WaxWerks Detailed: 2008 Escalade ESV Paint Correction

bretster

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This car took a while to get done and as many detailers know, using a PC7424XP takes a while to get a good correction done. The pictures i took of the before and afters when the afters still had the swirls is after the first go over, I rarely took second pass pictures except for at the end, but i'll let the reflections speak for themselves. Thanks for looking :)

What was done:
- Before pictures
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect but didn't work out very well so i followed with a meguiars wheel brightener and adams APC mixture, 2oz each and that mixture was diluted 4:1 with water
- Tires treated with Adams APC and sonax tire gel
- Engine cleaned with adams apc and in n out spray
- exterior wash using lusso auto bathe + gilmour foam gun
- door jambs cleaned as well as hood and trunk jambs
- 303 aerospace on undercarriage
- clayed entire exterior including windows
- taped up
- paint measurement
- 3 step - m105 -> optimum poliseal -> menz powerlock
- inspection with 3m sungun
- rubber and vinyl cleaned
- exhaust tips cleaned
- windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity

Interior:
- vacuum
- trims treated with 303 aerospace and in n out spray
- interior glass cleaned

Products used:
Exterior wash:
- Lusso auto bath
- gilmour foamaster
- Grit guards
- Uber wool wash mitt
- Blue microfiber wash mitt
- Uber super drying microfiber towel
- 303 aerospace on undercarriage
- adams clay

Engine:
- Adams All purpose cleaner
- Adams In n out spray

Interior:
- In n out and 303 aerospace to clean the trims
- Prima clarity on windows and again over trims

Paint correction:
- Deflesko paint meter
- 3m sun gun
- Porter Cable PC 7424XP
- Uber green and blue 5.5 pads
- Surbuf pads 5.5
- Megs 105
- Optimum poliseal
- Menz PO106FA
- Menzerna powerlock

Wax:
- Sonax Nano Tech Wax

Now for the pictures :)

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it was so sunny outside it was hard to foam the whole car without it drying, let alone getting around to it with the wash mitt
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paint before
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corrected
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rocker panel before
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somewhat 5050
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after
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in n out on engine bay before
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sadly it was raining outside so no ambulance reflection shots outside :( haha
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thanks for looking :)
 
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