paste.
It was brought inside and clayed with my CarPro clay towel.
Now it was time to see the challenges:
First the chips:
Those were the biggest, but there was a ton of little ones too. Every one got filled.
Next came the scratches:
The paint was compounded with either my TB black wool + M105 for the tough areas, or a Megs mf + Rupes 21 + either M205 or 105 depending. Following that, the polishing was done with M205 + white B/S + Flex. I had ordered the Megs polishing pads and wanted to try them for my car, but Eric couldn't get them to me in time, so I used my sure-fire B/S's. The paint was then chemically cleaned by DG Squeaky Clean.
I tried the Fly-By Forte for the first time. Easy application I found. Looking forward to getting it wet. I put it on the windshield and driver's window. The remaining glass got Fly-By-30.
The wheels were double coated with CQF. The paint, head, tail lights and grille were all double coated with CQF. The trim, as well as the plastic fender wells were coated with DLux. The tires were shot via my air gun with Opti Bond @ 100%.
Here it is baking under my IR light, after it had warmed up my sandwich:
It had rained all day Saturday and all day Sunday. Here we are early Sunday evening with only inside shots to show:
And now more deserving of the personalized plate!! In all honesty, I don't think it's ever looked as good as it is now wearing CQF.
Thanks for looking. Comments appreciated.
