Desertnate
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- Aug 5, 2013
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...and the results are spectacular!
This car actually came home to my garage in late January, but weather and life meant it saw nothing but frequent washes and an application of Griots 3 in 1 until time allowed for a proper detail job. Memorial Day weekend provided the opportunity to give this little rocket the attention it deserves.
For this job I ran a standard process.
1. Washed with Hyperwash
2. Synthetic clay with the Blackfire clay mitt
3. Polish
4. Prep with Eraser
5. Coated with Gyeon Pure Evo
Polishing the car was rather uneventful. The dealership respected my wishes to not prep the car, so the only damage needing correction was the few swirls installed by the attendants caring for cars at the annual auto show before I took delivery. I used both my G15 and G8 polishers and a variety of medium polishing pads I have on hand. With some of the strange contours and shapes of this car, the G8 really proved it's worth and I used it more on this car than any other so far. For polish, I started out with SONAX 04/06 but quickly found it didn't have enough cut to pull off a one-step job like I was wanting. It created good gloss, but even with a medium polishing pad I wasn't getting as much correction as I hoped. This little Subi's paint seems to be a touch harder than our Toyota's. This finding led me to right to Griots Finishing Cream. It provided just enough correction for the swirls and really created great gloss on the paint. Despite being new, polishing the paint made it noticeably shinier.
Pure Evo went on with little drama. Despite changing temps and humidity the coating still kept a pretty long flash time. In fact, on a car this small, it was almost too long. At one point I found myself with most of the passenger side covered and I was waiting around for the coating to flash. Once flashed removal was pretty easy; a touch more difficult and grabby than CQUK 3.0, but not difficult by any measure. I'm still adjusting to using the coating applicator pads vs a mf swatch and a foam block. This lead me to apply it a little heavy at the start, but I soon realized how far I could really go with the few drops applied to the provided applicator.
When I was first finished I liked the results, but was a little disappointed. It didn't look that much different than when I was done polishing. A couple hours later I checked on it and noticed a bit more gloss. Couple hours later...a bit more. When I checked in on it the next morning; WOW, that dipped in glass look I was after was in full effect. I drove the car a bit and then had to park it outside in the sun, and I'm pretty sure the gloss continued to improve. I know some people feel nothing really changes as a coating cures, but I don't agree. I think both CQUK and now Pure Evo both improve as it cures. If you don't agree, I'm willing to duel at dawn with pool noodles to defend my honor.
Enough talking, you all came here for the pictures. Enjoy!
This car actually came home to my garage in late January, but weather and life meant it saw nothing but frequent washes and an application of Griots 3 in 1 until time allowed for a proper detail job. Memorial Day weekend provided the opportunity to give this little rocket the attention it deserves.
For this job I ran a standard process.
1. Washed with Hyperwash
2. Synthetic clay with the Blackfire clay mitt
3. Polish
4. Prep with Eraser
5. Coated with Gyeon Pure Evo
Polishing the car was rather uneventful. The dealership respected my wishes to not prep the car, so the only damage needing correction was the few swirls installed by the attendants caring for cars at the annual auto show before I took delivery. I used both my G15 and G8 polishers and a variety of medium polishing pads I have on hand. With some of the strange contours and shapes of this car, the G8 really proved it's worth and I used it more on this car than any other so far. For polish, I started out with SONAX 04/06 but quickly found it didn't have enough cut to pull off a one-step job like I was wanting. It created good gloss, but even with a medium polishing pad I wasn't getting as much correction as I hoped. This little Subi's paint seems to be a touch harder than our Toyota's. This finding led me to right to Griots Finishing Cream. It provided just enough correction for the swirls and really created great gloss on the paint. Despite being new, polishing the paint made it noticeably shinier.
Pure Evo went on with little drama. Despite changing temps and humidity the coating still kept a pretty long flash time. In fact, on a car this small, it was almost too long. At one point I found myself with most of the passenger side covered and I was waiting around for the coating to flash. Once flashed removal was pretty easy; a touch more difficult and grabby than CQUK 3.0, but not difficult by any measure. I'm still adjusting to using the coating applicator pads vs a mf swatch and a foam block. This lead me to apply it a little heavy at the start, but I soon realized how far I could really go with the few drops applied to the provided applicator.
When I was first finished I liked the results, but was a little disappointed. It didn't look that much different than when I was done polishing. A couple hours later I checked on it and noticed a bit more gloss. Couple hours later...a bit more. When I checked in on it the next morning; WOW, that dipped in glass look I was after was in full effect. I drove the car a bit and then had to park it outside in the sun, and I'm pretty sure the gloss continued to improve. I know some people feel nothing really changes as a coating cures, but I don't agree. I think both CQUK and now Pure Evo both improve as it cures. If you don't agree, I'm willing to duel at dawn with pool noodles to defend my honor.
Enough talking, you all came here for the pictures. Enjoy!
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