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Old 09-04-2007, 09:01 PM   #1
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Back to Black! Detail on my first car!

This weekend I finally when home and detailed my first car. Alot of memories have been made with this truck, all through high school, and moving too Orlando. My family does not believe in taking care of trucks. They are made to work, and get banged up. I didnt get into detailing until I baught a 06 Acura RSX-S. This car has only been waxed about 5 times in 7 years. Alot of oxidation, scratches, and eched water spots. The pics are taken with a disposable camera, the before pictures dont show just how bad my truck really was. Just imagine a black truck that has 110k miles on it, and basiclly never waxed.

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Wash w/ ulti-mitt, and Gold class, boosted w/ ARO = 1h
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XMT #4 w/ orange 5.5 pad, and my PC = 6h
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Before wash.


Before again, Kids keyed my car in Orlando...


Still before...

And now the show...

Wolfgand rocks!, well 6 hours of XMT #4 helps too...


My pads, the black one is not from single stage paint.
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Old 09-04-2007, 09:06 PM   #2
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The wolfgang went on just like Liqiud Souv. and it is the slickest sealant I have ever used. It took 6h of polishing with the Xmt#4 to get all the oxidation off. I will be able to practice anything on this truck. The whole thing needs to be wet sanded. I didnt dress the tires or wheel wells because my dad is just going to ruin that first. He already cut down some trees, and palm froms, and will use the freshly detailed truck to move them out.
Thank you to all the people who replied to my other threads. All your advice really paid off.

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Holy crap man. When I saw the XMT 4 I knew you had a job ahead of you...and those pads look like something Venom threw up. The work was worth it though, very nice job!
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Looks great, excellent depth and richness.
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Thanks guys, I am still trying to clean those pads. I really liked the wolfgang seal. It looked more like nuba than a synthetic wax.
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Very nice turn around, got a really nice wet look to the truck. Question, where you able to remove the scratches completely from the truck?

I agree with you Wolfgand is a great product and looks great

Thank you for sharing.
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Very nice turn around, got a really nice wet look to the truck. Question, where you able to remove the scratches completely from the truck?

I agree with you Wolfgand is a great product and looks great

Thank you for sharing.
No way! The scratches on this truck are from 7 years of hard work, and not caring about the finish at all! I got most of the wash swirls out, but there are alot of deep scratches from loading stuff in and out. Also a few dents/ scratches from falling gravel, sod, hay bales, tree trunks, bags of everything, and two golf ball dents. (used to work at a country club.)
I will get alot more out on the next round, when I learn how to wet sand.

I am thinking of using the wolfgand seal on my EVO without a nuba topper. It looked that good on the truck, now that I have a digital camera, I will post pics on that detail also.
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Nice job!

Have you tried Dawn Power Dissolver on the pads?
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I agree with the HOLY CRAP comment!!! thats awesome!!!
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Thanks guys, I am still trying to clean those pads. I really liked the wolfgang seal. It looked more like nuba than a synthetic wax.
I think I'm going to be sold on Wolfgang sealant...it might just be my first sealant I'll ever buy. Great job on the truck! Sucks your dad is going to use it to haul trees, but the job was worth it. What did you parents say when they saw it? If I saw my son/daughter detail my vehicle, I'd be in awe and try not to ruin the vehicle
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