Finally got around to doing a co-workers Black Ford Escape...got egged and it etched into the paint pretty bad...now I have her mom, grandma, and boyfriend all lined up for details
Process:
WASH
Foam Cannon filled with MEGS NXT....needed to bring out the harsh stuff for this one..
CLAY
Generic gray clay that marred the crud out of the paint but I knew I was polishing so no biggie
WHEELS AND TIRES
PB Spray and Rinse...still the best stuff period...loosened the grit enough for my power washer to do the work...no scrubbing what so ever.....these wheels had 3 years worth of brake dust baked on them...and it came right off after letting it sit...only had to apply once...
EXTERIOR TRIM
As with the usual Ford econo route this thing was loaded with plastic trim along the base of the car...a little VRP and it was all shined up!!
PAINT CORRECTION
Lake Country CCS pads and Menzerna got the call of duty again on this one...SIP with and orange pad on the tough parts...and a green pad and 106ff finished off the entire car...the part that got etched with egg i went straight to 3m perfect-it III compound
LSP
Went the sealant route as this is a car that wont see much love over the next couple months....
PICS!!!!!
Looks like a car from a repo yard in this pic
The Paint....
After SIP with orange pad and 106ff with a green pad
A picture of compounding swirls that would scare most rookies
...this is where the egg was etching into the paint...
Yick!!
Why I love pb spray and rinse!!!
The finished product...and an excuse to find a way to get my car in a pic!!
The hood....always a great pic using menzerna
Overall a fun car to do...had some fun using 3m again...been a couple years since i used the perfect it II line that required respirators and eye protection
glad they did away with that with the improvements to the perfect-it III line
Special thanks to Menzerna for helping me not hologram the crap out of the paint and autogeek for my new polishin pal that I dont know how I lived without it...saves a lot of hand cramping when putting lsp on a big car...if you dont have one it is a definite must have!!!!..........
p.s. No interior pics .....sorry....was vaccumed...my little green clean machine and some folex was used on the interior...and 303 protectant on all the interior plastic and vinyl....overall time on this bad boy...3.5 hours.....black always takes me an extra half hour to 45 minutes...
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