HoosierDaddy
02-19-2012, 09:27 PM
Ok , just purchased this 2010 Legacy GT , ruby red pearl. only had 10,300 miles , but most of them must have been from going through the automatic car wash 8 bazillion times. 10k miles and the paint had more "haze" to it then our 130k miles 2001 Sentra that I have yet to do a machine correction on ... and I do hit a drive-thru carwash once in a great while !
Since it is winter still here , mild but cold none-the-less , I just did a quick wash and wax. The top surfaces could have used a claying I suppose , but they weren't too bad.
Basically , the paint looked dryer than a popcorn fart.
I washed & dried , then pulled it in the garage and fired up the little propane heater while I washed the other car and did some other chores , the went at it with my small Griots orbital , red pad and Collonite 845.
Obviously , the haze is now just hidden , but the car has a decent wet look now. I can't wait for the weather to break and give this thing a good correction.
Did the best I could with the pics , still learning the camera.
Prewash and from last night when we got it home :
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4020.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4021.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4029.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4031.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4044.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4045.jpg
Since it is winter still here , mild but cold none-the-less , I just did a quick wash and wax. The top surfaces could have used a claying I suppose , but they weren't too bad.
Basically , the paint looked dryer than a popcorn fart.
I washed & dried , then pulled it in the garage and fired up the little propane heater while I washed the other car and did some other chores , the went at it with my small Griots orbital , red pad and Collonite 845.
Obviously , the haze is now just hidden , but the car has a decent wet look now. I can't wait for the weather to break and give this thing a good correction.
Did the best I could with the pics , still learning the camera.
Prewash and from last night when we got it home :
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4020.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4021.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4029.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4031.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4044.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/hoosierdaddy_bronco/LGT/IMG_4045.jpg