Iamonaboat
04-22-2014, 07:09 PM
So I decided to detail my dad's car for his birthday. He's had it for awhile, and has never really been detailed "Properly". So I decided to take it upon my self and do a quick (relatively speaking) 1 step correction for his birthday. Products and steps:
Exterior Wash and Prep:
Rims - CarPro Trix, Meguiars Wheel Brush, 1" Detailing brush for lug nuts.
Wheels - Tuf Shine Wheel Cleaner, Meguiars Tire Brush
Wash - Foam Cannon pre soak with Chemical Guys Wash n Gloss, rinse, two bucket wash with MF wash Mitt and Pinnacle Wash. Dried with MF drying towel. Nanoskin Wash Mitt with 1Z No Rinse Wash as Lube.
Correction - All correction was done with Wolfgang Uber Compound and PC 7424XP with 5.5" CCS Orange Pads.
Sealant - Menzerna Power Lock
Wax - Dodo Juice Blue Velvet pro.
Overall, I'd say I probably achieved about 85% correction, which both myself and my dad are happy with. Paint wasn't that difficult to work on, and really did finish down nicely. Any comments are always appreciated! Photos were all taken with an iPhone, and I generally suck at in progress photos because I always get caught up in the work and tend to forget.
As the car was before I got to it:
http://i.imgur.com/EnHdqgY.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/ZoGxIZx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TsUOKPV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xZhyyL2.jpg
All clean:
http://i.imgur.com/p29jaBF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3AwQH53.jpg
This is an accurate photo of how it was over all of the car:
http://i.imgur.com/kf0RaUn.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/GQLHWTU.jpg?1
All taped up and ready to go:
http://i.imgur.com/YuIQWz9.jpg
A 50/50 on a door:
http://i.imgur.com/zS3I39E.jpg?1
Fender Before:
http://i.imgur.com/CISKWAS.jpg?1
Fender After:
http://i.imgur.com/OAH5uAk.jpg?1
All done - The lighting in his garage pretty much sucks.
http://i.imgur.com/0RorDfq.jpg
An outside shot - The hood looks sort of dull because the entire thing is clear bra'd
http://i.imgur.com/cKCpmgZ.jpg
He was happy so he had to take pictures to share with his friends.
http://i.imgur.com/51WgE1H.jpg
Not sure how this got thrown in there
http://i.imgur.com/RzVTlNK.jpg
Annnnd... The best for last.. I'm pretty sure my dad is probably the only person who owns both an SL500 AMG... and a Yugo.
http://i.imgur.com/TMhB2o3.jpg?1
Thanks for looking!
Exterior Wash and Prep:
Rims - CarPro Trix, Meguiars Wheel Brush, 1" Detailing brush for lug nuts.
Wheels - Tuf Shine Wheel Cleaner, Meguiars Tire Brush
Wash - Foam Cannon pre soak with Chemical Guys Wash n Gloss, rinse, two bucket wash with MF wash Mitt and Pinnacle Wash. Dried with MF drying towel. Nanoskin Wash Mitt with 1Z No Rinse Wash as Lube.
Correction - All correction was done with Wolfgang Uber Compound and PC 7424XP with 5.5" CCS Orange Pads.
Sealant - Menzerna Power Lock
Wax - Dodo Juice Blue Velvet pro.
Overall, I'd say I probably achieved about 85% correction, which both myself and my dad are happy with. Paint wasn't that difficult to work on, and really did finish down nicely. Any comments are always appreciated! Photos were all taken with an iPhone, and I generally suck at in progress photos because I always get caught up in the work and tend to forget.
As the car was before I got to it:
http://i.imgur.com/EnHdqgY.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/ZoGxIZx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TsUOKPV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xZhyyL2.jpg
All clean:
http://i.imgur.com/p29jaBF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3AwQH53.jpg
This is an accurate photo of how it was over all of the car:
http://i.imgur.com/kf0RaUn.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/GQLHWTU.jpg?1
All taped up and ready to go:
http://i.imgur.com/YuIQWz9.jpg
A 50/50 on a door:
http://i.imgur.com/zS3I39E.jpg?1
Fender Before:
http://i.imgur.com/CISKWAS.jpg?1
Fender After:
http://i.imgur.com/OAH5uAk.jpg?1
All done - The lighting in his garage pretty much sucks.
http://i.imgur.com/0RorDfq.jpg
An outside shot - The hood looks sort of dull because the entire thing is clear bra'd
http://i.imgur.com/cKCpmgZ.jpg
He was happy so he had to take pictures to share with his friends.
http://i.imgur.com/51WgE1H.jpg
Not sure how this got thrown in there
http://i.imgur.com/RzVTlNK.jpg
Annnnd... The best for last.. I'm pretty sure my dad is probably the only person who owns both an SL500 AMG... and a Yugo.
http://i.imgur.com/TMhB2o3.jpg?1
Thanks for looking!