Definition of Clean: '05 GTO 6.0L

[My Car is Clean]

'05 GTO 6.0L 6spd
Car washed using Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash (1:3)
Before:
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The car wasn't in entirely too bad of a shape. Just some swirls, water spots and what looked like an assortment of cat scratches.

Started with a LC Orange Pad and Menzerna Super Intensive Polish. This was my first time ever using the Menzerna Polishes and I absolutely love them! Very easy to work with, cut down through the swirls like butter even on this hard Pontiac paint and leaves the paint looking vibrant!
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The car was beginning to look A LOT better. There wasn't much micro-marring from the more aggressive polish/pad but just to bring back the clarity and depth in the paint I went with a white pad and some Menzerna Nano Polish. The Nano polish is SO easy to work with. Breaks down very well and just infuses the paint with depth, luster and shine.
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Put on a gray finishing pad with some JetSeal109 and went over the entire c[ar. Product went on very easily. While I let it sit (about 30 minutes) I began to dress the trim with Meguiar's #40. Another great product. Leaves the trim looking clean and original and if you got any on the windows it wiped off very easily. After doing that I wiped off the first layer of JetSeal109 and let the car sit for another 15 minutes. During that time I went over all the windows with Stoner's Invisible Glass and then a layer of Klasse All-in-One. Applied another layer of JetSeal109 with the Porter Cable and began re-dressing the tires/wheel-wells with PoorBoy's Natural Look. Great stuff!
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The car began to take on a whole new personality. Just sitting down and looking at the car I would find myself trying to lean up against objects that were being reflected off the car. It had an amazing shine. Just walking around it would bring you hues of black, purple, navy blue, electric blue and shots of metal flake that would pop up and smack you in the face.
After I removed the last layer of JetSeal109 and let the car sit for another 15 minutes I prepared another gray finishing pad this time with XMT Carnuba Glaze. I realize the glaze SHOULD HAVE been applied before the sealant but because this had Carnuba in it I wanted to make sure the Sealant had something to cling too.

[My Car is Clean]

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After that went on a layer of P21S Carnuba Wax. After a quick dusting and buff the car looked SPECTACULAR!
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This has honestly been one of my favorite cars to detail. The car turned out awesome. The owner liked the results even though he didn't have a chance to experience the car in the sun yet.. he'll be surprised once he does.
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Sorry for the blurry pictures. I was excited. :)
Gene

[Old Pirate]

Great job Gene! This to me is your money shot.http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/DarkLeathe/DSC00650.jpg

[Nuke33]

Looks good, love the color

[Mike T]

Beautiful!

[Smokin]

Nice job

[AL417]

Man you got that flake poppin'! Very nice detail. Did you do the interior too?
Don't mean to offend you but I find your logo on the pictures distracting. It's hard to read and I found myself looking at the logo more than the pic itself.

[trlblazer3]

Nice job! I love that paint color and those flakes are definitely poppin'!

[littlemissGTO]

Ahh lovely Impulse Blue Metallic. Glad the owner had it taken care of. Excellent work.

[sparkie]

Big Difference....Awesome job.....

[My Car is Clean]

Ahh lovely Impulse Blue Metallic. Glad the owner had it taken care of. Excellent work.
Impulse Blue is lighter. This is actually Midnight Blue Metallic. :D I know! The car doesn't look like it, but it is.


Man you got that flake poppin'! Very nice detail. Did you do the interior too?
Don't mean to offend you but I find your logo on the pictures distracting. It's hard to read and I found myself looking at the logo more than the pic itself.
Only exterior. The owner said the interior didn't need much more then a dusting.

I'm sorry about the logo. I'm trying to work out the kinks in an attempt to make it blend in more with the pictures. I just like to know that even though someone else may copy/paste the pictures that they'll know where it originally came from. Unless of course they crop out the logo. Then oh well. :D But I'm still working on it.

Thanks everyone for the comments. As I mentioned in my earlier post this was my favorite detail. The car had upgraded heads/cams so the sound as I moved it around the driveway/garage was just beautiful. Sure at 6 o'clock in the morning my neighbors didn't feel the same way, but oh well. Better to be woken up by the rhythmic beauty of pistons then say a garbage truck or alarm clock.

[julian]

awesome work!
what did you use for your tire dressing?

[My Car is Clean]

Poorboy's Natural Dressing. The stuff is awesome! I'm not a big fan of the ultra-wet looking tires. The Poorboy's product cleans them and leaves them with a "new rubber" look. Like you just bought the tires and had them mounted a couple hours ago. :)

[dannythekid]

That Goat looks good.

[sirgounder]

wow that car really is clean