Post Thanksgiving Details

[budman3]

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving . I was able to detail two cars over the past tow days. The temperature never went above 35 for the details, so it was quite frigid. First up was a 2005(?) Nissan Maxima. The owners have two kids and it was quite evident because there were a ton of scratches and marring on the lower panels. The roof, on the other hand was almost perfect, funny how that happens . I did a traditional wash with Optimum Car wash and the Ulti-mitt, and boy what a combo. There are still suds in the yard from yesterday (frozen now, but still amazing). I used Optimum Hyper Compound with a 4" CCS yellow cutting pad with a rotary followed by XMT2 via the UDM, speed 6 with 5.5" CCS white polishing pad. I finished off with the Surf City combo- Nano seal removed with Nano Shine glaze and some OCW.

Pictures:

Before-






After:


Before:


After rotary and UDM- not perfect but improved



Before- taped up for 50/50 shot (rotary only)


OHC worked in-





50/50 shot-



It was getting dark out so the afters aren't outstanding but you get the idea -

[budman3]

And up today was a fairly new Chevy Trailblazer. It had contanimation and rail dust like you wouldn't believe. It was 29 out today so I got to try out ONR. I have previously used QEW and didn't note all that much difference. The wheels and tires were also cleaned with ONR (after the vehicle was done) with a different sea sponge and took an hour. Next was a thorough clay job, with FK425 and that took a half hour. Since the swirls weren't too bad on the vehicle I decided to use Poorboy's PwS with a 5.5" light cut pad with the UDM on speed 5. I applied a line of polish on every panel around the vehicle and then proceded to polish and seal. I was able to polish and seal this Trailblazer in 13 minutes!! New record?! . I let that sit for a little over an hour while I did the interior. I removed the PwS and applied a layer of Optimum Opti-seal. The results were really nice, especially for white.

Pictures:

Talk about contanimation-


Removed with Stuf clay (Erazer yellow) with FK425:


PwS applied to the panels before (PwS in picutres was Beta version, same as production less color and scent):


Even after ONR, clay and FK425, PwS was able to clean this off the vehicle... talk about a heavy duty cleaner!


Outside Pics:

[sparkie]

Wet Sanding next?
Is that 3 dents on the front fender?
Anyhoo nice job...35F now that's cold. You made her look new again...
Being that cold I bet you was like this little guy here

[carnut00]

i thought polish with sealant was yellowish? Cars came out real nice.

[Tonya]

Very nice job! Thanks for sharing!

[budman3]

Originally Posted by sparkie

Wet Sanding next?
Is that 3 dents on the front fender?
Anyhoo nice job...35F now that's cold. You made her look new again...
Being that cold I bet you was like this little guy here

The finish on the Maxima would probably need a wool pad to recover, wetsand on the bad spots (trunk, hood). Yea, theres a few nice dents on the fender, I guess a basketball hoop fell on it ...

It was cold outside but what's nice about washing in the winter is no humidity. It was also windy so the car dried in no time . After it was washed it was put in the garage and a few halogens warmed it up in there a little bit.

Originally Posted by carnut00

i thought polish with sealant was yellowish? Cars came out real nice.

Yes, but this was a beta version I recieved last January, its the same as the production version minue the scent and color.

Originally Posted by Tonya

Very nice job! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for your comments

[Jimmie]

Both cars look great Budman. lol, about the suds from Optimum Car Wash. I just used it the for the first time last week. Lots of suds.

[budman3]

To say the least I am impressed with the car wash. With the Ulti-Mitt, I like to soak it in the bucket and then squeeze out all of the suds along the top of the doors to put suds on the whole side of the vehicle and then do a traditional wash after that... no need to buy a foam gun or cannon . I'm looking forward to try out the rest of the Optimum line.

[joe.p]

The maxima looks nice.. but you did a great job with the white paint..

Budman3..i have used ONR and QEW as well..i found the ONR to be better wash..i found QEW can streak like no other and reeks havic on wool mitts...just my observation

btw..i noticed the new version of PWS is white..i have a bottle of the beta version which is orange and smells like dreamsicles..how much of a difference is there from the beta version to the finished product?

[supercharged]

Very nice job, both vehicles turned out great!
Question: how do you like Nano seal? Is it close to any other products AG carries?